Less is known in bipolar disorder. Postmenopausal women recalling the MT report severe mood disturbances or worsening depression during the transition.
Mood elevation is reported less frequently than depression in the MT.
Our work reviewing longitudinal standardized clinical assessments in menopausal age women with bipolar disorder found a high degree of depression, 68 % over a 17-month average duration, that was significantly greater than what subjects reported experiencing during their reproductive years.
Compared to a concurrent pooled comparison group of like-aged men and reproductive age women with bipolar disorder,women of menopausal age with bipolar disorder had a significantly greater proportion of clinic visits in the depressed state and significantly lower proportion in the euthymic state, with no difference in proportion of visit in the elevated/mixed state.
When examining mood by menopausal stage in a large multisite database of patients treated for bipolar disorder, the small number of women transitioning from perimenopause to postmenopause had significantly greater depression than other female reproductive groups while overall euthymia and mood elevation decreased with progressing female reproductive stage.
Nonetheless, there is a lack of prospective data on mood experience during this critical time in bipolar disorder.
Less is known in bipolar disorder. Postmenopausal women recalling the MT report severe mood disturbances or worsening depression during the transition.Mood elevation is reported less frequently than depression in the MT.Our work reviewing longitudinal standardized clinical assessments in menopausal age women with bipolar disorder found a high degree of depression, 68 % over a 17-month average duration, that was significantly greater than what subjects reported experiencing during their reproductive years. Compared to a concurrent pooled comparison group of like-aged men and reproductive age women with bipolar disorder,women of menopausal age with bipolar disorder had a significantly greater proportion of clinic visits in the depressed state and significantly lower proportion in the euthymic state, with no difference in proportion of visit in the elevated/mixed state. When examining mood by menopausal stage in a large multisite database of patients treated for bipolar disorder, the small number of women transitioning from perimenopause to postmenopause had significantly greater depression than other female reproductive groups while overall euthymia and mood elevation decreased with progressing female reproductive stage. Nonetheless, there is a lack of prospective data on mood experience during this critical time in bipolar disorder.
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