Menopause Medication and the Option of an Alternative Mentality

For women suffering from uncomfortable menopause symptoms that make it difficult to manage daily living, a prescription menopause medication may be their first thought for treatment and relief. There are several prescriptions available that can help alleviate menopause symptoms quickly and effectively. But natural treatment options also exist that can be safer, simpler and more beneficial to women during menopause and beyond.

What’s Wrong With Medication?

Many of us are accustomed to simply taking a pill instead of making the lifestyle changes we know could bring relief from whatever discomfort we’re experiencing. An individual may well know that her stressful work, hectic schedule, lack of exercise, and over consumption of caffeine is likely causing her recent sleep problems. Yet she will opt for prescription or over the counter sleeping pills rather than change a thing.

Sound absurd? Consider the fact that if we all followed doctors’ recommendations regarding weight loss, we’d eat less, exercise more – and there would be no million dollar "dieting" industry! The list of examples could go on and on, and the results would seem equally preposterous in the face of logic and reason.

Medications can and do save lives and are an absolute must in the treatment of certain illnesses and diseases. But menopause is not an illness. It is a natural transition all women experience as they age, and it does not require medical treatment. Menopause symptom relief is an option available to women today. The option need not be whether or not to undertake HRT or start an antidepressant. The choice can and should be about how they wish to care for their bodies during this physically and mentally challenging time.

Prescribe Your Own Treatment for Symptom Relief

Why not jump right into a prescription menopause medication? First and foremost, menopause is not an illness. What can be accomplished through lifestyle changes – in particular those related to exercise and diet – should be. Medications have side effects, and in the case of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) or estrogen replacement therapy (ERT), there are health risks that must also be considered.

Many doctors do recommend lifestyle changes to women seeking menopause symptom relief. But as long as the other option remains, HRT is often the choice women make – despite known health risks associated with its use. Why not break the cycle, and decide for yourself to make the changes that will ensure physical and mental well-being during menopause and beyond?