Menopause
Menopause video guides
A series of short guides have been made by local GPs with expertise in menopause, they give answers to common questions about the menopause and peri-menopause. Watch the guides in your preferred language.
Questions about menopause?
What is menopause?
Service: NHS
Menopause is when your periods stop due to lower hormone levels.
It usually affects women between the ages of 45 and 55, but it can happen earlier.
Menopause symptoms
Service: Menopause Charity
Complete the symptoms questionnaire.
The survey can help you monitor symptoms, it’s worth doing regularly to assess how symptoms change.
Menopause and relationships
Service: Relate
Menopause can affect your relationships.
Advice on mood swings, stress, or changes in sexual function.
Menopause and diet
Service: Association of UK dietitians
Diet and lifestyle changes can help with symptoms.
Changing lifestyle may help to reduce menopausal symptoms, keep bone density and reduce risk of heart disease.
Menopause and mental health
Service: Mind
A guide to menopause and mental health.
Physical symptoms are better known than the mental health effects. Everyone’s experiences are different and you may not experience all of these symptoms.
Early menopause
Service: NHS
When your periods stop before 45.
Find out more about the symptoms, cause, treatment and complications of early menopause. It can happen naturally or be caused by treatment for other conditions.
Premature menopause
Service: Daisy Network
Information and support to women with Premature Ovarian Insufficiency.
Provide a safe network of people to talk to, information on treatments and research, and raise awareness of the condition.
LGBTQIA menopause
Service: Queer Menopause
Inclusive menopause information.
Raising awareness of LGBTQIA+ experiences of menopause, inclusive menopause resources, and the needs of LGBTQIA+ people in menopause.
Understanding menopause
Service: Women’s Health Concern
Guide to understanding menopause.
Find out more about the symptoms, cause, treatment and complications of early menopause. It can happen naturally or be caused by treatment for other conditions.
Experiences of menopause
Service: Health Talk
Listen to people share their personal stories on film.
Find out what people said about issues such as memory and concentration, treatment, relationships and sex.
Navigating the menopause
Service: Menopause Matters
What happens leading up to, during and after the menopause.
Providing up-to-date, accurate information about the menopause, menopausal symptoms and treatment.
Menopause factsheets
Service: Rock my Menopause
Factsheets on menopause and perimenopause.
There are podcasts on menopause at work, HRT, premenstrual disorders, sex, myths uncovered, and symptoms.
Hormone replacement therapy
Service: NHS
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is used to help menopause symptoms.
It replaces the hormones oestrogen and progesterone, which fall to low levels as you approach the menopause.
Alternatives to hormone replacement therapy
Service: NHS
Treating menopause symptoms if you cannot take HRT, or prefer not to take it.
Lifestyle changes, medicines, and herbal remedies.
Local support
Healthcare support
Service: NHS
Speak to a healthcare professional.
A GP, nurse or pharmacist can give you advice and help with your menopause or perimenopause symptoms. Charities are also offering information and support.
