S2 Ep78: When Menopause Makes You Moody
Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information: Menopause, Midlife, and More - Un podcast de Lauren Streicher, MD - Les jeudis
This episode was prompted by the following question: “Will hormone therapy help with emotional lability, dysthymia, and crying jags? “ In this episode, I discuss: How common it is to have depressive symptoms during perimenopause The difference between depressive symptoms and depression The difference between cognitive symptoms and mood symptoms The psychosocial impact of perimenopause on mood The biologic reason that a lack of estrogen causes emotional lability, sadness and other mood symptoms When hormone therapy helps..and when it doesn’t Non-hormonal options to alleviate mood symptoms National Suicide Prevention Hotline Dial 988 If you are feeling overwhelmed, depressed, and thinking about suicide or self-harm, please call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline. The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention, and crisis resources for you or your loved ones. To ask a question, go to DrStreicher/com/podcast scroll down and start talking! Episode 23: Welcome to Peri-menopause Episode 32: Are Your Hot Flashes Making You Foggy: Forgetful? with Dr. Pauline Maki Episode 71 Hormone Therapy for Cognitive Function? Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society. Sign up to receive DR. STREICHER’S FREE NEWSLETTER Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine. Instagram @DrStreich Twitter @DrStreicher Facebook @DrStreicher YouTube DrStreicherTV Books by Lauren Streicher, MD Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy
