Established 2018
The Menopause effect
real women. real stories. real what the bleep happened.

Stories
Oh, the stories we could tell. Actually, we can you tell you lots of stories! We asked 1,349 women and they spilled…

Support
When we read your stories and analysed the data our hearts broke just a tiny bit more. You said you want support…. so we’re going to give it to you ?

Sharing Common Ground
If there’s one thing we know: it’s that we’re all walking to the same path. Some of us are all hot & sweaty, others are cranky as hell. We’re in this together.
What’s this site all about…
This site is for you if you’re: in Menopause, approaching Menopause, post-menopausal, think Menopause might be fun, you know someone who’s potentially in Menopause (and you’re wondering why the hell your life’s imploding as well… yeah, we see you, confused husbands/partners/children, not knowing if it’s safe to come home).
Perhaps you hate everything and everyone and need a chat. You might want to rent a cool-room for the afternoon or you’re thinking about taking up cage fighting or you’ve lost all hope (and your libido to boot).
This little site is also:
- A sweet-mother-of-everything-holy-how-did-my-life-turn-into-this-trainwreck-pass-the-vodka kind of a site.
- An emergency, WTF-is-happening-to-me site.
- And most of all, it’s an introduction to the sisterhood of menopause kind of a site.
So, if you: used to be fun / happy / less-of-a-cranky-b*tch and you felt alive, creative, inspired, sexy, happy, in charge, less sweaty, balanced and all-those-other-things-you-can’t-remember-right-now…. then we’ll have something for you. Click the button to join the sisterhood that is
The Menopause Effect.
Having Trouble and Think It’s Menopause?
You’re Not Alone Anymore… We’re Here to Help!
The Menopause Effect is part Emergency Life Support for women in menopause, part library of real life stories and part a humour-filled look at what is undoubtedly one of the most annoying and soul destroying / defining aspects of your adult life.
And it’s our mission to help you explore and evaluate the ideas, notions, options and ridiculousness that is Menopause in all its soulless-sweaty-exhausting-headachey-cry-baby-caramel-centered-rage-filled-self.
Maybe you can relate to these women . . .

So, what’s your Symptom Personality?
Imagine our surprise when we discovered that there are 5 main symptom groups/personalities. Most women will have a dominant personality.
Emotional Mood Swinger: Often experienced as a predominant increase in negative thought patterns, the presence or increase of anxiety & depression symptoms, experiences of mood swings, loss of interest in sex and other mental and emotional changes such as ‘brain fog’ and memory disturbances.
Sleepless & Tired: Typically defined by an increased experience of sleeplessness over a sustained period of time, an inability to go to sleep or to stay asleep (with or without night sweats) which predisposes the woman to ongoing tiredness, fatigue and lack of energy.
Hot & Sweaty: Noted by the presence of hot flushes and increased periods of sweating and/or night sweats.
Weight Wrangler: Typically defined by weight gain despite no change to diet or activity levels or a change in amount of weight gain.
Somatic Siren: Defined by the presence of joint and muscle pain, headaches, random pain with no reason, breast tenderness and vaginal dryness or atrophy.
About us
A chance conversation in February 2018 turned how we thought about our own experiences of menopause into a desire to help women everywhere. We’re really glad you’re here.
I thought I’d gotten off lightly… it wasn’t until years later as the symptoms progressed, that I realised that I was in full on menopause. I always thought I was insane and was doomed to a life of pain. Turns out I was wrong.
I didn’t realise I was going through menopause until it upended nearly every aspect of my life. As a former CIO and Manager, I was used to being in control of my life and now suddenly I wasn’t. I had to completely revaluate who I was.
What Happened
The Menopause Effect started life as a survey. It’s became so much more. During the analysis we discovered so much that thought we should share with as many of you as possible.
We discovered that there are 5 main Symptom Types or what we call ‘Symptom Personalities’ which are characterised by the distinct grouping of features subsequently labelled: Emotional Mood Swinger, Hot & Sweaty, Sleepless & Tired, Weight Wrangler and Somatic Siren.
Our Analysis
Research can sometimes be boring and ho hum. But our hearts broke a tiny bit more each time we started reading the data. There was story after story of women suffering and going it alone. We didn’t want that to keep happening… not on our watch!
We’ll be doing further research as we build up our knowledge and this site. Stay turned for the next exciting episode of 5 – 10 questions about you and your menopause! It’ll be fun (pinky promise).
Our Site
Who wouldn’t love the freedom of taking a day off and going through Menopause one rainy Thursday in winter, instead of from the spring of 2006 to summer 2017?
We’re building a library for women who are intrigued by the idea of discovering that they’re not alone. We hope that women will check us out before considering leaving a relationship, screaming, jumping off a bridge or running over the cheery 28-year-old neighbour with the lawn-mower.
We’ve Developed This Research for All Women…
And most of all, we’re doing it for the women who want to understand more about themselves and the satisfaction of knowing that they can take back their life.
We want you to do Menopause your way. We want you to know you can do it in a way that’s right for you.
Do it for yourself. But mostly, do it for your soul.
We’ve GOT you. ?

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