What are the common menopausal symptoms?
The most common menopausal symptoms are hot flushes, night sweats and vaginal dryness. Other symptoms that can occur include anxiety, poor memory, poor concentration, insomnia, fatigue, palpitations, decreased libido, muscle pains, crawling skin and urinary problems. Mild depression or other mood changes may occur during the time of physical and erratic hormonal changes (i.e. in the perimenopause or time before the periods stop) but severe depression is not caused by menopause nor is it more frequent at menopause. Women who have had a history of depression, before the menopause, or who have a history of PMS (premenstrual syndrome), may be more sensitive to the changes taking place.
