Premenstrual Syndrome and Menopause Through nearly all of history, women viewed menopause in a positive light. Although it was a reminder of getting older, menopause gently and painlessly ended the difficulties and inconveniences of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and menstruation, often resulted in a heightened libido, and allowed for sex without the worry of accidental pregnancy. Women in the past didn’t turn to doctors for help with menopause, because they didn’t experience notable physical problems or symptoms with it. Women almost always felt better in perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause than they had before. It was a normal part of life that didn’t require anything beyond acceptance. Medical literature produced up through the 1800s very seldom even mentioned menopause. When it did, it almost never referred to menopause as symptomatic or as a hardship that required a doctor’s care. Hot flashes and heart palpitations were practically nonexistent. That all changed in the modern era, around 1950. Women born from 1900 on were the first ones to experience night sweats, hot flashes, fatigue, panic attacks, anxiety, hair thinning, and joint pain when they reached a certain age. In the middle of the 20th century, a tidal wave of women ages 40 to 55 were visiting their doctors with these symptoms—and doctors didn’t know what to think. Behold, mystery illness and the autoimmune confusion were born. Medical professionals had never been so bewildered. Physicians reported the epidemic to pharmaceutical companies, and at first, the consensus was that it was all in women’s heads—it was just crazy women syndrome. They had to be making up their symptoms, because otherwise it made no sense. It was all a cry for attention, a sign they were bored. Women were told to join the PTA. Yet through the 1950s, the wave of women experiencing memory issues, trouble concentrating, moodiness, weight gain, dizziness, and more grew larger. The pharmaceutical companies and doctors consulted again and decided that the one thing these women had in common was their age. The medical establishment decided the cause must be hormones—even though men were experiencing the same symptoms at the same time. Plenty of men were having hot flashes; they were just labeled “work sweat” (even if a man wasn’t working when an episode hit) or “nervous sweat.” Men dealt with other “menopause” symptoms as well—depression, growing waistlines, and forgetfulness, to name just a few. It didn’t make news, though, because this was an era when men were taught to be stoic. The responsibility of being the breadwinners weighed heavily, so out of fear of losing their careers, they concealed their private physical issues. To find out the real cause of the symptoms below make an appointment with Healer Omar Botha. Https://omarbotha.com Symptoms misattributed to menopause included night sweats, hot flashes, fatigue, dizziness, weight gain, digestive issues, bloating, incontinence, headaches, moodiness, irritability, depression, anxiety, panic attacks, heart palpitations, trouble concentrating, memory issues, insomnia and other sleep disorders, vaginal dryness, breast sensitivity, joint pain, tingling, hair loss or thinning, dry or cracked skin, and dry or brittle nails. Hormone therapies, because they’re steroids, act as immunosuppressant drugs. A patient’s viral symptoms such as heart palpitations and hot flashes (which the doctor doesn’t identify as viral) may calm down on BHRT, tricking everyone into believing it’s working. And consider the symptom vaginal dryness, which sometimes improves on BHRT. Vaginal dryness is a symptom of adrenal fatigue, not perimenopause or menopause—that’s why this discomfort can trouble even women in their 20s and 30s.