Heavy mood swings

Tiredness, weariness, anger and frustration are very common emotions when approaching the end of the menstrual cycle. Often known as mood swings and sometimes heavy mood swings, they are chemicals in your body that make you feel that way.

Only 15% of women manage to avoid mood swings while 20% of women experience heavy to severe mood swings. While women experience an array of different problems it is important to recognize those symptoms and how it affects you personally. Read more to find out more about heavy mood swings.

What are heavy mood swings?

Most common are feelings of uneasiness, discomfort, irritability, quick changing mood swings and emotional outburst. Cramps, breast tenderness, gastrointestinal problems and acne breakouts are also some of the common physical symptoms of PMS.

Here is a list of common physical problems:

• Changes in appetite. Many women find that they want to snack on salty and fatty or sweet and fatty snacks.
• Aches and pains: Just prior to your period, you may experience lower back pain or cramping in your abdomen.
• Headaches
• Sleep problems and fatigue: You may sleep too much or too little during this time.
• Changes in weight

Here is a list of psychological problems:

heavy mood swings • Anger.
• Sadness.
• Depression.
• Stress or heavy amount of tension.
• Feeling overwhelmed.
• Difficult to concentrate.

It is not wonder why heavy mood swings are common. The amount of stress put on your body, both physically and mentally, can make it difficult to deal with normal situations and can make an average day that much harder.

Why do heavy mood swings happen?

heavy mood swings Prior to menstruation, the body undergoes hormone changes as it prepares to dispel an egg from the body. Shifts in hormones like estrogen and progesterone are need by the uterus to contract the egg, dispel it, and prepare the body for a new menstrual cycle.

It is important to recognize that this process is important for the body. It protects the body from infection and keeps the body healthy but does changes hormone levels and adds an extra stress upon the body.

It might be useful to keep a log of feelings and pains you feel prior to menstruation. About seven to ten days prior to menstruation, keep track of how you feel and try to identify what type of symptoms you have. Such as, if they are heavy mood swings, what do you feel? How long have you felt this way? What caused you to feel this way?

Keep reading to find information about treatments for heavy mood swings.

Treatment for heavy mood swings

The menstrual cycle is a normal process but with it comes circumstances that are not always comfortable. As stated above sometimes feelings of physical pain and heavy mood swings can occur.

mood-swings3 It is important to make sure the body is in a healthy state to deal with changes in the body. A good healthy diet, exercise and maintaining a well-being is important while going through these changes. Taking time for yourself and not letting the stress pile up will prevent matters from getting worse.

There are also alternative drugs on the market. If you don’t have time to exercise daily, eat healthy and taking time for yourself to reduce stress, some alternative medicines have been known to help people achieve more comfort while experiencing heavy mood swings.