Anxiety and depression during menopause
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I wanted to learn how to cope with the anxiety and depression, which I know is related to my menstral cycle, but all the therapist appears interested in is the marijuanna addiction. I know smoking pot also causes anxiety and depression, but that is not what is suddenly causing my to be unable to function. I want to quit pot as well, but if I try when I am this emotionally unstable I know it won't work.
I actually do feel so much better and the reason is this..I was taking Remeron for depression and anxiety and sleeping. Still, I felt so incredibly depressed and anxious so I starting weaning myself off it. Within 3 weeks I started feeling amazingly better. I don't have as much awful anxiety, I am not really depressed any more. I have more energy and things are going well. I am exercising and enjoying school. My husband got a job so things are better. NOT ONCE did my doc.
i have suffered with anxiety and depression for 20 years controlled wihh medicatoin i am nw experienceing menopausal symptons which also seems to have increased my anxiety is this due to the menopause?
I have and do suffer from anxiety and perimenapause my ob gave me prozac 15mgs to take the 14 days of my menstral cycle and I get mines 21 days apart twice a month so you are not alone the prozac=works wonders but I am currently taking nothing! Right before my period I usually get really dizzy having panic attacks the basic hard heart beat shortness of breath tighting of the throat etc....
Cardiologist told me to use this time (now to October) to try to identify triggers. Anxiety---yes. The more my husband tells me to calm down and relax, the more I cannot. I am going on a long road trip (1400 miles one way) with my teenage children, and my husband feels like this impending trip and related anxiety is triggering these episodes. But, that doesn't really explain the episodes in the last week of June.
Hormones, or lack thereof can play a role in feeling this way, but it sounds more like depression. It robs us of our happiness, motivation, makes us sad and cry, and to no longer have interest in things we used to enjoy including being with friends. See a psychiatrist for an evaluation and the two of you can decide what course of treatment is best for you. You're not alone, we all understand and do care. You needn't feel this way, seek help. I wish you all the best and take care.
I have a history of depression and PTSD and anxiety. I have quit pills a few times and also notice I pretty much quit taking my antidepressant stuff when I'm on all the opiates! I feel better and think I don't need them, plus as much of an addict as I am, I'm a little scared of mixing pills. But anyway, yes I've had experience in what your asking. I'm totally opiate free only 4 days, but I've been working on it for a month!
Does anyone else experience depression (characterized by irritability and lethargy) as well as weight gain. The more weight I gain, the more depressed I feel. Everyone gets on my nerves. I've gained almost 10 pounds and it has to stop. Any ideas of who to lose weight while in menopause. I'm trying 5HTP now - just started so not sure how it will do. The digestive problems are a pain as well - so so so tired of the gas!! ugh!!
I actually have had this situation. See your doctors as the main culprit can be thyroid. Or hormone imbalance. I had both. I naturally made too much estrogen and had a slow working thyroid as well. I went from regular to periods every 3 to 4 months and it lasted a year. As I was about to see an endocrinologist to get serious about the thyroid, it out of nowhere naturally resolved. I did have low grade depression with it called dysthymia which I treated with prozac.
I had an abdominal hysterectomy 8 months ago, my ovaries were left in but only work off and on. I have had terrible migraines, depression, anxiety and panic attacks, hot flashes, mood swings and don't feel at all like myself. None of this was something I experienced prior to the surgery. I was told that if my ovaries were left in, I wouldn't go into menopause. Has anyone else experienced this? Will it go away and how do I get back to feeling normal. Help!
I was diagnosed with anxiety and depression about a year ago. Finally about 3 weeks ago, I really felt better. My doctor and therapist were very pleased, but now I feel so much worse and I don't understand it. I don't think I'm suicidal, but I sure wish I was. Does anyone else feel like that? I'm nervous, sad, want to die but can't do it myself. I even think I just haven't found the right method yet.
Anxiety can be caused by soooo many things. The menopause and hormone changes could have brought it on. Stresses in life, changes in life(moving, etc) it can be hard to pinpoint the exact cause unless you know what seems to trigger it.
If you are still having anxiety I wouldnt worry to hard about weaning off the prozac. I would maybe seek out the advice of a counselor, therapist or someone that may be able to help find the root of your anxiety.
I have had a problem with anxiety and depression pretty much all my life. I had been on some kind of medicine for about 5 years. I stopped my medication last year in March because my Medicaid was running out since I was about to turn 19 in May, my cut off date and I wanted to give myself a chance to feel all the withdrawals before it did. Ever since I have been pretty good at managing it. I hadn't felt depressed out of the blue, just when I was stressed in some way.
I did not eat for over a month, just drank ensure and lost 30 lbs. I went to the doc and was treated for Anxiety/Depression with Zoloft and recently have been put on YAZ. I have very bad night sweats (wake up damp), no hot flashes, hair loss, dry skin, anxiety which gets worse before period, dry hair, itchy skin, temp has been running at 97, headaches were bad until I started taking YAZ, allergies which I have never had, etc. Anyone thinking this sounds like peri-menopause?
They did chest and lung X-rays my regular doctor has done blood work and everything came back fine so she said it is anxiety and put me on 10 mf of Prozac and 10 mg Singular. It has been 3 weeks and still having some difficulty breathing is that normal? I think it is getting better but then my anxiety kicks in. I have never had a problem with anxiety before. I was fine before the cold and now in this situation ever since.
Thyroid problems are common and seem to be more prevalent around the time of menopause. Depression and hair loss are two symptoms that can be caused by thyroid problems as well as menopause.
Hope this helps!
hi and thanks for comment im not anxious at upcoming menopause i could have explained that better basically i was unwell for quiet a few months with ailments fatigue constantly getting flu and generally not feeling myself before i was diagonsed with peri menopause but since then my symptoms have got worse and is literally taking control of my everyday life i dont want to take meds i would rather try and beat this without going down the road of believing a tablet will make everything ok.
yes i do have anxiety, along with dizziness, ears ringing, eyes getting worse, IBS, poor concentration, memory getting worse, and depression that comes and goes(some days i feel like curling up and just crying and don't know why)......like i said though, thank you for letting me know that i'm not the only one that has these issues.....
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