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[gildedcentury.livejournal.com]

American Home,The American Home Magazine Corporation, August 1941.

Let us not impugn THE GREATEST GENERATION for skirting around the touchy (or lack therof) subject of menopause. Menopause is a stupid word, it sounds like the name of a Decepticon. But this ad digs itself a hole and just keeps digging. Female distress due to functional disturbances resulting in “irregularites” is a euphemism too far, making this ad sound more cagey than the average classified document.

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[weelisa.livejournal.com]

I like it - short and not to the point.

I wonder what was in those pills...

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[cionaudha.livejournal.com]

Welp, the list according to Wikipedia:

Alcohol or ethanol, naturally, with pleurisy root, life root, fenugreek, unicorn root, and black cohosh, most of which actually do have some traditional use in regulating periods.

Guess what!! You can still buy it (now reformulated to add vitamins) at Walgreen's, CVS, and Rite-Aid!

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[weelisa.livejournal.com]

Actually, I'm impressed. I was recently reading about black cohosh - well, well - just because it sounds like snake-oil doesn't mean it necessarily was.

I'll have to see if it's available in Canada!

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[misstia]

reminfem [sic] i believe have black cohosh...that's sold in the US and in europe....i took that for 6 months after a hysterectomy and it helped! some women don't respond to black cohosh and if not, try red clover....

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[weelisa.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the info - I always prefer going natural if at all possible.

I also discovered that flaxseeds (not the oil - just the seeds) contain a chemical that acts much like estrogen in the body.

Re: Yes

[misstia]

i know in the USA their site would send out a free sample box with coupons! i know my dr. told me not to take it more than 6 months as you shouldn't do that longer if you are going through menopause, as i was since i had a hysterectomy....i still had an occasional night sweat or hot flash but those tapered off a few months later....the only time i have nigh sweat now is if i eat something with too many onions/garlic (something in them can cause that)....so i limit my onion/garlic intake....

i take flax oil daily and use the seeds in baking sometimes....

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[meezergal.livejournal.com]

Estroven = good stuff. It takes a couple of months, but it works. At least for me it does.

[hootie-mcboobs.livejournal.com]

Menopause is a stupid word, it sounds like the name of a Decepticon.

Oh my god, I am dying. "Menopause, transform and rise up!"

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

Menopause is a stupid word, it sounds like the name of a Decepticon.



That's the Phrase of the Day right there. lol

That also goes a long way in explaining why the Decepticons are always so mean and bitchy too.

[janenx01.livejournal.com]

What the hell. Middle age starts at 32? Not in my world!

[amyangel96.livejournal.com]

My sister's 33, and has been in perimenopause for about a year (though her periods have been irregular for longer, so it may have started earlier). She's getting the hot flashes and such now. Some families start very early! I'm knocking on wood, I'm 36 and haven't had signs of it quite yet. Pretty much every woman in my family has gone through menopause by 38, though.

[amyangel96.livejournal.com]

But I agree - that's menopause, not "middle age"!

[janenx01.livejournal.com]

I'm jealous. I'd love to be finished! I'm 45, and in the hot flash stage. :( HATE IT.

IMO middle-aged doesn't start until five years older than I am. No matter what age I happen to be. :P

[purplesocks.livejournal.com]

My father has a bottle of that. I'm completely serious.

[veronica-jay.livejournal.com]

"irregularities" makes me think of constipation and the like, not menopause.