All about menopause depression
The irony is that sometimes depression lowers your energy so that even if you know you are depressed, you don’t have the energy to get help. Antidepressant medication may be the safer bet when treating menopause depression. Many women don’t realize that there is a connection between the hormonal changes during perimenopause or menopause and depression.
For many people, psychotherapy offers relief from depression’s grip without any of the side effects drugs may cause. Fluctuations in the estrogen and progesterone hormones that we find in our body are the common cause for the mood disorder. Some of the symptoms of depression are found in both premenstrual syndrome and perimenopause. Besides changes in marital and care-taking roles, some women may experience an adjustment in the way they think about themselves as sexual beings.