Moving into Menopause
The number of women on the verge of or who are entering menopause is higher than ever before. Menopause is not a disease – it is a natural transition that every woman experiences. It is another step in a woman’s lifecycle. During this time the ovaries and hormones go through many changes. The ovary function slows down and eventually stops producing and expelling eggs. The production of hormones declines. A woman may have noticed that during this time they do not feel the same as they used to. They may be feeling misunderstood and alienated from their husband or lover. They may feel an inner restlessness and a wish to escape. They may have dedicated a good part of their life to caring from their husband and children and all of a sudden they are feeling unappreciated. There is an underlying process in menopause. Menopause has been called the ‘change of life’. It is a psychic as well as a physical process as women shift the focus in their lives.
The menopause transition can be experienced as hot flashes, insomnia, weight gain, bloating, headaches, heavy bleeding, cramping, dryness, shortened and irregular periods, decreased libido, forgetfulness, inability to concentrate, moodiness, feeling anxious, angry or depressed. Psychological, emotional and mental imbalances can also be present.
The process of change in menopause will naturally bring upheavals, emotionally and physically, but whether these fluctuations result in crisis is entirely dependent on how well each woman understands the process and is prepared for it in her own individual way.
Women may experience changes suddenly or over a period of time, mildly or quite intensely. So why do some women experience symptoms more than others? Look to mother or grandmother to find out how they experienced this time in their lives. The answer may lie in inherited or dis-ease aspects. It may lie in a person’s lifestyle or in the emotional realm. If you look back at the times just before your periods, were you more emotional? Were you saying and feeling things that you normally wouldn’t have said at other times in the month? This could be the unprocessed emotions that you were endeavouring to cleanse out of your body during menstruation which is a time of cleansing. If however the emotions were not fully processed, they are still sitting in the body and endeavouring to express themselves so that they can be heard. Hot flashes can be the hot emotions still waiting to be processed.
There is a difference between women now and their mothers and grandmothers before them regarding health – women now are thinking about aging in a more healthful way. Women have paid more attention to diet and fitness and therefore have an increased interest in making the menopause transition in as natural way as possible. There is a natural way to experience the cessation of menstruation and the associated psychic, emotional and physical transitions. More women are turning to homeopathy to help with the menopause transition. Homeopathic remedies offer rapid relief for most symptoms associated with hormonal imbalances that accompany menopause. Choosing a natural course to help with menopause and hormonal issues or using hormone replacement therapy is a personal choice. Homeopathy can be used concurrently with hormone therapy or all on its own. Homeopathy is also effective for PMS symptoms for females of any age.
A homeopathic physician takes the time to know you as a person as well as a patient, entering into what you are feeling and experiencing in order to guide you on a course of healing and understanding. Homeopathy brings about restoration of health to your body through the homeopathic medicines by finding the medicines in nature that will bring about this restoration in balance and health. Homeopathy naturally stimulates the body to heal itself. Homeopathy was founded by Samuel Hahnemann over 200 years and has a long history of success. Homeopathic remedies come from nature and are in dynamized form. They can be used to treat physical, mental, emotional and inherited issues successfully.
