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Do you recommend all the products and websites that advertise on your website?

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The ones I have reviewed I would not recommend at all. At this website, femalebrain.com, only biomedical science based data is used which is the information that doctors use.

I put thousands of hours of reading the newest biomedical research into the preparation of any e-publication sold by femalebrain.com. Also, I have the biomedical education, a four year university degree in nursing, to understand the research literature. Such preparation and knowledge is not the case with many of the advertisers on this site.

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could depression be hereditary?

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This site views depression as a symptom not a disease on its own.

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IS THERE SUCH A THING AS ESTROGEN DOMINANCE, I AM 65 AND HAVE TAKEN ESTROGEN AND PROGESTIN FOR 10 YRS. I AM NOW OFF, HAVING HOT FLASHES AND FEELING AWFUL. I AM 25 LBS OVERWEIGHT ,ALTHOUGH I EAT WELL AND EXCERCISE. cAN NATURAL PREGESTERONE CREAME HELP ME. THANK YOU.

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At femalebrain.com no medical advice is given. A set of related neuro-hormonal syndromes - severe pms, postpartum depression and difficult peri-menopausal transition - are the focus of this site.

We sell e-publications, an eBook and an eBooklet, to inform women (not all women) who are probably genetically predisposed to the above syndromes. Femalebrain.com publications offer the latest science-based answers to the best management of these life-altering syndromes.

Operating this site requires constant searching of the scholarly biomedical literature through medline and a local medical library. In May of 2002 the management of all postmenopausal women with replacement synthetic estrogen/progestin was found to be without science backing and deeply flawed. [This is not to negate the benefit a small cohort of women (probably genetically predisposed)definitely get from estrogen.]

As you have demonstrated some computer skills by posing a question on this site I suspect you have the ability to go to medline (direct link available from this site). I suggest you begin your biomedical quest with - Rossouw JE, et al 'Risks and benefits of estrogen plus progestin in healthy postmenopausal women: principal results from the Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled trial.'Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) 2002;288:321-33. This original source document will branch out to related research. Somewhere in there will be your answer.

If you prefer you can email me (heather@femalebrain.com) and an account can be set-up for femalebrain.com to search on a fee for service basis. Additionally, please read through all the questions and answers and you will gain some insight as to the efficacy of progestrone skin cream. Or purchase the 'Women and Depression'e-Book available from this www.femalebrain.com website for the whole biomedically documented story on progesterone.

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I'm a 36 y.o. F that has battled depression for 10+ yrs. My symptoms of depression are also now being accompanied by severe agitation and irritability. EVERYTHING in my daily life(especially where my children are involve) is very overwhelming for me. I have taken Zoloft, Pamelor and Paxil(which worked the best but not anymore). Please help me!! thank you!

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Is there any pattern to your depression? Is it intermittent yet chronic, occurring every month post ovulation? Because depression is very hard to be objective about when it is happening to you the preceding two questions are somewhat difficult to answer.

My suggestion is to have someone who cares about you and you trust chart on a calender, for three months, your menstrual cycle. Have that person mark off the days that he/she judges you to be agitated, irritable, and/or depressed.

At the end of three months if there is a pattern of increased depression and negative affect occurring on or after mid-cycle (post ovulation) and noticeably decreased depression with the onset of menstrual flow you might have severe premenstrual syndrome(pms).

The triad of depression, agitation and irritability can be strong indicators of pms. Also the relief you got from Paxil, an SSRI is another potential sign of pms.

If you read through all the questions and answers at www.femalebrain.com you will find that no medical advice is given. We do sell information to enlighten women about neuro-hormonal syndromes such as you may have and the most advanced scientific management of them. If your menstrual calender shows that your depression is related to your menstrual cycle purchase the e-publications attached to this website. The information in the attached eBook and eBooklet will put you in a very strong position to interact with the medical community and get to a best treatment.

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why do a percentage of women report depression:

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Not sure what the purpose of your question is in relation to this website www.femalebrain.com. If you look through the above questions and answers you will find some information pertaining to your question. Maybe you can ask your question again with more detail to assist in formulating a response.