Aside from being a completely natural stage of life, menopause also seems to be a major cash cow when it comes to the pharmaceutical industry nowadays. In fact, there is a new pill - not mentioning any names now - that is waiting to become FDA-approved as we speak.

Apparently, it is an anti-depressant that is meant to help menopausal women deal with their hot flashes. I may be hormone-happy, but are they saying that menopausal symptoms are actually linked to depressive symptoms? I don't know about you, but I'd definitely think twice before taking anti-depressants for my hot flash bouts, that's for sure. Who's with me?
 


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Willa
04/19/2012 07:21

Never use anti-depressants if at all possible. My doctor put me on effexor to relieve my menopause symptoms and it was the worst thing she could have ever done. The hook is; you have to increase the dosage to get the same effect; It took me several months to withdraw from this medication and the withdrawl symptoms was the worst. I've never been on harsh drugs but from what I read withdrawing from this medicine was similar. I'm on a quest to find something that works long term; found somethings online but they stop working over time. Good Luck!

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