When Joanna Strober turned 47, she started having difficulty sleeping.
When she consulted some of her doctors, Strober said they prescribed sleeping pills that could become addictive, suggested she see a psychiatrist or told her to just “live with it.” She didn’t think it could be hormone-related because, as she explained it, she was still getting her monthly cycle.
It took her a year to find a menopause specialist. Although this was “a very expensive doctor,” who did not take insurance,”…
