Ymea conducted some research into the menopause in April 2006, to find out how the menopause affected women's lives, and how they dealt with the symptoms - both emotional and physical. We have included some of the findings below.
The menopause has a huge emotional impact
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"To me PMT was never anything a bar of Cadbury’s could not cure, but now it is a different feeling, you just can’t escape the fact that you are old, past it and can’t have kids anymore, a sudden feeling of it being all over"...SC |
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Emotional feelings include:
Tearfulness
End of an era
Cannot have more children
Lack of confidence
Poorly
Like having flu/bad cold, PMT, pregnancy
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"It is not black & white like having a cold and you know how to treat it. You keep asking yourself is this the menopause or is it just me being miserable. Different things work for some and not for others"...SC |
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Images of the menopause include:
Old/dying
Mother/grandmother
Hairy chin, wrinkles, weight gain >> depressing
Nearly 9:10 respondents suffer one or more symptom. Hot flushes are the most common, followed by night sweats
Q2a : Are you currently experiencing any of the following symptoms?
Base : All women aged 45-60 yrs and currently experiencing menopause (70)
Q2b : And which of these menopausal symptoms did you suffer?
Base : All women aged 45-60 yrs & already have been through menopause (106)
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Over 2/3’s of women suffer from more than one symptom
Q2a : Are you currently experiencing any of the following symptoms?
Base : All women aged 45-60 yrs and currently experiencing menopause (70)
Q2b : And which of these menopausal symptoms did you suffer?
Base : All women aged 45-60 yrs & already have been through menopause (106)
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6:10 women of traditional menopausal age do consult a GP
Q3 : Have you ever consulted a GP regarding any of these menopausal symptoms?
Base : All women aged 45-60 & currently/already been through the menopause (176)
Q4 When you visited your GP, what did they advise you to do?
Base : All women aged 45-60 who have currently/already been through the menopause & consulted a GP (108)
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Recommendation & self research key aids in the decision process
Q6 : How did you decide what to use?
Base : All women aged 45-60 & currently/already been through the menopause (176)
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BUT among menopausal women approaching 1 in 5 have heard of Ymea
Q7 : Have you ever heard of Ymea, if so, from where did you first hear about it?
Base : All women aged 45-60 & currently/already been through the menopause?
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The Menopause
