More about menopause depression
There are many reasons that women may suffer from depression after the age of forty. Some women treat their menopause depression and other symptoms with hormone replacement therapy. For women with clinical depression or mood disorders, antidepressants are often essential, at least temporarily. Medical treatments for menopause include short term estrogen therapy andselective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.
Depression impairs people’s ability to function more than any other disease except heart disease. Preventing depression is easier than dealing with depression, so be happy, love the people in your life and try to stay positive. The age your mother or older sisters began menopause can have a bearing on when you will begin menopause. Many women dread its onset because they associate it with myths that have circulated for generations.