Tonight's guest in Power Surge is Dr. Marcie Richardson, OB-Gynecologist. Marcie has been in private practice in Massachusetts since 1979 and is on the advisory board of the Harvard Woman's Health Watch. Tonight Marcie will field our questions about menopause. Welcome to Power Surge, Dr. Richardson.
Women feel out of control of their emotions and their bodies.
This is an area I am more and more interested in, how changing hormones affect the brain and mood. I see a lot of women who experience panic attacks in these years. Some cycles are okay with regard to PMS, but others I am nuts. Birth control pills help if you don't smoke. Some people at NAMS were using low dose hormones.