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Menopause and depression

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@sue417
I’m sorry to hear of your suffering. I do not have breast cancer so I can’t relate with the treatments but I can empathize with the menopause and major depression symptoms.

I am in my mid50s and perimenopause and menopause knocked me off my feet mentally and physically. I am not using HRT due to family history of cancer and I had a micro cancer in my thyroid. It took me 1.5 years to find a medication combination that works for me. A very frustrating and debilitating experience and process. I finally have received some relief of the crippling depression with a combination of Zoloft/sertraline and Wellbutrin/bupropion.

Be loving, patient and kind to yourself through this transition. Work with your doctor and a psychiatrist as well as your mental health specialist to support you. There is hope for a better tomorrow.

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Thank you for sharing your journey. Today I can say I feel finally I may have found the right medication. I am on zoloft also. It's only day 6 but I feel calmness starting. I hope the dosage of 25mg is all I will need. I am also on a super low dose of trazadone 12.5mg at bedtime. I was on 25mg but I was getting side effects. I recently heard of wellbutrin. How long have you been on that combo.