Channel 4 viewers wept over Davina McCall’s new menopause documentary, Sex, Mind and the Menopause.
The famed TV presenter returned to screens with her second programme on the menopause on Monday night (May 2).
It came after the success of her first documentary which aired last year, called Sex, Myths and the Menopause.
At one point, the Masked Singer judge was seen weeping outside parliament during a menopause protest, but it’s clear she wasn’t the only one emotional by the topic.
It appears many viewers wept over Davina’s documentary, because many flocked to Twitter share how moved they were.
One fan wrote: “Already in tears watching #sexmindandthemenopause Brain fog is so debilitating”.
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A second said: “Only 15 mins and I already feel overwhelmed… Thank you thank you thank you”.
A third commented: “Omg I could cry! I lost so much going through the menopause. Was never ‘officially’ diagnosed & never offered HRT (hypertensive).”
A fourth added: “So good to see peri menopause and menopause being highlighted on MSM.”
A fifth admitted: “Think I’ve just fallen in love with @ThisisDavina”.
In the programme, Davina revealed she feared having to quit TV presenting as she suffered “horror” menopause symptoms, such as brain fog.
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Brain fog is a common symptom of the perimenopause, which Davina described as the menopause’s “evil little sister”.
The perimenopause, the transitional period before the menopause, tends to occur in women between the aged of 40 and 44.
Speaking about fears of ditching her job, Davina said: “I was 44 when it happened to me. Might have happened a bit earlier and I didn’t even know the meaning of the word perimenopause.”
“Juggling fluctuating hormones in life can be tough, but what makes matters worse is one frightening symptom which can occur during perimenopause. Brain fog.
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“Brain fog is horrific. I mean, when I had it, I couldn’t read autocue. Something would happen to my eyes. I couldn’t remember celebrity’s names.”
She then admitted: “I seriously thought I was going to have to give up presenting.”
Davina has credited Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) with changing her life for the better and alleviating her menopause symptoms.
According to the NHS, HRT is a treatment to relieve symptoms of the menopause by replacing hormones that are a lower level as you approach the menopause.
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The doc claims access to HRT is a ‘postcode lottery’ as entire regions of the UK are unable to prescribe the most up-to-date HRT treatments.
The programme documents how HRT has improved the lives of women who have taken it, and pushes to make the treatment more widely available.
Overall, 79% of those surveyed by Channel 4 had never tried HRT, but over 50% of those who’d taken it said it gave them their life back.
It was also found that 79% of women had never tried HRT, but of those who did, more than 50% said “it had completely given them their lives back”.
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