With female menopause you gain weight and get hot flashes.
Aging-related hormone changes in men - sometimes called male menopause - are different from those in women.
The term "male menopause" is sometimes used to describe decreasing testosterone levels or a reduction in the bioavailability of testosterone related to aging.
Middle-aged men who used to be grumpy are now suffering from the "male menopause", in need hormone therapy.
Other terms for so-called male menopause include testosterone deficiency, androgen deficiency of the aging male and late-onset hypogonadism.
If Mel did blame depression on "male menopause," meaning a low testosterone, it's possible that the 54 year old actor is feeling a drop in his hormones.
Storey's diagnosis - what Wu prefers to call late onset hypogonadism "is not inevitable or universal like the female menopause," he insists.