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So the reason it’s difficult to connect these symptoms to perimenopause because many other conditions can cause a woman to feel depressed and anxious.  And we have to rule out those organic causes such as hypothyroidism.  So when you are having these symptoms it is important to discuss it with your doctor because sometimes when you anticipate these symptoms you can bring those symptoms on, however there may actually be an organic cause that needs to be evaluated by blood tests.

Your bedroom environment plays a major role in your ability to fall asleep and stay asleep. Your bedroom should be cool, should be clean, dark and quiet.

The main reason that you need to stop screen time 30 minutes before going to bed is that your brain needs to relax. You need to give it some time to wind down. So, you need to start dimming the lights, you need to turn off your TV, you know, turn off your phone, so that that bright light or any sound coming from those devices doesn’t cause your brain to be stimulated.

Antibiotics are prescribed to treat certain bacterial infections. They do not work against viruses such as influenza. Although, in the case of influenza, you could get a secondary bacterial infection in which case, an antibiotic would be warranted.

There're several different classes of antibiotics and the one that's chosen is according to where the infection is in the body as well as any known resistance patterns in the community. That's something that the physician will know. They're usually prescribed in cold and flu season when somebody has an acute bacterial sinus infection or ear infection or known bacterial throat infection, or what we call pharyngitis, which is just a general term for inflammation of the throat.