This is on behalf of a friend she can and will read replys thank you ....


I'm really worried about my mum. I know it's normal to go through the menopause and suffer some nasty symptoms, but she's not seeming to cope with it at the moment and it's only just begun.

I want to be there for her, and help her all that I can, but I do not know what the best way to go about this is. It doesn't help that I don't live with my parents so often all I can do is talk on the phone with her a couple of times a week and then visit every 3-4weeks.

I'm not sure exactly what symptoms are going on fully, but I know she's been very down, had hot flushes and insomnia. She has been to the doctor and so far just had some bloods taken.

All I would really like is ideas of how I can support her best from the position of being her daughter and her not wanting her to feel weird about me knowing she's not feeling great and also from the distance I'm living away.

Thanks in advance for your input