Menopause and AnxietyWritten by Cathy Taylor
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Psychiatric consultations are highly recommended for anxiety sufferers under menopause. An experienced counsellor and/or therapist can help us recover and evaluate our lives including healing emotional imbalances. It is a great time to refocus our attention toward new activities and roles. As is common with anxiety, feelings of worthlessness, fright, and even suicidal tendencies can occur. In this case, antidepressants may be prescribed. Coping with all of physical changes, assuming new roles, possibly facing many of our fears for first time, and generally waking up to fact that ¨life just isn’t what it used to be¨ are all realizations that contribute to anxiety in older women. In these times, it is important to maintain focus and concentrate on positive things in life. Although it can be hard, it can be done. Having a plethora of life responsibilities and obligations during menopause can create stress, and having an ´excess´ of this stress can cause adrenal fatigue. Anxiety in menopause sufferers results from hormonal imbalances. In menstrual cycle, ovulation causes progesterone (which has soothing effects on mind and body) to be released. Irregular cycles are grounds for anxiety build-up, as a result of lack of this ¨happy hormone.¨ All of these conditions can be treated with alternative therapies such as natural progesterone cream. But why do some women go through menopause and barely notice a difference? One consensus among medical doctors theorizes that it has a lot to do with women’s self-esteem and self-confidence. One thing is for sure, if you are having trouble with either of these, you’ll get a chance to deal with them now. One thing menopause is great at, and that is bringing out our unresolved issues. And we all know how anxious that can make us.

Cathy Taylor is a marketing consultant with over 25 years experience. She specializes in internet marketing, strategy and plan development, as well as management of communications and public relations programs for small business sectors. She can be reached at Creative Communications: creative--com@cox.net or by visiting www.menopauseinfo.org or www.internet-marketing-small-business.com
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Depending on reasons for hair loss, there are different methods to attempt to treat this condition; however, it is important to first recognize cause of hair loss in order to discern which type of treatment to use, if any. For example, if cause of hair loss is a disease, or treatment for a disease, like in case of using chemotherapy to treat cancer, then a treatment may not aid in prevention of hair loss. Yet, if cause of hair loss is from stress, then attempts may be made to prevent stress and treatment products may be used to repair already damaged hair. Overall, hair loss, no matter what cause, is a difficult matter to confront. Knowing cause of hair loss, however, may contribute to prevention/treatment of hair loss. Individuals may not have control over why they are losing hair – from heredity to aging – yet they may find necessary means to attempt to treat damaged hair. The multiple factors contributing to hair loss make task of undertaking treatment of hair loss difficult, but not impossible. Even in most extreme cases, there is usually a solution for cause.

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