And let’s not ignore the fact that Anxiety Replacement Therapy gives you the acronym A.R.T., which apart from reminding you what a sterling piece of creative work this album feels like, also looks bloody marvellous on merch. The devil’s in the detail for this lot. It's bananas. They're all really famous people, all over the TV all the time. We're not. Jessie Ware mentioned us [as competition] on stage [last week], and that's the first time I realise we were part of the conversation. Thank you so much, Jessie, for bringing us into it. As Jessie said, all is fair in love and war. I really hope so. It's a beautiful town, and there's a lot of support and local pride. It's been so amazing to see how much Leigh's behind the band. We've been playing in the pubs of Leigh for fifteen years. How would you feel if Anxiety Replacement Therapy makes it to Number 1 on Friday? Powell DJ, Schlotz W. Daily life stress and the cortisol awakening response: testing the anticipation hypothesis. PLoS One. 2012;7(12):e52067. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052067 I've seen friendships and romances bloom through this band. That's so special. We want to put it in a glass cabinet so everyone can come and look at it. Hopefully something like that will inspire the people of Leigh to follow their dreams, too.

There are non-hormone treatments if your symptoms are having a big impact on your life and you cannot, or choose not to, have HRT. Hot flushes and night sweats Freya Ridings' album is amazing, Nines is a legend of his genre and his album's amazing. I love Reverend & the Makers' album, too. The songwriting on that album is incredible. Freya Ridings’ sublime Blood Orange becomes the London-born singer-songwriter’s second Top 10 album to date (7), while The Damned’s Darkadelic also provides the English punk outfit a second, and rounds out this week’s new Top 10 entries (9). Not Alone' looks at the broader issues of people's struggles. Whether it is money, work, relationships, sexuality or gender identity, to name but a few, we all hit the buffers from time to time. We can't see a way out of a situation. We feel separated from society. So many people feel disconnected, like nobody understands, feeling like an outcast. Here, Rylance understands this, embraces it and cries, "There's no such thing as normal!". Surely, that line is a t-shirt waiting to happen. Yeah! His ADHD is massive too, so I see myself in Shaun there. That makes it comforting, as Shaun is so successful and a poetic genius. He even looks a bit like me. When Shaun came to the studio, I thought: ‘This is future me, isn’t it?’Jones, Alan (27 January 2023). "Charts analysis: The Reytons score first No.1 album". Music Week . Retrieved 4 February 2023. That familial unit would become vital as 2022 rolled around. With the otherworldly circumstances of the pandemic fading, Thom found himself struggling. Lying in bed coping with alcohol-induced anxiety and the undiagnosed ADHD that had long affected his life, his fingers eventually began to graze the keyboard of the laptop perched on his mattress. He began writing the latest chapter in The Lottery Winners’ defiant story. “I went through a tough year mentally, and it's reflected on these songs,” he explains. I always knew we’d do it the hard way. We’re from a working class mining town in the north west of England. We’re not from London, we don’t have famous dads. We’re just trying our best, and if people connect to our music, that’s authentic.” Did you ever try to be cool? Absolutely. It's not just for us. There's a huge community and family around this band. I see so many people who say 'I'm coming to your gig on my own and I'm nervous about it,' and other fans will reply saying 'don't worry, come and hang out with us!'

Taking HRT can also reduce your risk of hormone-related health problems including osteoporosis and heart disease. Risks of HRT Working alongside some of their lifelong heroes to create an album that showcases the healing powers of music, The Lottery Winners are hoping it’s a reminder that things can always get better. For Thom, his bandmates, and people across the world, music is their anxiety replacement therapy, and they’re here to celebrate that. If you have low sex drive because of menopause and HRT does not improve it, you may be offered testosterone. Benefits of HRT It was because I had ADHD, growing up when the awareness of it wasn’t as good as it hopefully is now. For me, school was: ‘He’s a bad egg, get him out’. I grew up feeling I didn’t fit in, because adults told me I didn’t. ‘Letter To Myself’ is me saying: ‘Actually, you’re going to do good things. Don’t worry, keep being you, because it’s OK to be you. You’ll become proud of yourself’. I’m in the process of getting that diagnosis. It’s so glaringly obvious I’ve got it that I’ve never thought I needed it confirmed.”TR: I don’t design songs to do anything to people. How they interpret them is completely personal to them. But if people come up to me and tell me how a particular song helped them through a hard time is the biggest compliment I could ever receive. Before I started taking Sertraline, I was a very tetchy, stressed-out person. I wasn’t good to work with, and I recognised that. I got so worked up that I crashed a van. It was so stupid, and I knew the reason I did it was because my mental health was so poor.

