My name is Dr. Michelle Davis.
I have been an endocrinologist in Geneva, Switzerland for 19 years.
And for years, I watched women walk into my clinic with the same haunted look.
Successful women.
Kind women.
Sharp women.
Women who used to run households, careers, marriages, calendars, children, aging parents, and themselves with grace.
Now they were sitting across from me saying:
“I feel like I’m losing my mind.”
“My husband says I’m not myself.”
“My kids avoid me.”
“I haven’t slept properly in months.”
“I don’t feel like a woman anymore.”
I knew the textbook answer.
HRT.
Mood pills.
Sleep aids.
Synthetic hormones.
Progesterone creams.
And for some women, they helped a little.
For many, they made things worse.
More bloating.
More moodiness.
More anxiety.
More strange symptoms.
More “Why do I still feel awful?”
Then menopause came for me.
Hard.