Mental wellbeing
Mood, anxiety and sleep, and how they connect to hormonal health.
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Mood, anxiety and sleep, and how they connect to hormonal health.
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- Periods irregular aagudhu, adhoda serndhu chinna vishayathukku kooda kovam, azhugai varudhu. Menopause start aagudha? Mood ku enna pannanum? Written with AI assistance — not yet reviewed by a person Irregular periods with new mood changes like irritability and tearfulness in the forties can be a sign of perimenopause, the years before periods stop. Changing hormone levels, poor sleep from night sweats, and life stresses at this age all affect mood. Mood changes in… Published 5 Oct 2026· English
- I moved to Bengaluru for a job eight months ago and still have no friends here. Weekends are the worst. I talk to my family on video but I still feel very alone. Is this affecting my mental health? Written with AI assistance — not yet reviewed by a person It can. Loneliness after moving to a new city is very common, and it is more than just being alone. Over months, it can lower mood, disturb sleep, make you more anxious, and leave you less interested in going out, which then makes it harder to meet people. The fact that weekends… Published 5 Oct 2026· English
- My mood collapses before every period. Is that a real thing? Editorially reviewed Yes, and it has a name. Mood, irritability and anxiety that arrive in the one or two weeks before a period and lift within a few days of it starting are premenstrual, and when they are severe enough to damage work or relationships the pattern is called premenstrual dysphoric… Reviewed 26 Sept 2026· English
- Is this anxiety, or could something physical be causing it? Editorially reviewed Both are worth taking seriously and they are not alternatives. An overactive thyroid, anaemia, low blood sugar, some medicines and caffeine can all produce a racing heart, trembling, poor sleep and a sense of dread that is indistinguishable from anxiety — and anxiety itself… Reviewed 26 Sept 2026· English
- How do I even raise this with a doctor without it sounding dramatic? Editorially reviewed Say it first, not last. Appointments run short and the thing mentioned at the door rarely gets addressed, so an opening line like 'the main thing I came about is how I have been feeling' does more work than a careful build-up. What clinicians find most useful is not intensity… Reviewed 26 Sept 2026· English
- I cannot sleep and everything else is getting worse because of it. Editorially reviewed Sleep and mood drive each other, and treating the sleep often improves the rest faster than expected. The treatment with the best evidence for persistent insomnia is not a tablet — it is cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia, which is structured, time-limited and available… Reviewed 25 Sept 2026· English
- I feel like a different person for a week before my period. Is that real? Editorially reviewed It is, it has a name, and there is treatment. Marked mood change confined to the two weeks before a period and lifting once it starts is premenstrual dysphoric disorder when it is severe, and premenstrual syndrome when it is milder. The pattern — tied to the cycle, and clearing… Reviewed 25 Sept 2026· English
- I know I should see someone and I keep cancelling. How do I get past that? Editorially reviewed Start smaller than the appointment. Booking a telephone consultation, writing the first sentence down so you do not have to find it in the room, or asking to see a female clinician are all legitimate and all reduce the size of the thing you are avoiding. You can also say, as… Reviewed 25 Sept 2026· English
- My heart races and I cannot breathe properly. Is it anxiety or my heart? Editorially reviewed Both are worth taking seriously and only an assessment can separate them. Panic attacks produce genuinely physical symptoms — racing heart, breathlessness, chest tightness, tingling, a sense of doom — and they are not imagined. But thyroid problems, anaemia, arrhythmias and some… Reviewed 25 Sept 2026· English
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