(JAZZ MUSIC.)
SO I LOOKED UP ONE MORNING, AND IT'S LIKE THIS
GIANT INTER-TUBE WAS RIGHT HERE.
(LAUGHTER.)
AND I WAS LIKE "WHAT THE?!"
RIGHT?
THE WEIGHT GAIN!
TERRIBLE.
I WENT TO THE DOCTORS SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND THE NURSE
PATTED MY STOMACH AND SHE GOES, "ARE YOU EXPECTING?"
OH MY GOD!
AND I SAID - NO SHE DIDN'T!
I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD BE
INSULTED?
SERIOUS.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF I SHOULD BE INSULTED BECAUSE
SHE THOUGHT I WAS, YOU KNOW, CHUBBY, OR SHOULD I BE FLATTERED
BECAUSE SHE THINKS I'M YOUNG ENOUGH TO BE PREGNANT.
THERE YOU GO!
SO I WENT TO THE POSITIVE ON THAT.
SEE I JUST EXPERIENCED THE WEIGHT GAIN RECENTLY, I USED TO
WORK OUT THREE, FOUR TIMES A WEEK AND NOW I JOINED ORANGE
THEORY AND LA FITNESS AND I'M GONG 7 DAYS A WEEK AND SOMETIMES
I DO A DOUBLE HEADER AND DO TWO HOURS SO LIKE ONE IN THE MORNING
AND ONE IN THE EVENING BECAUSE OF THE WEIGHT GAIN AND I'M
FREAKING OUT LIKE "OMG THIS CANNOT BE HAPPENING" I CANNOT
TURN INTO MY MOTHER.
(LAUGHTER.)
WOW!
SUCH HONESTY, REAL TALK HERE!
WE ARE WRAPPING UP OUR FIVE PART SERIES "TAKE BACK THE
BEDROOM" WITH A FRANK DISCUSSION ON SEXUAL HEALTH AND YOUR SEX
LIFE AND HOW MENOPAUSE EFFECTS ALL OF IT.
AND IT DOES.
IT'S TIME TO ASK THE DOCTOR AND OF
COURSE OUR TWO EXPERTS ARE BACK, THEY'RE SEXUAL MEDICINE AND
BOARD CERTIFIED GYNECOLOGIST AND OUR RESIDENT SEXUALITY EXPERT,
THAT'S A MOUTHFUL, DOCTOR MICHAEL KRYCHMAN AND JOINING HIM
IS DOCTOR ALYSSA DWECK AUTHOR AND BOARD CERTIFIED OBSTETRICIAN
AND GYNECOLOGIST, BY THE WAY THEY ALSO CO-AUTHORED THE SEXUAL
SPARK, WELCOME BACK TO BOTH OF YOU.
THANK YOU.
THANKS!
ALRIGHT, THESE WOMEN, WE JUST HEARD THEM,
THEY ARE GAINING WEIGHT, THEY'RE COMPLAINING, MENOPAUSE EFFECTING
IT.
DOCTOR DWECK, HOW DOES, I GET THE HOT FLASHES, I GET THE
DRYNESS, HOW DOES WEIGHT GAIN PLAY A ROLE HERE WITH MENOPAUSE?
WELL LOOK, MENOPAUSE CAN BE SOMETHING THAT CAUSES SOME
WEIGHT GAIN BECAUSE OF A DROP IN THE METABOLISM AND SOME HORMONAL
CHANGES, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ALL BAD.
EXERCISE, STRES REDUCTION, THESE ARE ALL HELPFUL
THINGS.
DOCTOR KRYCHMAN?
WELL YOU KNOW EXERCISE AND SEX GOES
HAND IN HAND, TOUCHE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
RECOGNIZE THAT HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT YOURSELF, YOUR SELF ESTEEM
IS SO LINKED TO SEXUAL SELF ESTEEM.
HOW YOU VIEW YOURSELF AS A SEXY PERSON.
AND WE REALLY REALIZE THAT MENOPAUSE IS A
VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SYMPTOMS.
SOME WOMEN HAVE DRYNESS, THE HOT FLASHES, SOME PEOPLE FORGET YOU
KNOW THOSE WORDS, I DON'T KNOW WHERE I LEFT MY KEYS.
HMMM OR THEY HAVE TROUBLE SLEEPING AND
AGAIN VERY IMPACTFUL SYMPTOMS FOR QUITE SOME TIME AS WELL.
AND SYMPTOMS THAT CAN IMPACT YOUR
SEXUAL LIFE AT HOME WHICH YOU TAUGHT ME AND STUDIES HAVE SHOWS
THAT A GOOD SATISFYING SEX LIFE IS NOT ONLY POSITIVE BUT THERE'S
A LOT OF BENEFITS TO IT AS WELL, RIGHT DOCTOR?
100 PERCENT.
AND WE KNOW THAT SEXUAL HEALTH AND
GENERAL HEALTH ARE VERY MUCH LINKED.
IT'S NOT JUST THIS EMOTIONAL CONNECTION, WE KNOW
SEX IS GREAT EXERCISE.
I KNOW THAT I WOULD RATHER HAVE SEX
THAN BE ON THE TREADMILL FOR HALF AN HOUR.
