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<\/a>The article<\/a> discusses how her menopause symptoms were so unexpectedly severe, they left her at the brink of suicide and how she decided to start Menopause Support and then the #MakeMenopauseMatter campaign.<\/p>\nThe campaign has three main aims: first, to make menopause education mandatory for all GPs, second, the have menopause guidance and support in every workplace and finally to have menopause included in the new RSE curriculum in schools.<\/p>\n
The campaign has so far achieved its third aim in England as of September 2020, and their\u00a0Make Menopause Matter petition<\/a>\u00a0has a staggering 165,000 signatures so far.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re all steps in the right direction, but there is still so much work to do,\u201d Diane said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s so much worse than hot flushes and periods stopping – one in four will have no symptoms at all, but one in four will call it a debilitating experience having a severe effect on their quality of life.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are at a turning point in history.\u201d she added.<\/p>\n