Menopause - a whole-body experience

Mid-life specialist Jo Ibbott explains how the brain is affected during menopause

In our culture, menopause is often portrayed as something to be laughed at or ignored. I’ve known people walk out of the room at the mention of the word, perhaps fearful of what they might have to listen to, afraid of saying the wrong thing or maybe because they believe it’s wholly the realm of ‘women of a certain age’ and nothing to do with them.  

There’s a perception it’s all about the end of periods, alongside the hot flushes that come out of nowhere and cause us to become molten heaps, unable to string a sentence together.