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Menopause Discussion => Postmenopause => Topic started by: KarineT on December 06, 2021, 01:45:45 PM

Title: Can depression set in in postmeno?
Post by: KarineT on December 06, 2021, 01:45:45 PM

Hi,

Can depression be csused by the postmenopause?

Thanks

Karine

Title: Re: Can depression set in in postmeno?
Post by: CLKD on December 06, 2021, 01:48:20 PM

Any thing can cause depression.  Hormonal upheaval can certainly make both depression and anxiety more noticeable. 

Title: Re: Can depression set in in postmeno?
Post by: Dotty on December 06, 2021, 03:47:10 PM

Yes depression can be caused by post menopause, as oestrogen levels drop. X

Title: Re: Can depression set in in postmeno?
Post by: CLKD on December 06, 2021, 04:33:23 PM

Clinical depression is when people are in a situation that they feel they are unable to get out of.  Organic depression is chemical upheaval - I have both and know the difference.  Medication has helped me a lot. 

Hormones can cause the onset of depression.  How were you during your menstruating years, I would sob the night B4 a bleed began, even when a period wasn't due. 

Title: Re: Can depression set in in postmeno?
Post by: KarineT on December 06, 2021, 08:39:57 PM

Thanks everybody for your replies.

I've always had a low mood issue during my reprocuctive years and I seem to still have it.  Mental health issues aren't easy to deal with and, although I am not depressed, i'm scared that the further down I go in the postmenopause,  I'm currently 2 years postmeno, the higher the risk of me developping this horrible illness. I'm really hoping that this won't be the case, say, 5 or 10 years down the I line..

Title: Re: Can depression set in in postmeno?
Post by: CLKD on December 06, 2021, 09:10:48 PM

There isn't any higher risk, certainly I haven't become any worse - in fact, I feel better now that I don't have periods or PMT.  My trick is eating regularly: every 3 hours.