Since 2018, Meg Mathews has been one of the UK’s foremost menopause campaigners, determined to use her profile to end the stigma surrounding it.
In a her Stella magazine column, she reveals what she’s learnt. This week: how to tackle low mood.When I started perimenopause at 48, I went through a whole host of feelings that were difficult to describe.
I walked into my doctor's surgery and burst into tears. I didn’t know I was experiencing menopause symptoms, I didn’t know what was happening to me.
After 10 minutes with a GP – and clarifying that I felt terrible but that I wasn’t suicidal – he prescribed antidepressants.
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