Menopause and Love Is Blind
Psychology In Seattle Podcast
Kirk Honda
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 3 May 2024
⏱️ 60 minutes
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00:00 What is menopause?
03:25 Why might someone take HRT with menopause?
11:12 What is the Kinsey scale?
15:31 What does it mean to fantasize about having a penis?
18:37 Rebecca's reaction to Love is Blind
34:01 Why say no at the altar?
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May 3, 2024
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| 0:00.0 | So Rebecca, tell me about hormone replacement. |
| 0:05.0 | So I have been on estrogen and progestrone low doses for the last four months. We talked about how I had really high blood pressure, like 165, 175. |
| 0:16.5 | We talked about it off the mic on. Okay, so I'll just tell everybody I had really high blood pressure to the point where like the doctor |
| 0:24.1 | were trying to do everything in the office to get my blood pressure reading to go down. |
| 0:29.0 | What would the doctor do? |
| 0:30.0 | You know, like put your feet on the floor, some me through a relaxation, |
| 0:34.0 | they would think they were doing great, |
| 0:36.0 | they put the cuff back on, |
| 0:38.0 | they take my number, and he would go, |
| 0:40.0 | and I would say, is it higher than when we started? |
| 0:42.0 | And he was like, yes! |
| 0:43.3 | He was like so disappointed in himself. |
| 0:46.0 | I'm like, it's not you, it's me. |
| 0:48.2 | So high blood pressure is a post-mental symptom |
| 0:52.3 | that doesn't get talked about. |
| 0:54.0 | Women who are post-menopausal, I think are like five times more likely to die of a heart attack than breast cancer. |
| 1:01.0 | So for those of you who've experienced so Perry menopause can |
| 1:08.5 | can last a very long time for Ashkenazi Jewish women it can last up to 15 years, and I think mine did. |
| 1:14.6 | Night sweats, hot flashes, mood swings, weight gain. |
| 1:19.5 | And then I've learned that men and pause is actually just a single day that was when you've had a year |
| 1:25.8 | since your last period. That day is called menopause. So it actually has no like hormonal significance or anything. |
| 1:34.7 | You get all of these people who are waiting for that day so that they can say that they're |
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