@nourishingapothecary: There was a time when women experiencing very real symptoms were simply labelled “hysterical.” Anxiety, distress, symptoms around the menstrual cycle and serious postpartum mental health symptoms were not understood in the way they are today. The history of “female hysteria” is confronting, but it also gives important context to the way women’s physical and mental health has been treated throughout medicine. In Season 2, Episode 2 of Inside the Apothecary, we look back at this history and then bring the conversation forward to what we now understand about hormones, PMS and PMDD, postpartum health and female physiology. Because women weren’t suddenly invented with complicated hormones in the 21st century. We’ve simply become much better at understanding what was happening. Episode 2 is available to watch now on YouTube or listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. #WomensHealth #FemaleHormones #Postpartum #PMDD #InsideTheApothecary
