Showing posts with label perimenopause. Show all posts
Showing posts with label perimenopause. Show all posts

Monday, August 2, 2010

Depression and Perimenopause

In April 2005, the doctors diagnosed that I am suffering from Major Depression due to a chemical imbalance in the brain.  They ruled out perimenopause and hormonal imbalance.  Now with the onslaught of joint aches, I am wondering if it is both that causes me to go into depression, have anxiety spells, emotional, often getting upset over small things.  I need to know what is really going on in my head and my body so I decided to surf the web about joint aches and came across this very informative website Women to Women.  http://www.womentowomen.com/menopause/perimenopause.aspx

Since the time of Eve, women are "cursed" with several biological realities (period and period cramps, child bearing and birthing, hormonal imbalances, etc.).  Never mind if we are deemed the weaker sex, set aside by most religions and male dominated communities, our bodies and minds are tuned differently.  Of course, we can multi-task but too much multi-tasking leads to stress (and eventually depression for some).  Now we have to deal with joint aches.  Imagine waking each morning to painful soles.  Every step taken is like walking on nails.  Of course, the pain wears off as the day progresses, with some yoga leg stretches and foot massages, but it returns each time when we go to bed, to awake to the aches and pains again.

The next thing I have got to do is work on a better diet.  Reduce on carbohydrates and meat proteins, increase consumption of fruits and vegetables.