Menopausal symptoms mood swings

O Common symptoms of menopause include hot flashes, night sweats, vulvovaginal atrophy, and vaginal dryness. Women less commonly may experience mood swings, depression, insomnia, arthralgia, myalgia, and urinary frequency. 

Until recently, HRT was widely prescribed for relief of menopausal symptoms, which include hot flushes, night sweats, mood swings, memory lapses, and propensity for weakening of the bones. Nutraceuticals are now being widely taken to counter these symptoms, most frequently isoflavones, DHEA, and Pycnogenol. 

Clinically, menopause is defined as the last physiologic menstrual cycle in which pituitary gonadotropins (e.g., LH, FSH) have stimulated the maturation of a primordial follicle and caused ovulation. The transition from full reproductive potential to final ovarian failure is known as the climacteric, a period that begins about age 40. As estradiol levels in the blood gradually fall below normal, the early symptoms of the climacteric occur, s including anxiety, mood swings, irritability, and in some instances,... 

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