{"id":622,"date":"2021-09-22T14:45:26","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T13:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/?post_type=menopauselibrary&#038;p=622"},"modified":"2025-03-04T20:56:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T20:56:50","slug":"003-menopause-depression-gp-menopause-expert-dr-rebecca-lewis-dr-louise-newson","status":"publish","type":"menopauselibrary","link":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/menopause-library\/003-menopause-depression-gp-menopause-expert-dr-rebecca-lewis-dr-louise-newson\/","title":{"rendered":"Menopause and depression &#8211; GP and menopause expert Dr Rebecca Lewis and Dr Louise Newson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"003 Menopause &amp; Depression - GP &amp; Menopause Expert Dr Rebecca Lewis &amp; Dr Louise Newson\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=vfgwh-b5ff75-pb&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Arial&amp;skin=1&amp;btn-skin=7&amp;multiple_size=315&amp;square_size=300&amp;order=episodic&amp;filter=all&amp;limit=10&amp;season=all&amp;tag=all\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Symptoms of depression commonly occur during the perimenopause\/menopause. Here, Dr Newson is joined by Dr Rebecca Lewis and together they discuss why symptoms can occur &amp; ways of managing them with the right treatment. For many menopausal women, these symptoms are incorrectly diagnosed as depression; research shows around 70% of perimenopausal\/menopausal women are inappropriately offered\/given antidepressants. There is no evidence that antidepressants are beneficial for the low mood associated with changing hormone levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Rebecca Lewis&#8217; Thee Take Home Tips about Menopause and Depression:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Low mood is a very common symptom during the menopause &#8211; you are not alone!<\/li><li>There is a great treatment available and the right type and dose of oestrogen can really help these symptoms.<\/li><li>HRT is safe and can be so beneficial for our mental health, as well as cardiovascular health and bone health.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsonhealth.co.uk\/staff\/dr-rebecca-lewis\/\">Find out more about Dr Rebecca Lewis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/balance-menopause.com\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Mental-health-and-emotional-wellbeing-booklet.pdf\">Read more about mental health and emotional wellbeing in the perimenopause and menopause<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to Dr Rebecca Lewis and Dr Louise Newson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6778,"template":"","subject":[16,25],"content-type":[17],"library-format":[14],"library-author":[],"class_list":["post-622","menopauselibrary","type-menopauselibrary","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","subject-mental_health","subject-wellbeing","content-type-podcast","library-format-listen"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/menopauselibrary\/622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/menopauselibrary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/menopauselibrary"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=622"},{"taxonomy":"content-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-type?post=622"},{"taxonomy":"library-format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library-format?post=622"},{"taxonomy":"library-author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library-author?post=622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}