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A recent survey of 4,000 perimenopausal and menopausal women in Great Britain, ... falling estrogen and progesterone levels can trigger mood swings that make you less able to cope with things you ...
Many women experience a mild form of PMS in the weeks before their period. However, about 3% to 8% of women experience a severe form, PMDD, which “substantially impairs daily living and requires ...
Premenstrual syndrome ( PMS) is a disruptive set of emotional and physical symptoms that regularly occur in the one to two weeks before the start of each menstrual period. [4] [5] Symptoms resolve around the time menstrual bleeding begins. [4] Different women experience different symptoms. [6] Premenstrual syndrome commonly produces one or more ...
Menopause is a nearly universal experience for women who live to middle age. In the United States, an estimated 1.3 million women enter menopause every year. Around 90% of women experience ...
[66] [70] Some of these changes are hot flashes, night sweats, difficulty sleeping, mood swings, vaginal dryness or atrophy, incontinence, osteoporosis, and heart disease. [69] Perimenopause is also associated with a higher likelihood of depression (affecting from 45 percent to 68 percent of perimenopausal women), which is twice as likely to ...
Menstruation is linked to a range of psychopathological symptoms, such as lower self-esteem, increased anxiety, dysphoria, and feelings of being persecuted. [2] Changes in behavior, like decreased social interaction during menstruation, can lead to feelings of loneliness and potentially contribute to the development of depression. [3]
Dysthymia ( / dɪsˈθaɪmiə / dihs-THIY-mee-uh ), also known as persistent depressive disorder ( PDD ), [ 3] is a mental and behavioral disorder, [ 5] specifically a disorder primarily of mood, consisting of similar cognitive and physical problems as major depressive disorder, but with longer-lasting symptoms. [ 3][ 6][ 7] The concept was ...
Exposure to air pollution is fueling fluctuations in mood among many Americans, but precisely how these emotional responses take shape varies greatly from individual to individual, a new study has ...