Description
Depression
Depression is an issue that you may face during menopause. Depression is a disorder that affects your mood. A chemical in the brain called serotonin helps regulate anxiety and your general mood. Low levels of this chemical have been linked to depression.
Depression is described to make you feel sad, lonely, have low self-esteem and find it difficult to get joy from things that you usually like doing. There can be several triggers such as experiencing a traumatic event, personality, giving birth or family history.
Causes of Depression
Depression can be caused by a number of reasons. This can include illness, drugs and alcohol, loneliness, giving birth, family history, low self-esteem and stressful events. Certain medications can also cause a person to become depressed as an unwanted side effect of the medication. Depression can be hard to talk about and get treated for, as it can cause people to shut themselves away from their friends and family.
With menopause, the falling levels of oestrogen and progesterone can set mood swings that make it harder for you to cope with things that you would usually handle with ease, leading to depression. Age is also a factor that ties in with menopause, which also causes depression.
Treatments
There are numerous treatments that may be able to help ease depression symptoms. These can include waiting and seeing to see if it eases by itself. Self-help is also an option, where you go see a therapist or talk to someone to get your feelings off your chest. Exercise may also help relieve some built-up stress and tension.
How Routine Menopause Support Capsules Help
Our Routine Menopause Support Capsules contain vitamin B6, which is a cofactor in the production of tryptophan-serotonin. If you have a low level of these two amino acids, then that may lead to disorders such as anxiety and depression. Our menopause capsules will help boost and regulate these levels, hopefully brightening your mood.
Camilla –
its an excellent post on the topic of depression