The focus of this year’s World Menopause Day is cognition and mood. In this episode, Dr Louise Newson talks to Dr Clair Crockett, a GP and menopause specialist with an interest in mood, mental health and hormones. Clair’s interest in the topic stems from her own experience of escalating anxiety, low mood and intrusive thoughts in the premenstrual phase of her cycle during her mid-to-late 30s. Through her own research, she looked for ways to help her symptoms including through lifestyle changes, supplements and antidepressants. While these all helped some aspects of her mental health, it wasn’t until she began taking HRT that the premenstrual mental health symptoms eased.
The experts discuss the importance of considering hormones when helping women experiencing mental health problems and outline some of the ways they are working to improve education about menopause and mental health amongst healthcare professionals.
Clair’s tips to women with mental health symptoms in perimenopause and menopause:
If you’d like to read more about Clair’s personal experience of mental health and hormones, you can read her story here.
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052 - The Benefits of Body Identical Progesterone - Professor James Simon & Dr Louise Newson
051 - Breast Cancer & Menopause - Dr Tony Branson & Dr Louise Newson
050 - Empowering Women to Receive the Right Menopause Advice - Liz Earle MBE & Dr Louise Newson
049 - Anti-ageing, Hormones & Healthy Living - John Stirling & Dr Louise Newson
048 - Newson Health in the North - Dr Zoe Hodson & Dr Louise Newson
047 - Fermented Foods & Gut Health - Emma Ellice-Flint & Dr Louise Newson
046 - Menopause Education for Nurses - Mandy Garland, Sharon Hartmann & Dr Louise Newson
045 - Menopause Yoga - Petra Coveney & Dr Louise Newson
044 - Gransnet & the Menopause - Cari Rosen & Dr Louise Newson
043 - Changing the Language Around Menopause and Midlife - Lorraine Candy & Dr Louise Newson
042 - The Big M - Kate Irvine & Dr Louise Newson
041 - You Are Feeling Sleeeepy - Kathryn Pinkham & Dr Louise Newson
040 - ’Supporting Your Immunity’ - Emma Ellice-Flint & Dr Louise Newson
039 - Oestrogen Matters - Dr Avrum Bluming & Dr Louise Newson
038 - Research on Testosterone & Menopause - Lauren Redfern & Dr Louise Newson
037 - Ageing Well, Menopause and Yoga - Claudia Brown & Dr Louise Newson
036 - Sex and the Menopause - Samantha Evans & Dr Louise Newson
035 - Hair Loss and Hormones - Dr Sajjad Rajpar & Dr Louise Newson
034 - Menopause Taboo in Women from Different Ethnic Groups - Dr Nighat Arif & Dr Louise Newson
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