MENOPAUSE TALK: Tackling Depression/Anxiety in Menopause: It's Not All in Your Head

Irritable? Little or no motivation? Unable to experience joy? Increased anxiety? Not feeling like yourself? Women are far likelier to experience depression and anxiety during the years leading up to and immediately after menopause. But few people, even doctors, understand this.
In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, the speaker for our May Menopause Talk is Dr. Claudio Soares, Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Queen’s University in Canada and one of the foremost experts on mood and menopause. Dr. Susan Goldstein, a family physician, professor at the University of Toronto, and Board member of the Canadian Menopause Society, also will be joining us and interviewing Dr. Soares.
Drs. Soares and Goldstein will discuss why women are at greater risk for mental health challenges, including depression and anxiety, during the menopause transition. And they will walk us through the questions to ask to identify the most valid treatment option(s): are you pre- or post-menopausal? How severe are your mood symptoms? What about other menopause symptoms, like hot flashes and sleep issues? Have you had prior mood problems? What treatment(s) helped you? Whether your mood is not what it used to be, or you are suffering far more than that, you will not want to miss this discussion.

[@hayleysmith5077]

This video is so highly professional thanks for sharing blessings 🙏🏻

[@codzy3532]

im a woman 60 periods stopped 4 yrs ago and i think im in the full throws of menopause i get anxiety depressed have low libido i feel frickin like jekyl an hyde its brutal i hate menopause with a passion im growling at my poor husband an grandson oh i hate it wish men got this

[@Menosuxs]

Do you feel better now?

[@codzy3532]

@@Menosuxs yeh i found vitamins an watchin my weight an health feel heaps better

[@Menosuxs]

@codzy3532 that's good to hear, I can't wait for this to be all over 🙌

[@mermaidmaca]

Why even talk about Prozac, venlafaxine etc when talking about Menopause? The first thing you should be saying is to check your hormone levels. All women need is for hormone balance and not antidepressants. I was prescribed venlafaxine which was a nightmare to come off. All I needed was Oestrogen, progesterone and Testosterone. That's all my normal hormones back and that's it. This guy knows nothing about women and hormones. Go and learn from Dr Louise Newson if you want to know about Menopause and treatment 🙄

[@snowps1]

Did your depression resolve after starting hrt?

[@mermaidmaca]

@@snowps1 I did not have depression. I was out on venaflaxine only because I had to stop taking HRT due to breast cancer. It was to alleviate hot flashes. Now that I no longer have BC I am back on HRT and off the dreaded venaflaxine.

[@vibrantly50]

Did I miss something? Was Testosterone even discussed for anxiety and depression?!

[@michellegrande777]

Seems I don’t hear enough about testosterone.

[@anatino]

Video sound is very low.

[@omotokeosimosu6285]

I am a woman of 53yrs I have pain in my wrist and I have finger stiffness my ear is itching me is it a sign of menopause