LES DROGUES

I love the women of the Baby Boomer generation. They Demanded world attention for Their rights to equality in the sixties, changed the gender rules in the seventies, Made Their Way into executive boardrooms in the eighties, and paved the way for the coming generations of Their Daughters and Their daughter's daughters. Generations X and Y, and hopefully "Z" have a lot to thank them.

Today, younger adult women do not have to go through What They did for recognition and understanding. When I Enrolled at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 1981, I was the only female in my first accounting class. Today, there are 'equally if not more women the examination in a university graduate and advanced education courses than men. This is how things have changed Dramatically. But have they?

Since my mid-forties, I have HAD reason to visit a lot of doctor's offices. I Have Been diagnosed as peri-menopausal, menopausal (differing opinions from different doctors), suffering from hypothyroidism, not suffering from hypothyroidism, Chronic Fatigue, Chronic Fatigue No, stress-related panic attacks, hypoglycaemia, hyperglycaemia - and the best of all - That I Should recommendation to see a psychologist! All of These Symptoms and complaints Became more relavant When I Discovered later i had severe adrenal problems - Completely undiagnosed by all the doctors I saw. But for now, I just want to say, "God help the Baby Boomers!"

During the Last Few Years, I Have Been in and out of so many doctor's offices, Surgeries, and hospitals have lost That I track. I have visited Hormone Specialists, Gynaecologists, General Practitioners and rushed into hospital Emergency Rooms Been on countless occasions. I have more blood tests than HAD Any rational person is Meant to endure; subjected to ECGs (electrocardiograms), X-rays, brain scans, chest scans, hearing tests, and spent hours upon hours in the ER Those wonderful little cubicles waiting for tests or wheeled around from testing lab to lab testing. Not once, not a couple of times, but countless times. I Have Had the top of my palm injected with large needles while I've Waited horrible for hours for a scan, drip, or blood transfusion.

I Have Also Been insulted, ignored, Laughed at, and Been Given operational procedures, drugs and antibiotics Expressed Concerns Against My. A hospital Gynaecologist even asked me on one occasion Whether my breasts Were Real. (I am naturally well endowed.) I Believe He Was Being playful and it was Meant to Be a joke - but at the time, I was lying in a hospital Emergency Room bed, waiting for a 4-pack blood transfusion. Needless to say, I did not find it very amusing at the time.

I am not a feminist. Strengths and weaknesses I know what women have and acknowledge the Strengths and weaknesses That Men have. However, I am utterly astonished and dumbfounded at the way women are still treated analysis Being in the medical arena.

I am in total dismay at how the women of That gregarious, rebellious, open-minded, ground-breaking generation, the Baby Boomers, who led the revolution in changing the advertising, marketing, financial, and consumer-driven Demands of the World, Are Still Being Treated as the 1950s by the traditional female stereotype medical community. And this includes some female doctors I have visited as well.

Every time I have visited a new doctor, the typical first response is, "its Probably menopausal changes." Firstly, if all I have suffered menopause Symptoms Were, I'd be swinging from the rafters with glee. I do not wish to invalidate the women who have Difficulties Caused by hormonal changes, but with the new bio-identical hormone therapy available, menopause is an Transition Easier than ever before now.

Secondly, there it worries me that the abruptness and immediacy of this instant diagnosis for women who happen to be in the 40 plus age group can Potentially Prevent a real disease and dangerously accurate diagnosis and treatment from or lead to misdiagnoses and Serious Consequences Where There Were ninth in the first place.

Men, women and now even younger teenagers and children are affected by similar circumstances. However, the typical and by far the larger demographic profile of wrongly diagnosed Patients who fall victim to anti-depressants and tranquillisers are adult women.

Norma Finkelstein, Ph.D., of the Boston-based Coalition on Addiction, Pregnancy, Parenting and says, "Women TEND to get addicted to prescription drugs like sedatives and tranquillisers Often more than men do doctors prescribe Them Because more women to freely" . She Estimates That 70 Percent of tranquillisers and sedatives Prescribed in the U.S. are Given to Women. In Australia, 2:1 or 66.7 percent is the estimated ratio for women. Also Finkelstein adds, "Women have long seen by the medical profession Been as hysterical and anxious - I'd Rather than listening to the woman's problem, some doctors will just write a prescription for medication."

I recall the wisdom of a friend who oz said, "Educate the mother and you educate the family." He was speaking of higher values ​​at the time, but Those words ring ominously in my mind now. Was the Rolling Stones' 1960s hit "Mother's Little Helper" we did not heed to warnings?

Ann is an accountant Marosy, consultant, and former university lecturer. She was formally the Financial Controller of the Fortune 500 Company, Jardine Matheson, and Finalist of SA Executive Woman of the Year. Ann is the author of 'The Money Program' book series, which effectively includes managing the stages of wealth creation, formulas for budgeting, debt-free program and investment strategies. For more details visit: The Home of The Money Program

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