What’s one thing about women’s health you wish you knew sooner?
July 6, 2025
What’s one thing about women’s health you wish you knew sooner?
26 comments
Your periods can come MORE frequently during perimenopause
Perimenopause, periodt. Get you on that HRT girls. I don’t know about you but I don’t care to go thru puberty twice. (Because that’s how it feels.)
Having an abortion will still messes with your hormones.
We have a flora down there.
Your thyroid controls a lot more than you think. If it’s out of whack, a lot of things are going to be.
How important strength training is for health. Muscle is a major key to aging well.
The Vagina is self-cleaning, the vulva isn’t.
Wash the outer part ladies.
And if it smells, itches etc – see the doctor.
that mandatory physical activity and movement are such crucial aspects of an overall healthy body and mind and life
That fibroids just happen and no one knows why.
Periods are supposed to be *obnoxious,* not *debilitating.* If they’re debilitating, see a doctor.
Wet dreams are not just for boys.
And multiple orgasms are really hard but that doesn’t mean you should feel like a failure/not a woman for only being able to have one.
Eat more protein!
Just how necessary it is to advocate for your health. Medical gaslighting is incredibly common for women, and it’s so important we look out for our health at every point along the way.
Literally anything about menopause, but especially anything AT ALL about perimenopause and the fact it routinely lasts seven to ten years.
Your body is going to change shape and weight throughout your entire life which is normal and expected.
Protein, fat, and carbs are equally important and contribute to numerous body structures and functions.
That our bodies are very complicated biomechanical machines, and things aren’t so simple as “just do X”.
Most Drs won’t take us seriously. Including women Drs.
The medical model of healthcare is based on men.
You have to advocate HARD for yourself.
If you’re dismissed – see someone else, get a second opinion.
My overall health would be so much better if, 20+ years ago issues I raised were taken seriously but now I have several chronic and incurable conditions which could have been prevented if I had been taken seriously by medical professionals as a young woman in my late teens/early 20s.
PMDD. Someone on Reddit in a post like this once mentioned it and then it all clicked. Talked to my doctor shortly after, started an SSRI which ended up helping an incredible amount. Like, literally life changing maybe life saving learning that 1) that was even a thing, and 2) being lucky enough at the time to have a decent doctor to discuss it with.
How much suppressed emotions can make us sick, how much society tells us to do exactly that. If you want to be emotionally and physically healthy you have to find safe ways of expression and movement.
PCOS and PMDD suck big time and can really mess you up.
90% of my weight problems were due to emotional eating, which I unfortunately picked up through the unhealthy patterns in my family. No diet or workout program ever worked until I fixed my mindset and my relationship with food.
That we are not just smaller men, and many treatments have not been tested as much on women. That sometimes I know more about what’s good for my body than a doctor.
Allmost all medicine was tested primarily or exclusively on men. Women may have vastly different efficacy, reactions, side effects etc and should proceed with caution.
That whole “burning when you pee” sign of UTIs can stop as you age. The ER had to tell me that one.
Which is annoying because it was a very obvious symptom, so now it can become worse before I notice.
Pregnancy is way more fucked up and has way more risks than they let on
That’s doctors don’t take us seriously if we do not fit into the bell curve. If we have anything that is an outlier, we are the problem. You have to look for a doctor who is also female, about your age, and has the same experiences. Otherwise, it’s always the same thing, lose weight, less stress, and or, get more sleep.
26 comments
Your periods can come MORE frequently during perimenopause
Perimenopause, periodt. Get you on that HRT girls. I don’t know about you but I don’t care to go thru puberty twice. (Because that’s how it feels.)
Having an abortion will still messes with your hormones.
We have a flora down there.
Your thyroid controls a lot more than you think. If it’s out of whack, a lot of things are going to be.
How important strength training is for health. Muscle is a major key to aging well.
The Vagina is self-cleaning, the vulva isn’t.
Wash the outer part ladies.
And if it smells, itches etc – see the doctor.
that mandatory physical activity and movement are such crucial aspects of an overall healthy body and mind and life
That fibroids just happen and no one knows why.
Periods are supposed to be *obnoxious,* not *debilitating.* If they’re debilitating, see a doctor.
Wet dreams are not just for boys.
And multiple orgasms are really hard but that doesn’t mean you should feel like a failure/not a woman for only being able to have one.
Eat more protein!
Just how necessary it is to advocate for your health. Medical gaslighting is incredibly common for women, and it’s so important we look out for our health at every point along the way.
Literally anything about menopause, but especially anything AT ALL about perimenopause and the fact it routinely lasts seven to ten years.
Your body is going to change shape and weight throughout your entire life which is normal and expected.
Protein, fat, and carbs are equally important and contribute to numerous body structures and functions.
That our bodies are very complicated biomechanical machines, and things aren’t so simple as “just do X”.
Most Drs won’t take us seriously. Including women Drs.
The medical model of healthcare is based on men.
You have to advocate HARD for yourself.
If you’re dismissed – see someone else, get a second opinion.
My overall health would be so much better if, 20+ years ago issues I raised were taken seriously but now I have several chronic and incurable conditions which could have been prevented if I had been taken seriously by medical professionals as a young woman in my late teens/early 20s.
PMDD. Someone on Reddit in a post like this once mentioned it and then it all clicked. Talked to my doctor shortly after, started an SSRI which ended up helping an incredible amount. Like, literally life changing maybe life saving learning that 1) that was even a thing, and 2) being lucky enough at the time to have a decent doctor to discuss it with.
How much suppressed emotions can make us sick, how much society tells us to do exactly that. If you want to be emotionally and physically healthy you have to find safe ways of expression and movement.
PCOS and PMDD suck big time and can really mess you up.
90% of my weight problems were due to emotional eating, which I unfortunately picked up through the unhealthy patterns in my family. No diet or workout program ever worked until I fixed my mindset and my relationship with food.
That we are not just smaller men, and many treatments have not been tested as much on women. That sometimes I know more about what’s good for my body than a doctor.
Allmost all medicine was tested primarily or exclusively on men. Women may have vastly different efficacy, reactions, side effects etc and should proceed with caution.
That whole “burning when you pee” sign of UTIs can stop as you age. The ER had to tell me that one.
Which is annoying because it was a very obvious symptom, so now it can become worse before I notice.
Pregnancy is way more fucked up and has way more risks than they let on
That’s doctors don’t take us seriously if we do not fit into the bell curve. If we have anything that is an outlier, we are the problem. You have to look for a doctor who is also female, about your age, and has the same experiences. Otherwise, it’s always the same thing, lose weight, less stress, and or, get more sleep.
The dangers of alcohol. Any amount.