Posted by fluff on November 7, 2006, at 9:07:48
In reply to Depression and estrogen?, posted by TrishP on November 5, 2006, at 10:00:54
Hi Trish,
A lot of women develop depression and/or anxiety when their ovaries are removed. It's from the sudden decrease in estrogen.
I had both post-partum anxiety and a recurrence when I hit menopause--my ob/gyn says that it also is hormonally related, from rapidly dropping estrogen levels.
Maybe you are not taking enough replacement estrogen? Also, I am now taking Effexor XR, and it has worked wonders for my peri-menopausal anxiety. It is an SSRI and an SNRI. My sister takes it too, and has no problems with it, but she had the bladder problems from Prozac like you describe. fluff
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