>>While menopause is a very real thing, it is not a disease, and I refuse to blame it on any of my *issues*.<<


It's not a disease, so why should we have to take medication for it?

That's been my question for a while, as I approach 45 with peri-menopausal symptoms.

Did generations of women before Premarin just suffer through? Did they do other things instead? Did they just become stereotypical cranky mothers or what?

Sure, we should do what works to help us live our best life. But like medical intervention in pregnancy, why is medical intervention necessary in menopause? Maybe there's an evolutionary reason for hot flashes and night sweats that we're ignoring.

I wish I knew more from a historical perspective.

Karen