Three women tell theipaper how they got their lives back on track after menopause affected their mental health, and menopause specialist drlouisenewson explains what to do if you find yourself struggling 🔎 Big Read by KasiaLDelgado
When Rowan Chambers was in her early 40s, she suddenly started to feel low and anxious every day. She would sometimes cry for three days in a row. “I’d have tears falling down my face and not know why,” she says. The advice she found online was to spend time outside. Yet as a horse rider, instructor and stable manager in Dorset, Chambers practically lived outside and was already very active, so she wasn’t sure what else to do., which she says, “made no difference”.
No medical professional mentioned to Chambers that this change in her mental state might be down to the menopause. After all, Chambers wasn’t presenting with other ‘normal’ symptoms like hot flushes. “I started to do a huge amount of my own research and realised that this must be connected to my hormones and the menopause,” she says.
, leaving women at increased risk of suicide. A study examining the suicide of 56-year-old NHS worker Frances Wellburn found menopause is not routinely considered a contributing factor among women with low mood who need help. Wellburn was diagnosed with psychotic depression and became increasingly paranoid that people were out to cause her harm.
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