Could be liver qi stagnation with underlying essence deficiency, which is suggested by menopause. What's her thyroid like? Could also be some spleen qi deficiency. You could try xiao yao san for the liver qi stagnation. An acupuncturist who does herbs could make a formula and/or point prescription designed specifically for her energetic pattern diagnosis, but we'd have to see her in person.
----- Original Message ----- From: LOU ROSELLI To: silver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 4:43 AM Subject: CS>Depression/Anxiety I need some direction. My wife is 46 years old suffering from depression, anxiety and menopause. She has been seeing counselors and she was recommended to again take an depressants. She has tried Wellbutryn once for a month which gave her bad side effects like headaches and anxious and the latest Lexapro which also she can not stand the side effects. They are making her feel even worse, then better. Lexapro has been making her feel nauseas and dizzy which are some of the side effects is what I read. I finally got her to think about the natural route and I am trying to see if anyone out there can give me some solid holistic direction of what see can take to help her feel better to alleviate the depression anxiety and the usual hot flashes and everything else that comes with menopause, without these side effects..Can anyone direct me. Thanks Lou from NY
