As much as you may feel like it, you’re not going crazy.
by women’s telemedicine start-up Evernow of 40,000 women in perimenopause and menopause found that nearly 60% reported severe anxiety or depression. Anyone who’s ever suffered from depression or anxiety is particularly susceptible during perimenopause or menopause, according to the experts interviewed. enter menopause every year, the experience can feel incredibly isolating, which often serves to exacerbate mental health symptoms, as Vanessa McGrady, 54, can attest.
Of course, there’s a hormonal explanation for these mental health challenges. “Perimenopause is characterized by the erratic production of estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone,” explains Dr. Malone. And after menopause, your levels of these hormones — which Dr. Malone points out have a “relative calming effect on the brain” — are consistently low.
In other words? Don't be hard on yourself if you lose your cool over something that you intellectually realize is irrational, Dr. Malone says. "That's how it is. We say, 'It's not in your head, but it's in your brain.' There really is something going on there."Given just how darn long, “the inevitable march to menopause,” as Dr.
, points out, “Only about 20% of medical residency programs are providing any menopause training. So you have people going to what they think is an authoritative source, asking for help — they feel like they're drowning, and they want to be thrown a life raft — and instead, they're thrown the weight of ignorance right back at them.” For that reason, “you generally do have to be your own advocate.
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