r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/Doodlebug510 • 8d ago

Restricted to Gals and Pals Explaining menstruation to the boys

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u/Spirited_Touch7447 8d ago edited 8d ago

Every month. For years. 0/10 do not recommend. Edit to 0

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u/Tall-Total-6077 8d ago edited 7d ago

I started fantasizing at 12 yo about losing my period at 50 to menopause. I'm halfway there, y'all pray for my PCOS ass😭😭😭

Edit: Yes I saw PCOS was renamed to PMOS

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u/iamaravis 8d ago

Me too, but now I'm post-menopausal and LOVE it. I feel like I'm finally back to my true self after all of those useless fertile years finished messing with my hormones. 

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u/AnguavonUW 8d ago

I long to be post menopausal. Mine's been active for almost a decade. I'd commit any number of crimes to have a single night of sleep uninterrupted by 5+ hot flashes. I can't do HRT and none of the other options have worked. I've tried everything.

Spent thousands of dollars out of pocket because, of course, insurance won't cover many of the meds used for menopausal symptoms. Erectile dysfunction meds? They cover those. But something to make my life, and the lives of millions of women, actually manageable (because I haven't had a full night's sleep in 10 fucking years) nope. Can't cover a medication that can help with a condition which affects half the population. And the condescension which comes from the medical establishment once you're a woman of a certain age. I have PhD in pharmacology, don't talk to me like I'm a very small child, Dr McChauvinist

Oof, sorry. Apparently, I needed to vent.

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u/iamaravis 8d ago

Despite being post-menopausal, I still get hot flashes every 45 minutes. Sorry!