Q&A with Australian Health Practitioners
Do you have info on depression linked to menstrual cycles?
After 10-15 years of stable mental health (on medications) I have in the past 12 months suffered a deterioration in my major depressive disorder. Antidepressants have always given me the ability to live a normal life but I have always had minor down patches during my period. This now seems to have exacerbated and although I am on a contraceptive pill, I am suffering severe bouts of depression when I ovulate and again when my period starts. I am not bipolar. I am about to see a new psychiatrist and a gynecologist about this. I regularly see a psychologist. Can you give me any information so that I can go with a list of questions and have some idea of what might be an acceptable course of action? My other symptoms include headaches, severe cramping, fluid retention, breast tenderness, irritability, spotting.
