Things You'll Need:
- Books On Menopause
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Step 1
Read as much as you can about menopause therapies. The more you know, the easier it'll be to decide if you want therapy and what type best meets your needs.
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Step 2
Talk to women who have already gone through menopause. Learn from their experiences.
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Step 3
Find out if they took hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with good results, had special herbs or teas that helped and which symptoms led them to seek treatment?
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Step 4
Ask your mother about her experience. A daughter's reproductive history often mimics her mother's.
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Step 5
Consider therapy if she had terrible hot flashes and mood swings. If she slid through menopause without noticing it, you may want to delay seeking therapy.
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Step 6
Seek the medical advice of an experienced and empathetic gynecologist. Look for one who is board-certified and has many perimenopausal and menopausal patients.
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Step 7
Understand that hormone replacement therapy can control your symptoms (hot flashes, moodiness, short-term memory loss,) protect against heart disease and osteoporosis, decrease vaginal dryness and keep skin looking younger.
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Step 8
Keep in mind there can be a downside: HRT increases your risk of some types of cancers.
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Step 9
Know that therapies other than HRT can reduce your symptoms but won't provide the cardiovascular and bone density benefits.
