Menopause and depression

Depression is an emotional disorder, and many women have mild emotional disorders years before menopause. Mostly appear periodically a few days before menstrual cramps, and naturally relieve after menstrual cramps, that is, premenstrual syndrome. These patients may have an increased risk of perimenopausal depression. In addition, sleep interruption caused by hot flashes and night sweats can significantly affect the mood of the next day, causing irritability, depression, and lack of concentration. Women face huge changes in their physical, psychological and social roles during the menopause transition. Physiological transition from childbearing age to senile age, ovarian function from vigorous to decline, sex hormones are gradually lacking, menopausal symptoms and a series of health problems such as osteoporosis, hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular disease, dementia, etc. may be faced psychologically; When children become married, family structure changes, or self-confidence is lost due to loss of fertility and physical shape; in the workplace, due to the approaching retirement age, the familiar and busy position for decades will return to the free family life, and social roles will change. Without the courage to adapt to new situations and develop new environments, there may be obvious anxiety and depression; as the age increases, the above-mentioned diseases of the elderly are also increasing, and the psychological pressure caused by them cannot be ignored. The emotional problems caused by the huge changes in physical, psychological and social roles during menopause may in turn increase the burden on families and society. Emotional problems caused by menopause have been increasingly valued in the fields of obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry and other fields. Proper treatment will obviously improve the quality of life of women in this period, reduce the burden on society and the family, and lay a solid foundation for a good old age.

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