Comments on: Menopause And Depression

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 09:54:59 +0000

I am going through this now and need help but any tablets the Doctor gives me don’t seem to touch me at the moments.I can’t understand what is happening to me I am 59 and was told I had gone through the menopause in my early forties as I had my womb removed when I was in my thirties and went on HRT then.Now out of the blue I am realy bad and my bloods say I am on the menopause.What do people surgest as this is driving me nuts.I am usually a very laid back person always laughing and now I am crying and cannot get back to work.I could be at risk of getting the sack from my job but I cannot help how I feel all the time.

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:05:57 +0000

I can’t understand why I keep feeling so angry, the slightest thing makes me fly off the handle so to speak then I feel I could burst into tears, I’m nearly 50 years but I have been like this for several years now.

By: Jan

Jan — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:11:22 +0000

I am just coming up to 51 & still having periods (although they are extremely light flow as I have a Mirena Coil for heavy periods). I even mentioned to my gyneacologist that I had a lot of depression lately & I think it’s due to the menopause approaching, he took no interest & said it was my age! Can you believe that? I went home feeling suicidal, seriously, & also felt too anxious to go to my GP in case he treated me the same (which he probably would have done).
We should not be treated as if we have ‘psychiatric problems’ due to hormonal changes. So, yes like you, I have felt desperate for help & there seems to be none available other than doctors advising us to pull ourselves together & get on with life. It’s a desperate situation & one that is not addressed properly.

By: Denise

Denise — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 23:26:25 +0000

I am 55 years of age and still having Periods quite regularly but also suffer with menopausal symptons. I have been on Citalopram for a few years and they have always worked, but over the past few weeks the depression has come back with a vengence, my Doctor offered me Psychiatric help which I declined I don’t want to go down that route, and thats where I have been left, desperate and no one understanding. Has this ever happened to anyone else.

By: Gill

Gill — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:46:00 +0000

So am I, well i think I am, at 51 its got to happen sometime soon…..I just feel so strange, having recently been made redundant too…..but i find reading a good book by Rhonda Byrne, The Secret, helped…..also making a big effort to shower, wash my hair, paint my nails, put my makeup on, at the start of each day….then a brisk walk with my 2 dogs, really helps too. Try it and see what you think…the books is great….get it off amazon real cheap.

By: sally dodson

sally dodson — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:55:51 +0000

I would like some help on the memopause, I am struggling with life at the moment. Thanks sally