Ask your GP or pharmacist for advice if you're thinking about using a complementary therapy. Compounded bioidentical hormones A GP can prescribe oestrogen treatments you can insert into your vagina, as a tablet, cream or ring. This can also improve any urinary symptoms caused by menopause and perimenopause, like discomfort when you pee. Hunter MS. Cognitive behavioral therapy for menopausal symptoms. Climacteric. 2021;24(1):51-56. doi:10.1080/13697137.2020.1777965 It's a truly amazing week for music and music fans. WATCH The Lottery Winners ft. Frank Turner's Letter to Myself music video below: If you're having treatment for your symptoms of menopause or perimenopause, you'll need to return to the doctor or nurse who is prescribing your HRT for a follow-up review after 3 months.a b "The Lottery Winners – Anxiety Replacement Therapy". Retro Pop Magazine. 23 April 2023 . Retrieved 3 May 2023.

Music is the most important thing in the world to me. I have documented my life through albums and songs. So if I want to feel happy, I’ll put on Graceland by Paul Simon, because it gives me great memories. If I want to feel sad, I’ll listen to Still Ill by The Smiths. Frank Turner with Joe Singleton, Katie Lloyd, Thom Rylance and Robert Lally of The Lottery Winners. Image: Frank Turner Anxiety Replacement Therapy, The Lottery Winners’ fifth studio album, includes collaborations with the likes of Boy George, Frank Turner and Shaun Ryder. Should it hold on, it’ll become their first UK chart-topper, as well as their first LP to enter the Official Albums Chart Top 10. Sertraline' explores Rylance being placed on medication to help his recovery. Sertraline is a commonly prescribed SSRI (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor) used to help with depression and anxiety. It can be very effective, and Rylance has stated he's found it helpful. He has said that, before taking Sertraline, he felt emotions strongly – either very happy or intensely sad. Now he holds the middle ground and has more balance and a better steering wheel. We end with '[STOP]', the end of the therapy session, as the narrator utters, "We hope you have found some peace and clarity". The writing of this album was Thom Rylance's way of dealing with his anxiety, a replacement therapy, if you will. Along with Lloyd, Lally and Singleton, The Lottery Winners have created an album that does justice to his writing and arduous journey. Full of 80s influence with a modern twist, rarely has mental health been dissected, reconstituted and utilised for musical entertainment so well. Not an easy task. It treats the subject matter with the importance, sensitivity, and respect it deserves but doesn't browbeat you. This is not about lecturing folk but inviting them to understand one person's tale while listening to banging choons. Thank you so much to everyone who’s made this happen, we appreciate you so much. We’re speechless! Thank you, everyone.”

Treatment for menopause and perimenopause

Shaun is from just up the road to me, in Little Hulton. The lads from my estate where I grew up in Leigh were enemies with the Little Hulton lads. We’d meet at a park to fight, so when Shaun came to the studio, I wasn’t sure whether to give him a hug or a right hook. I went for the hug.” Antidepressants can help with mood symptoms if you've been diagnosed with depression or anxiety. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) Pretty floaty. I'm not sure if I'm possibly still dreaming all of this. Floaty, but also very tired. We've been on the road relentlessly; we're in Leigh right now and ending our tour in Grimsby tonight. Very romantic. We love that you're putting Leigh on the musical map... Bromberger JT, Kravitz HM, Chang Y, Randolph JF Jr, Avis NE, Gold EB, Matthews KA. Does risk for anxiety increase during the menopausal transition? Study of women's health across the nation. Menopause. 2013;20(5):488-495. doi:10.1097/GME.0b013e3182730599