Menopause And Stress

Stress In Menopause Can Be Helped

In menopause stress accelerates the imbalance of hormones in the body. You can easily get into a vicious cycle here. Menopause engenders stress; stress generates more hormone imbalance; greater hormone imbalance brings about more stress.

On top of this, tiredness - common at menopause - can make the stress magnified. Yet again, a downward spiral can arise; the tireder you are, the more you react to stress.

To shake off this cycle at menopause time:

• Support the nerves - through nutrition and herbs
• Ease the stress - change your habits and, again, herbs can help
• Develop proactive ways of handling stress

Support And Fortify The Nervous system

This can be done through:

• Nutritional supplements
• Herbal supplements 
• Treatments - eg acupuncture, homoeopathy

This involves looking at the causes of stress in your life and making adjustments if possible. For example, if people in your life are producing stress for you, can you lessen your exposure to those people? If work produces stress, can you alter your work situation, or even assess the value of a career shift?

Develop resourceful ways of handling stress during menopause

To do this:

• Read widely about the topic
• Assess the value of regular exercise to decrease stress
• Assess the value of yoga or tai chi
• Take herbs to build the nerves which will decrease stress
• Assess the value of how much time you spend on yourself - and how much you spend on others, eg family, work, etc.

The Adrenal Glands

If stress has been present for a long period, it may well be that the adrenal glands are exhausted. The reason for this is whenever there is stress the body asks the adrenal glands to produce adrenaline to help us to cope. If the stress occurs masses of times, the adrenal glands ultimately tire and become exhausted and can no longer produce adrenaline. This is adrenal gland exhaustion. The solution to this is two fold; decrease the stress, and sort out the adrenal glands. There are herbs to assist the adrenal glands if a 3 month course is taken. Nutritional supplements may also be valuable.

In this instance, holistic remedies for menopause will include herbs and other measures to correct adrenal gland function. However, altering behaviour to ease stress is also strongly advised. NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) offers great help - and a number of good books are available for self-help; or a therapist's help can be sought.

Keeping Stress To A Minimum In Menopause

Menopause tends to increase stress anyway; so keep clear of any extra stress you may undergo. Yoga is excellent when considered alone as well as being a great help to help you control stress in your life.

Exercise also helps to decrease stress in your life - a double assistance of exercise.

Stress - especially during menopause - can be a challenge to deal with but there are ways it can be managed. Practice these ways unabatingly and you can little by little develop your skills at dealing with stress. Develop a programme of stress reduction, which includes reviewing your own approach to stressful situations; getting extra physical exercise; learning stress deal with methods - eg yoga, meditation; and stimulating the nerves - especially through herbs - so that your nervous system will get tougher and more resilient with time.

Resources

Herbs:
Menopause Herbs
90-day Menopause Programme
Agnus Castus
Black Cohosh
Dong Quai
Ginkgo
Femarone 40+
Motherwort
Red Clover
Red Sage
Siberian Ginseng
St John's Wort
Wild Yam 40+

Articles:
Agnus Castus
Dong quai
Ginkgo
Menopause in general
St John's Wort
Hot Flashes in Menopause - 4 Key Natural Treatments
4 Natural Remedies for Menopause
Hot Flashes - What Are They?
Menopause Symptoms - 17 Key Indications
Menopause and Exercise
Menopause and Stress