My gynecologist told me that the standard treatment now for menopause is SSRIs, not HRT. I asked them why I would take an SSRI for insomnia, joint pain and hot flashes? She couldn’t give me an answer, but wouldn’t give me hormones.

I finally saw another gynecologist for my worsened symptoms, years later, and she immediately asked why I wasn’t on bioidentical HRT, and hooked me up. She was appalled at the reasons I gave. I’ve been great since.

Gen X women need to demand menopause research and education, just as we fought for other women’s issues in the 80s and 90s. Why should future generations of women suffer as we are?