Menopause Mood Swings: Take Charge Of Your Emotions Now!

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You start to realize that you are on something of an emotional rollercoaster... you feel happy one minute and sad the next... the slightest thing can make you fly into a fit of rage. And you start to wonder what is wrong with "me" because this is not like you. This is the experience of menopause mood swings and can be the signal to you that you are in Peri-menopause.

What Are Mood Swings in Menopause Like?

We call "mood swings" a reaction that isn't appropriate for the event that triggered it. This shows up as getting more angry than necessary when you spill your cup of coffee or when the kids spill their juice on the floor. This shows up as you falling apart when some little thing doesn't go your way, then the next minute you are over the moon about something else. You may feel out of control and completely off your rocker.

Mood swings are one of most common symptoms of menopause. The mood swings of menopause are generally defined as rapidly changing moods. You are experiencing emotional extremes on a daily basis changing from sad to angry to happy and not even realizing what is happening to you. However, your partner, children, friends and co-workers are wondering what has happened to you. This is no fun for anyone.

Menopause emotional ups and downs have a knack of making you feel completely lost and out of control. Your emotions can be so out of whack you may not even know whether you should be sad, mad or glad in a situation.

What Causes Menopause Mood Swings?

One of the underlying physiological causes of emotional mood swings in menopause is our fluctuating hormones. As we enter peri-menopause our menstrual cycles become more erratic: bleeding may be heavier or lighter than usual, menstrual periods are missed altogether. These erratic cycles are a sign of erratic ovulation leading to highs and lows in estrogen and progesterone setting the stage for an emotional rollercoaster. The degree to which we experience these mood swings can be the degree to which our hormones are out of balance.

The fluctuating levels of estrogen, progesterone and androgens have a definite effect on our mental and emotional state. These hormones control the serotonin levels in our brain and this is the chemical that manipulates our moods.

There is also an emotional cause for mood swings at this time in a woman's life. As women entering the menopause years of our life it is a time when we can find our true voices and this is a natural process. We may have spent our life to this point taking care of others and ignoring and stuffing our own emotions and feelings of hurt and anger.

With the onset of menopause our biology begins to require us to straighten things out and find our voices. This can be like adolescence in reverse: your body asks you to question who you are, what you are passionate about and what is working or not working in your life. This can be a very unsettling and uncomfortable process.

Ways To Keep My Emotional Balance In Menopause

Here are some simple ways you can gain some control over your menopausal mood swings:

1. Help your body get your hormones in balance.

2. Start to realize the stressful situations in your life that are triggering your mood swings and look for ways to handle these before they arise again.

3. Having a balanced diet can keep your blood sugar levels even and add to this a good basic daily nutritional supplement.

4. Get regular exercise, treat yourself to a massage.

5. Take some time for yourself in personal reflection and meditation.

6. When you feel the intense emotions taking over, realize that this is a mood swing and that you are not crazy. Just knowing this can help you cope. Have a friend you can call who can help you.

7. Get your B Vitamins! B Vitamins are called the "anti-stress, feel-good vitamins" You need consistent levels of B Vitamins to feel good. When you are having menopause mood swings, B Vitamins are the first to be depleted from your body, so taking the right combination of B's, sublingual B-12, B6 and Folic Acid  is a key to combating hormone-based mood swings.


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