WHEN Andrea Newton found herself planning her suicide at the age of 52, she couldn’t believe that just a few years before she was a happy, successful mum-of-one without a mental health problem to list.
Despite numerous visits to her GP describing common symptoms of menopause, Andrea says he doctor was unable to identify her issues as hormonal and instead was told she was clinically depressed.
Sarah Dunwood.Andrea Newton, 56, suffered for years with symptoms similar to depression.