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Menopause and Depression: The Most Overlooked Symptom
Posted: 02-24-2007 - 06:03 PM | Readers : 290

   

Menopause is the stage of a woman’s life when she has to pause the activities of her life. This is not easy for any women to get rid of her responsibilities and set aside her regular activities. Menopause is the phase when the resistance of a woman’s patience is concluded. Menopause is the phase that brings so many changes in a woman body. The changes occur in a body because of decrease in production of essential hormones. Menopause causes pain in the body muscles, change in menstruation cycle, inadequate sleep, stress and depression.

During menopause women may experience mood swings, change in moods for no reason. The cause of depression is the stress of menopause. The symptoms of menopause have adverse affect on a female body. Women become restless due to disturbance while sleeping. At the same time, women have to deal with her family, friends, finances and work. The normal activities look like over burden on life. Because of the drastic change in the body female feel depressed and stressful.

The changes in the body are the result of the organs that stop producing the hormones to balance the biological activities. The essential hormones like estrogen and progesterone, which controls the brainwaves, temperaments, menstruation cycle of a female body, become inadequate in the body. As a result, the female feel depressed. Depression is the state when a person thinks deep about any impression and this deep thinking results as depression. In depression, a female may feel ignored, over exhausted, Helpless to share her physical problems. Because of this feeling, the female may feel of attempting suicide. Thinking negative about events, pessimistic about life, unusual anger or crying is the beginning symptoms of depression. Women who have a history of mood swings in past are relatively more prone to face serious depression during menopause.

Females who had taken surgical treatments for menopause are having higher side of risk of having depression. If a woman has a smoking habit, she is considered more at risk for depression during menopause.

Depression should not be ignored considering it as a normal mood swing. Depression is a very serious problem that occurs due to hormonal changes in a female. Depression can lead a person to feel like worthless and ignored in life. A worse depression can turn into suicidal act. Depression is the phase when a being undergoes deep thinking in passive terms. Female should take proper medication to cure it. The medicines should not be stopped without consulting the physician. Some behavior therapies are also available to control the emotions during depression. During menopause, hormone replacement therapy is helpful source to restore the lost hormones to overcome the depression.

[i]About the author: Stephanie Smith: http://www.beyondmenopause.com BeyondMenopause - Find the facts when it comes to flash hot night sweats treatment, perimenopause and pregnancy and perimenopause information.
 
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