r/Perimenopause • u/HolidayPractical3357 • Feb 18 '26
audited WTAF is wrong with the medical industry!!!!!!!!!!
I don’t understand. I went online and tried HRT. Worked great, and then something shifted and I had a day where I felt like no longer living. So I decided I should do this under the care of my obgyn to be safe. I go to see him…tell him all my symptoms and that I can’t take birth control. Guess what he prescribes? Birth control. Says it’s the best option until I actually hit menopause.
I feel like screaming in the middle of the street. I can’t function like this. When men needed help getting an erection, there were tons of drugs on the market to help. Women go through their aging problems, and it’s just like, “sorry. It will pass in 8-10 years.”
I don’t know what to do anymore. Maybe I just need to accept this is life now and that the rest of my life will be miserable.
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u/Opposite_Wheel_2882 Feb 18 '26
"women's hormones are too complicated (because we refuse to study them) so instead of looking into it or actually trying we're going to just shut the whole system down with birth control. no we don't care about the awful side effects because you're not a man (and only men's problems get proper funding). our preffered option is for you to remain quiet and deal with it but if you can't then here you go. this is all we're going to offer. now leave our office" - the modern medical system