Menstrual mood swings
 Women who suffer from severe menstrual mood swings find themselves unable to control their erratic emotional reactions. Women experiencing menstrual mood swings can rapidly change from being contently happy to being depressed or angry. Consequently menstrual mood swings can adversely affect their personal relationships because unexplained passionate reactions are difficult to live with. Women are often left embarrassed by their menstrual mood swings due to an unsupportive partner or friend. The last thing a woman experiencing menstrual mood swings needs is to be laughed or shouted at. Menstrual mood swings are caused by the changing hormone levels that occur during women’s menstrual cycles. Women are affected by menstrual mood swings to different degrees.
What Are the Causes of Menstrual Mood Swings?
 Premenstrual and menstrual women enduring menstrual mood swings often feel that they have no control over their emotions. This is because menstrual mood swings are not usually caused by bad circumstances or unpleasant situations. Menstrual mood swings are usually triggered by women’s changing hormones. As women’s progesterone levels fall they begin to experience the dreaded menstrual mood swings. If a woman continues to experience menstrual mood swings after her period finishes it may indicate that there is an underlying psychological condition that needs to be tackled.
Health Advice to Prevent Menstrual Mood Swings
Before taking medication to combat unpleasant menstrual mood swings women should explore the natural remedies that are available. Firstly living a healthy lifestyle can often be very affective at helping women overcome adverse menstrual mood swings. Having a healthy and fit body is often the number one cure for many unpleasant menstrual side effects (such as menstrual mood swings), for example
- Eat a balanced diet rich with fruits, vegetables, protein, fiber and diary.
- Take regular moderate or intensive exercise.
- Avoid consuming too much caffeine or alcohol.
- Regularly sleep for eight hours a day.
- Quit smoking.
Yet if a change in lifestyle does not help the sufferer with adverse menstrual mood swings there are natural supplements that are available. Although their effectiveness has not been medically proven many women have reported relief from their menstrual mood swings after using them, for example
- Magnesium tablets
- Agnus Castus
- Calcium tablets
- St Johns Wart
- Vitamin B6 and E tablets
Even so some menstrual mood swings are so severe women need a stronger way to tackle them. If menstrual mood swings cannot be overcome with a healthy lifestyle or natural supplements women with severe menstrual mood swings should consult their medical practitioner to discuss more extreme options such as
 - Prozac Tablets
- Hormone patches or oral progesterone
- Combined Contraceptive Pill
- HRT
- Surgery
- Cognitive behavioral therapy (teaching to mind how to overcome menstrual mood swings)
Treatment for Mood Swings
However the last options are only for those suffering from the very worst affects of menstrual mood swings. Women should always discuss their options with their doctor before making any rash decisions to cope with the menstrual mood swings. Click here to read more about the different treatments for menstrual mood swings.
SOURCES:
• Period problems - NHK - August 08, 2008. |
