Medical Cannabis and Menopause - Sleep, Mood, Joints

Menopause is not only hot flushes. It is often months, even years, of worse sleep, mood swings, anxiety, joint pain and the feeling that the body has stopped being predictable. Many women ask whether medical cannabis can help in this time - we answer honestly.

Cannabis will not balance hormones, but in some women it is support for the most burdensome symptoms, especially those around sleep and mood.

The fall in oestrogen sets off a whole chain of changes: hot flushes and night sweats, insomnia, irritability and low mood, sometimes worse joint pain. Sleeplessness deepens the rest of the symptoms, so a vicious circle appears again.

Most is said about its effect on the symptoms that wreck daily life the most:

For hot flushes themselves the evidence is weak, so we promise nothing there. It is rather about improving overall quality of life.

The foundation of menopause care remains the gynaecologist, and in some women hormone replacement therapy. Medical cannabis is symptomatic support, not hormonal treatment.

It is best when cannabis therapy runs alongside gynaecological care and is agreed with it.

This is an option mainly for women whose sleep, mood and tension strongly lower quality of life despite current care. If sleep is the main problem, see our article medical cannabis for insomnia, and if it is mood and anxiety - medical cannabis for anxiety and stress.