Sorry, I'm just going to add my bit about menopause and HRT...
I feel like this kind of chat is still in keeping with the theme of thread, which is: women always have been, and still are, getting
ducked over by men.
I started getting really bad night sweats about a year ago. We're talking, literally changing PJs 3 or 4 times a night and sleeping on towels because I was constantly waking up DRENCHED (and freezing).

I have a family history of breast cancer (mum) and was told that the progesterone topical gel (which was recc'd by my GP), could increase my risk further, but since I also suffer from insomnia and depression, even before peri- and menopause, I was prepared to take the risk. I need whatever sleep I can get!
Within days (nights), the sweats stopped completely!

At my next review I told my GP I was absolutely going to continue using it because although it may increase my risk of breast cancer by X% it has already demonstrated a 100% chance of stopping my night sweats, so although I'm definitely not making light of breast cancer, it was a no-brainer for me.
Putting the damn cold gel on every night kind of sucks though and I always think if this was aimed at men, there'd have been extensive research and money thrown at it (decades ago) and it would be a nice little pill or something

Apologies for the slight wander off topic.
ETA-
duck Tom Daly,
duck Graham Norton, and
duck all the men who refuse to believe that peri- and menopause "is no big deal"