Depression and Menopause

Ada 2 senario yang berkaitan dengan physiology dan bukan emosi that I wanted to mention here i.e. depression and menopause. Dua-dua perkara ni perlu kan medical help. 

I'm over 40 dan ramai orang-orang sekeliling in my circle yang dah start menopause. Maybe ada yang pendam tapi ada juga tunjuk kan emosi celaru masing-masing. Pada orang lain it doesn't make sense. Pada dia it made perfect sense. I wanted to get away from my mom so much when she's going through this period. Memang stress dibuatnya. Of course masa tu I was way younger and social media pun belum ada to get such information. So layan jer lah perangai mak yang menopausal. I ended up renting somewhere else and tak duduk dengan mak due to it. That's how bad it was. Truly life changing for us. Maybe that's the break we needed. Duduk jauh bau wangi. That's also around my early blogging days. 

If rasa emosi dah start celaru, atau pun tak rasa you are going through menopausal stage tapi semua orang salah, semua orang tak betul, rasa benci atau bengang tak hilang2, cari lah ubat coz you must be suffering. And your suffering will cause other people to suffer too. Ia bukan semudah berzikir dan solat. Chemicals in your body are doing things that causes your emotional upheaval.

Depression pun perkara yang sama. Hormones in your body goes haywire. Actually, stress pun ada melibatkan hormonal reaction. However, by eating better and doing exercises, it triggers good hormone in a natural way. Most of the time it is sufficient to help reduce stress. Tapi tak cukup membantu untuk orang yang depress. They need professional help, bukan ustaz atau ustazah who are not trained to handle the situation medically.

So, lagi sekali kena repeat. If rasa semua orang tak betul dan marah yang tak berkesudahan, get professional help. Bukan semua Doktor pakar dalam hal ni. Ask around for a good doctor. Buat hormone test: Free T3, estrogen and progesteron. Maybe testosterone sekali. Get advice from your Dr. Biasa medical check up buat Free T4 test. Itu tidak berapa membantu pun. Dan ada juga Dr yang prescribe synthetic hormone which may sometimes cause hormone haywire. Again, ask around for a good Doctor who will prescribe better medication. This is not a medical advice yer. Kalau you buat test dan dapat result pun I don't know what to advice and what to prescribe. Saya bukan Dr. Kang, ada yang tuduh Dr palsu pulak :D