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Menopause Mood
One of the key warnings regarding the onset of menopause are mood swings. In addition, we are learning that due to the changes women (and Men as well) go through during the menopausal passage, depression is often a by product.
Let's make sure we recognize depression. Depression is a mental health malady that can affect the way you eat and sleep, the way you feel about yourself, and the way you think about everything. A depressive disorder is more than a passing bent. By all means it is not a sign of personal frailty, and it cannot be willed or wished away.
A depressive malady involves the body, mood, and thoughts. People who are depressed cannot "snap out of it" and get better. Without appropriate action, symptoms can last for months or years. Treatments such as antidepressant medications and psychoanalysis can reduce and sometimes terminate the symptoms of depression.
Here are some indicators of depression:
* Persistent sad, anxious, or "empty" mood
* Feelings of hopelessness, pessimism
* Feelings of guilt, worthlessness, helplessness
* Loss of interest or pleasure in hobbies and activities that were once enjoyed, including sex
* Decreased energy, fatigue, being "slowed down"
* Difficulty concentrating, remembering, making decisions
* Insomnia, early morning awakening, or over sleeping
* Appetite and/or weight loss or overeating and weight gain
* Thoughts of death or suicide; suicide attempts
* Restlessness, irritability
* Persistent physical symptoms that do not respond to treatment, such as headaches, digestive disorders, and chronic pain
Combining Menopause and Depression Together
1. Menopausal Women Frequently Become Depressed
The drastic hormonal disparity that can occur in pre menopuse can create marked mood swings.
Many women are not sentient that it is the hormonial imbalance causing the mood swings so they won't present themselves for a solution and the mood swings lead to depression.
The hormonal imbalance causes acute mood swings which if left untreated will develop into depression. This is why treatments like hormonal replacement therapy actually help in controlling mood swings and depression episodes.
2. No Previous History of Depression Is Needed or Found
Many, many times women who become depressed in pre-menopause had no previous history of depression.
There have been a number of research reports on women who are going through the menopausal stage, with specific emphasis on the cause and treatment of depression. It has been found in most of the studies that women who had no previous history of moodiness and/or depression develop this as they become pre-menopausal. This is further goaded by the fact that women themselves tend to dismiss the connection between the onset of menopause and depression, and do not seek specialized help.
As a result of having no prior history of depression many pre-menopausal women and men will ignore the depression they are going through and the activity worsens because they are not considering the cause.
3. Excellence of Life Suffers
Most of the time when a pre-menopausal women (or man) suffers symptoms and occurences of depression it worsens and they can not only acquire mood swing symptoms and behavior but can suffer from severe migranes.
When all the indications and behaviors are aggregated together it can strain most of the relationships pre-menopasal women are in and dramatically worsen their brillance of life. In addition, it becomes more difficult for those around the women (or man!!)to understand and live with the depression/menopausal behavior and numerous relaitonships end at this point.
4. Two Pronged Approach Can Help
Firstly, changing the eating habits in pre-menopause and menopause to one of more soy route can help to control the mood swings and degree of depression...let's say it together, we are what we eat.
In the second place, hormone replacement treatment, when properly continued, can also diminish the severity of depression and mood swing symptoms.
By understanding that depression can be in some women an almost automatic result of being pre-menopausal, women can find relief not only for some symptoms but family connections can be improved during this time.
Depression really is one of the more critical maladys of out age.
About the Author Menopause and depression are affecting millions of Americans of both genders! Hope you enjoy this article regarding the rudiments of menopause and depression. Ken Meyer is a researcher, educator, internet publisher and marketer. Ken also has suffered with male menopause.
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