Severe Mood Swings in Women

Mood swings happen to everyone but affect women twice as much as men. Factors such as home life and environment can affect the risk and the severity of the mood swings. We all experience traumatic events and much of life is out of our control, but it is important to recognize what is a normal emotional reaction and what is a mood swing. Keep reading to find out more about severe mood swings in women.

What is a mood swing?

women mood swings1 A person who experiences a mood swing goes from being happy or sad or in some state of emotional and shifts to feeling the opposite in a very short period of time.

This is different from experiencing a strong emotion from an isolated event and is the sense that emotions are out of control and can surface rapidly due to any minor event. Find below information on the causes of mood swings.

What causes mood swings?

Here is a short list of some of the causes of mood swings:

• Stress- Stress can lead to both depression and mood swings. Working women and women in the their forties or fifties often have lots of stress due to jobs, and taking care of the family, both younger and older, and are burdened with financial responsibilities.

• Menopause- Due to shifting levels of hormones, middle aged women often have to deal with a readjustment of hormones. Also, the end of the reproductive life can be hard for women.

women mood swings2 • Modern Living- Fast food, traffic, commotion, lack of patience, stress work environment and other things all contribute to the likely hood of mood swings.

• Fatigue

• Chemical imbalance– When the brain releases chemicals, neurotransmitters, the person can experience happiness, stress, fear, anxiety …etc. If a chemical imbalance is present then it might be the cause of mood swings.

• Pregnancy

Continue reading to find about treatment for severe mood swings in women.

Treatment for severe mood swings on women

As mentioned above, everyone experiences mood swings whether man, woman or child our chemicals in our brains change and we experience different feelings but it is important to distinguish normal moods from mood swings.

Often mood swings come on and happen for reasons that are later found insignificant. It is important that our bodies and minds experience emotions as they are a part of life but sometimes these emotions can be overbearing or not consistent with reality. Then it is important to deal with them as a mood swing.

Also there are some alternative medicines that have been known to help women get through mood swings and hormone changes like teas and supplements. Click on the following link for more information about treatment for mood swings.