Please share a tip on some do's and don'ts with regard to menopause.

Exercise.: Exercise (weight bearing). Vit d3, good calcium intake. Estrogen or other after menopause!

If: If you are female with RA and after menopause, take osteoporosis prevention drugs. Less bone erosion!

Women: Women with early or surgical menopause should take hormone replacement therapy to enable sex and be heart healthy!

Calcium: Calcium is very important for all women, especially after menopause.

Women: Women with early menopause or complete hysterectomy should be on hrt to prevent osteoporosis & ashd!

If: If symptoms are bad can use other meds than estrogen. See you doctor.

Many: Many women find they have trouble remembering names, or are less fluent with words during menopause.

Look for the good : You are more mature and experienced. Count and name the good that comes with every season, be thankful for who you are and the many good things and people around you! exercise regularly, eat healthy and find joy in the sunshine and little things around you. Help someone today. It's amazing the good we share by doing that!

A: A good way to help with hot flashes is regular daily cardiovascular exercise. I recommend 30-60 min/day.

For: For most women transdermal Estrogens are better than oral ones. All have 17b estradiol. Fewer side effects!

Transdermal: Transdermal (patch) hormones are safer than oral (pill) hormones in general.

For: For women who cannot or do not want to take hormones, sometime flaxseed oil can help with hot flashes.

Black: Black cohosh, evening primrose, soy and many over the counter meds like estroven can help with menopause.

Embrace: Embrace menopause as a new beginning. No more concerns about birth control!

Wear: Wear layers; keep the house cool. Use vaginal lubricants. Then try non-hormone medications first.

It: It is the transition from one who can bear beings to one who has to learn to bear wisdom.

Forgiveness: Forgiveness of self and others is one of the keys to open the door to the best years of your life.

Hormone: Hormone balance may improve your quality of life. Other treatments are available too.

For: For hot flashes, options include: avoid hot drinks, stress, consider soy, herbs or prescription hormones.

Women: Women who experience early or surgical menopause should be on hrt if there are no contrainidcations.

Ask: Ask if hormones are right for you. If started early in, they may be a great benefit.

A: A healthy lifestyle is the foundation for menopause management.

Ask: Ask your doctor if using the lowest dose possible of hormones to alleviate symptoms is good for you.

Wear: Wear layers and keep the house cool.

Vaginal: Vaginal lubricants can be very helpful if experiencing discomfort with sexual intercourse.

Menopause: Menopause treatments aim a wide spectrum of symptoms: hot flashes, vaginal dryness, osteoporosis.

Don't: Don't see this change as the end of life. Celebrate this as another stage.

Wear: Wear layers so you can add or remove layers for daytime hot flashes.

Everyone: Myth: everyone has the same degree and severity and type of symptoms.

Remember: Remember it is a stage of life. And your symptoms will continue to change and eventually end.

Do: Do not consider menopause a disease. It is a natural change and phase in a woman's life.

Women: Women having gone through early or surgical menopause need hrt to decrease cvd risk!

Maintain: Maintain weight, exercise regularly, sleep well, and get check up for heart and bone.

Healthy: Healthy living: fruits vegetables & white meat. Avoid caffeine & alcohol. Exercise, 20-30min/ day.

Cardiovascular: Cardiovascular exercise is one of the best ways to help with the transition through menopause.

Estrogen: Estrogen levels dropping lead to increased cardiac risk. Take an Aspirin a day, control bp, exercise.

Get: Get DEXA scan, to screen 'osteoporosis' after menopause.

For: For hot flashes, avoid spicy foods, alcohol, caffeine, hot places, and stress.

When: When hot flashes occur, take slow deep breaths, and avoid over-heating.

For: For vaginal dryness, try over-the-counter vaginal lubricant such as k-y jelly.

For: For vaginal dryness, try over-the-counter vaginal moisturizers like replens.

For: For mood swings, stay physically active, get enough sleep, and manage stress through counseling.

For: For memory problems or urinary incontinence, talk to your doctor about treatment options.

Exercise,: Exercise, eat well, sleep regularly, and maintain overall health.

Regular: Regular exercise can help with sleep, changes in metabolism, and general well being in menopause.

If: If you have bothersome hot flashes/night sweats, consider hormones - for better sleep and comfort.

Cool: Cool sheets and pillow cases make night sweats more tolerable.

Avoid: Avoid hot and spicy foods which may make your hot flushes worse.

Don't: Don't suffer with vaginal dryness and pain with intercourse. Consult your gyn!

Resolve: Resolve to enter the second half of your life healthy! bump up aerobic exercise! (mind and body!).

If: If you are suffering from symptoms, still having periods, you can take a low dose topical estrogen!

Exercise: Exercise at least 30 minutes 5 days a week. It will avoid the central weight gain and can be fun!

Hormone: Hormone replacement therapy, supplements, herbs and botanicals.

Don't: Don't suffer. Do speak to your dr. About the many options available to treat menopausal symptoms.

