Real Menopause Stories

Your menopause journey is unique, and sharing your experience could make a real difference to others going through the same stage of life. If you’d like to inspire, support, or connect with others by sharing your story, we’d love to feature it on our page.

We are a community of women helping women through knowledge and shared experiences. We would love to hear your peri/menopause story…

May 21, 2025

Louise’s Surgical Menopause Story

I had an ovary removed due to a cyst aged 41, a few months later I started suffering with severe anxiety and insomnia. I was treated for many months with antidepressants. I started to gain weight, had no lust for life or any desire to be intimate with my partner. After a particularly bad panic attack around a year later I begged the GP to check my hormone levels....

April 14, 2025

Sarah’s Perimenopause Migraine Story

When I was in my early forties I had a well-established, busy, rather stressful job involving working at a computer screen all day. Like many other women of my age I was also a mum to young children and was generally juggling many balls....

February 24, 2025

Our first story is from Helen, she says:

For me, it began 6 years ago when I was about 43. I started having thoughts and feelings I’d never had before. Insecurities, doubts and some unsettling thoughts led me to start questioning my mental health for the first time in my life. All the previous issues that normally rumbled along in my marriage became huge insurmountable problems and I thought we were doomed....

Real Menopause Stories

Louise’s Surgical Menopause Story

Sarah’s Perimenopause Migraine Story

Our first story is from Helen, she says:

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