Menopause Is Having a Moment

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🗓️ 28 July 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Some of the worst symptoms of menopause — including hot flashes, sleeplessness and pain during sex — have an established treatment. Why aren’t more women offered it? Susan Dominus, a writer for The New York Times Magazine, explains how menopause has been misunderstood both by doctors and society for years, and tells us what happened when her article about it went viral. Guest: Susan Dominus is a writer for The New York Times Magazine.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Brussels Bureau Chief
0:04.0	Matina Stethas-Gridnaff. This is The Daily.
0:07.0	Today, New York Times magazine writer Susan Dominus,
0:13.0	on Menopause, she tells the story of how it's been misunderstood
0:18.0	for years, both in society and by doctors,
0:22.0	and what happened when her story about it went viral.
0:27.0	It's Friday, July 28th.
0:36.0	Okay, we're recording now.
0:45.0	So I'm going to ask you a couple of questions.
0:48.0	And one of them is just, if you could describe to me some of the symptoms that you experienced.
0:54.0	So when I first started,
0:58.0	am I going to say Menopause Journey? I think I'm actually going to.
1:01.0	When I first started, the Menopause Journey.
1:04.0	The first thing that I noticed were incredibly heavy period.
1:07.0	Night sweats.
1:08.0	Consistent recurring.
1:09.0	Literally every two or three minutes.
1:11.0	Uncomfortable.
1:12.0	Hot flushes.
1:13.0	I'd wake up in the middle of the night with my hair, my pajamas, the pillow, and sheets soaked.
1:18.0	I would just lie in bed a week all night sweating with my heart racing.
1:23.0	And I had small children.
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