I'M WITH YOU THERE!
AND OF COURSE WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE THAT HAVE GOOD SEX
LIVES, LESS CHRONIC DISEASE, THEY LIVE LONGER HEALTHIER
LIVES, LESS CANCER, SO LOT OF BENEFITS.
BUT THERE ARE SOME SITUATIONS, DOCTOR DWECK WHERE
WOMEN UNFORTUNATELY PEOPLE CANNOT HAVE A GOOD SEX LIFE
BECAUSE OF MEDICAL ISSUES GOING, WHAT ARE THOSE?
RIGHT, AGAIN SEXUAL HEALTH AND GENERAL HEALTH
THEY'RE COMPLETELY INTERTWINED.
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, DIABETES, DEPRESSION, CANCER, THESES ARE
ALL RELATED TO SEXUAL HEALTH JUST LIKE THEY ARE RELATED TO
GENERAL HEALTH.
AND DON'T FORGET MEDICATIONS.
THE AVERAGE MENOPAUSAL WOMEN TAKES THREE
CHRONIC MEDICATIONS.
WOW!
EVERY DAY AND THOSE CAN IMPACT DESIRE,
AROUSAL, ORGASM AND YOU KNOW THEY SAY ORGASM INTENSITY AND
LATENCY SO MENOPAUSAL WOMEN WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, AN ORGASM USED TO
BE THUNDER AND LIGHTENING AND NOW IT'S THE PITTER PATTER OF
RAIN AND YOU'RE WAITING AND WAITING WITH YOUR UMBRELLA.
OH MY GOSH!
AND WAITING.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF IMPACT THAT HAPPENS.
SO FOR THOSE WOMEN, WHERE THAT'S
HAPPENING, HOW CAN WE TREAT SEXUAL DISFUNCTION, CAN IT BE
TREATED?
WELL OF COURSE, I THINK, YOU KNOW IN MY BRAIN I
DIVIDE IT UP, BETWEEN SEXUAL MEDICINE AND SEXUAL PSYCHOLOGY.
SO AGAIN, VEINS, ARTERIES, NERVES, THERE MAY BE
PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS, AND AS WELL THERE'S SOME SIMPLE
SOLUTIONS.
I ALWASY SAY THE NUMBER ONE THING I WRITE ON A
PRESCRIPTION PAD IS A LOCK FOR THE MASTER BEDROOM DOOR.
PRIVACY, FATIGUE, KIDS, STRESS.
DID I SAY KIDS?
YES YOU DID!
KIDS!
AND I KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE.
AGAIN KIDS.
AND AGAIN THERE'S SIMPLE SOLUTIONS THAT
YOU CAN OFFER, THINGS LIKE THE FEARA, THE AROUSER, YOU CAN EVEN
USE MOISTURIZERS AND LUBRICANTS.
SAFE, EFFECTIVE, NON HORMONAL PRODUCTS THAT ARE EASILY
OBTAINED AT THE LOCAL PHARMACY.
DOCTOR DWECK, ONE THAT YOU LIKE?
YES, I HAPPEN TO REALLY LIKE LUBRIGYN AND I CONSIDER IT TO BE
KIND OF A SYSTEM BECAUSE THERE'S A CLEANSING LOTION WHICH IS VERY
HELPFUL, IT REALLY HELPS WITH MOISTURE AND THEN THERE IS THE
LUBRIGYN CREAM WHICH IS WONDERFUL, USED INTERNALLY AND
WOMEN HAVE WONDERFUL RESULT FROM THIS.
AND AGAIN I'D LIKE TO STRESS THE NON HORMONAL ASPECTS
OF THIS.
AND THAT'S HUGE, BECAUSE DOCTOR KRYCHMAN A LOT OF
WOMEN ARE STAYING A WAY FROM HORMONES, WHETHER IT'S CORRECT
OR NOT, IT DOESN'T MATTER, IT'S A IT'S A INDIVIDUAL PERSONAL
DECISION TO DO SO, SO THIS IS NON HORMONAL?
OF COUSRE, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
BESIDES NOT HAVING HORMONES, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE,
WHAT IT DOES HAVE.
IT HAS ELASTIN WHICH HELPS WITH THE
ELASTICITY, THE STRETCHABILITY, HYALURONIC ACID WHICH IS VERY
IMPORTANT FOR MOISTURIZING, SO IMPORTANT TO READ LABELS, SEE
WHAT IS IN THE PRODUCT AND WHAT IS NOT IN THE PRODUCT AS WELL.
SO READ, NUMBER ONE THE SEXUAL SPARK, READ THE LABELS, USE
LUBRIGYN AND YOU WILL HAVE YOUR SEXUAL SPARK BACK.
(LAUGHTER.)
THANK YOU SO MUCH, THIS HAS BEEN GREAT HAVING YOU GUYS.
DOCTOR FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
LUBRIGYN, WHERE DO WE GO?
THEY CAN GO TO LUBRIGYN USA DOT COM
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND OF COURSE YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE AS
ALWAYS AND THAT'S THE BALANCING ACT DOT COM (MUSIC.)