Post: Post menopausal bleeding (after a year of no periods) is always abnormal until proven otherwise...

Stay: Stay active and walk, as Dopamine and endorphins production minimizes flashes, and keeps bone strong.

Stay: Stay physically active, on a regular schedule. Dopamine's will help u get get through it!

Warn: Warn your husband that you are going through a change and enlist his support.

Great: Great time to begin (gently at first) an exercise regimen! keep bones strong, improve mental health.

Accept: Accept it as a reality, don't fight or try to push it back. Stay healthy through diet & exercise.

If: If you haven't had a period for a year and then have any bleeding at all, you must see your gyn md !

Menopausal: Menopausal treatment is better addressed by treating symptoms and preventing bone loss.

Menopausal: Menopausal treatment is best treated by addressing individual symptoms and preventing bone loss.

Preparing: Preparing yourself mentally and good diet exercise mitigate hormonal side effects, help you deal bett.

Reaching: Myth: reaching menopause can cause all women to lose interest in sex.

Estrogen: Estrogen or hrt, vaginal estrogen, antidepressants, gabapentin, osteoporosis rx, diet, exercise etc.

HRT,: Hrt, vaginal estrogen, antidepressants, gabapentin, rx osteoporosis, lifestyle changes, alternative.

Remember: Remember to take calcium and vitamin d with your multivitamin. ! ck with your hcp for dosing...

Hormone: Hormone replacement therapy can help, but ask about possible breast cancer risks.

Myth:: Myth: once you get old, there is nothing that you can do about it.

Dress: Dress in light layers. You can remove some layers if you start feeling too hot.

Vaginal: Vaginal estrogen works for menopausal vaginal dryness and urgency incontinence with minimal risks.

That: It's a myth that soy consumption helps control hot flashes.

Hormone: Hormone replacement therapy, natural treatments eg soy, yoga, lifestyle changes, diet , lactobacillus.

Don't: Don't be afraid to take hormone replacement therapy: the benefits greatly outweigh the small risks.

If: If u are suffering from menopasual symptoms, do consult your gynecologist for multiple rx options !

Use: Use caution when taking natural supplements. Just 'cause it's natural, doesn't mean it's safe !

Post-menopausal: Post-menopausal women often require different medication doses than premenopausal women. Ask your dr.

Be: Be open and talk with your husband so he is not so surprised by mood swings.

Hormone: Hormone replacement therapy is a good treatment for the symptoms of menopause.

Enjoy: Enjoy being older--you're off the treadmill! channel your horsepower into creativity & satisfaction.

Whether: Whether your menopause is of the male or female variety, keep in mind that "it is what it is.".

Stay: Stay active. Continue diet, exercise, eating healthy, and don't stop socializing. Dating is awesome!

Men,: Men, be patient with your wives during this time as you too are living with menopause.

All: All the bad stuff will definately come to an end, i promise!

Group: Group counselling and therapy may help you cope with the symptoms better.

Bothersome: Bothersome hot flashes, insomnia, low libido, intolerance ? Don't be afraid of hormone therapy.

Exercising: Exercising regularly has been found to decrease symptoms of menopause.

The: The treatment for menopausal symptoms is hormone replacement therapy. Women on hrt live longer.

There: There are other treatments aside from hormones to help post menopausal symptoms.

SSRIs: Ssris have been shown to decrease night sweats as well as menopausal depression.

Exercise: Exercise helps treat perimenopausal depression. 50min 6days/wk same benefit to zoloft (sertraline) 50mg/day.

light: Light clothes, room cool at night, exercise, reduce stress, avoid triggers, quit smoking, drug, etoh.

light: Light clothes, cool bedroom @ night, exercise, reduce stress, avoid triggers, :-smoking, drugs, alcohol.

Painful: Painful sex can be resolved with topical low dose vaginal estrogen rx.

Ignore: Menopause is not only a physical change, it has to be a mental, emotional and spiritual change.

Estrogen: Estrogen can decreas the risk for stroke, heart attack, colon cancer, alzheimer's, and osteoporosis.

Estrogen: Estrogen helps to maintain pelvic support by inducing the vaginal tissue to produce collagen.

Ignore: Estrogen is the best medication for the symptoms of menopause. It is as safe as your own cycle.

Ignore: Many women have reported benefits from medicinal cannabis.

Ignore: Menopause doesn't need to be treated - only associated symptoms from hormonal changes need attention.

Ignore: Eat healthy and talk to your doctor about medications for symptoms of menopause.

Ignore: Nothing beats a healthy diet and exercise. Your own endorphins are better than anything you buy.

Bleeding: Bleeding may increase. Get uterine biopsy to rule out uterine cancer.

Ignore: Keep your calcium intake to1200mg with vitd, nonfat dairy products or oscal+vitd one tab.Twice a day.

Ignore: Hrt was fashion in past , out present , may be in future. Discuss with your doctor risk ; benefits.