Menopause symptoms are a lot. Hot flashes, night sweats, brain fog, mood swings, sleep chaos, vaginal dryness, the works. Many women already lean on basics like exercise, diet tweaks, and over-the-counter supplements to cope, alongside options like hormone therapy, which is still the most effective treatment for hot flashes when it’s safe to use.

What’s new is that researchers are now putting something women have quietly used forever into the actual “care toolkit”: masturbation. Recent Kinsey Institute work found that more than a third of menopausal women who masturbate report symptom relief, and about one in ten say it’s a primary strategy. A follow-up clinical trial and related reports suggest that frequent self-pleasure, especially with a vibrator, can improve mood, sleep, and overall

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