Gynecological and obstetric patient with psychiatrist

75% of women experience symptoms of premenstrual syndrome. These are usually isolated symptoms, among which may be a lowering of mood. These symptoms usually occur in the 1 week before the period and subside during the period. For 3-8% of women, these symptoms reach extreme severity.They are joined by anxiety, tension, vacillation of affect, irritability, feelings of fatigue, headaches and breast pain. These symptoms recur from cycle to cycle, occur throughout the luteal phase (from ovulation to menstruation) and are so severe that they interfere with functioning. This set of symptoms is called premenstrual dysphoric disorder....

About 25-80% of postpartum women experience postpartum depression. This is the mildest form of postpartum mood disorder - it reaches its maximum on the 5th day after delivery and quickly subsides.... 10-20% of women suffer from postpartum depression after childbirth. Depressive symptoms increase within 1 month and (if untreated) spontaneously withdraw in 3-6 months after delivery.... 0.1% of postpartum women experience puerperal psychosis - most often running in the form of symptoms typical of bipolar affective disorder. Symptoms increase rapidly usually within the first few days after delivery. The medical literature also describes their onset several months after delivery. Puerperal psychosis can - rarely - take the form of disorders of consciousness of the type of delirium. In extreme cases, there is a risk of child or suicide....

There is no link between menopause and mood disorders. There is no indication to link menopause (as the sole cause) with depressive states. Probably of much greater importance than menopause itself is the psychological role of the end of sexual life.... After the removal of the gonads, psychoendocrine syndrome can occur. It is characterized by decreased drive, decreased sex drive and decreased mood.

You don't have to suffer

Treatment and relief of suffering is possible. Supplementation can be used, medications can be given to alleviate suffering, such as some antidepressants, psychotherapy can be used, advice from a sexologist can be given, your psychiatrist can work with you and your gynecologist-endocrinologist on a permanent basis.

If you are experiencing the ailments described above do not delay..

Go see a psychiatrist.

Failure to act, is also an action - in this case, to your detriment..

Act.

Compiled from: www.edukacjamedyczna.pl [Accessed 14.10.2016, 23:50].

Author: Victor Z. Buczek