There are times when traditional feminist thought does women no favours. In her recent ‘against the stream’ article ‘The Menopause transition, a call for a holistic approach’ Rachel Gibbons quotes from Germaine Greer – a heroine of mine in the 1970s: ‘ a view of menopause as a catastrophe […]. If women on the youthful side of climacteric could glimpse what this state of peaceful potency might be, the difficulty of this transition would be lessened.’

There are times when traditional feminist thought does women no favours. In her recent ‘against the stream’ article ‘The Menopause transition, a call for a holistic approach’ Rachel Gibbons quotes from Germaine Greer – a heroine of mine in the 1970s: ‘ a view of menopause as a catastrophe […]. If women on the youthful side of climacteric could glimpse what this state of peaceful potency might be, the difficulty of this transition would be lessened.’

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It’s 35 years now since I first took antidepressants, and I’ve been on them continuously for 31, the last 25 years or so on an SNRI (Serotonin and Noradrenaline Reuptake Inhibitor)

It’s 35 years now since I first took antidepressants, and I’ve been on them continuously for 31, the last 25 years or so on an SNRI (Serotonin and Noradrenaline Reuptake Inhibitor)

The recent USA Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expert panel on the use of SSRIs in pregnancy, was a hard watch for various reasons, but, be assured, I’m not going to get into any discussion here about the risks of medication in pregnancy for reasons of my own sanity. No. My concerns were fourfold. The serious shortage of people with experience of actually caring for women with perinatal depression on the panel; the absence of evidence from anyone who has suffered, and I really stress that word…

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The recent USA Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expert panel on the use of SSRIs in pregnancy, was a hard watch for various reasons, but, be assured, I’m not going to get into any discussion here about the risks of medication in pregnancy for reasons of my own sanity. No. My concerns were fourfold. The serious shortage of people with experience of actually caring for women with perinatal depression on the panel; the absence of evidence from anyone who has suffered, and I really stress that word…