Hormones And Hysteria

[Upside Down Eagle]

Hormones, they're the worst... everytime my face breaks out, everytime the full moon shines, I just know that rage and emotional disaster are coming.

I transform into this rabid, hissy, snarling animal (not kidding), screaming (an improvement on what I used to do, namely destroy everything around), kicking my legs like a child. Massive tantrum.

Some people have suggested that I take birth control pills to control the hormones but I don't really want to, I'm rather against upsetting the natural state of my body... I've tried a diet but I don't see a lot of effect so far.

I was wondering whether you get episodes of hysteria (with the shame that comes afterwards, but actually people in my environment kind of are getting used to my episodic rage hours...), and how you've dealt with it...?

 

[Deleted member 1860]

I think diet can help, but only if you remove the right foods. I went gluten free in August and my hormonal acne cleared up. My hormonal headaches went away. Also, it can take weeks to months to see the results of a diet change. I've seen other changes, too.

I've refused birth control pills as well. It makes no sense to me to throw hormones at a hormone imbalance problem. I prefer to work at changing lifestyle factors instead of taking a pill that may make things worse and will effect my sex drive.

 

[arfie]

This would be my favorite part of being post-menopausal. I do not miss that roller-coaster ride in the least. No, I did not use hormone therapies for menopause, either. Got through it allot quicker than my friends who did.

Back when I did have to deal, my holistic approach was mostly physical. My theory focused on exercises to help my uterus do its natural thing. Walking was my number one treatment. It felt to me like walking rocked my uterus in the pelvic cradle, easing the process with a gentle massage. Stretching was also quite effective.

No medical confirmation on any of this. I still have not met a doctor who has even witnessed a natural menopause, much less believed in it. Sure there's gotta be one out there somewhere, but waiting room tours are agony for me. Didn't try very hard.

 

[franciemarnie]

Exercise was the only thing that helped, and it helped a lot. For me anyway.

Birth control pills put me in a stupor of depression. Plus the side effects are significant - long and short term.

 

[Upside Down Eagle]

@arfie this may sound weird but I actually envy you a bit for being past your menopause :P I have no intention to have kids so far (not against it, just a choice I made for myself) so going through all the hormones and emotional rollercoasters seems rather pointless.

A physical approach sounds good. I've been thinking about that, except lately I've kind of been locking myself inside my home so that I wouldn't have to see any strange people. The anxiety is so high this winter that whenever I see a stranger I want to run away really fast... I suposse maybe it would help if I just tried to convince myself that they won't bite... eek.

Glad to hear I'm not the only one refusing the pill approach. Most of the women around me do, actually I only know this one person who doesn't. The diet I tried is alkaline, so I try to eat mostly alkaline and less acidic foods. But it's kind of a pain because I also have a tendency to eat too litlle and then combined with this diet I lose weight rather fast (which is bad because I'm already a thin thing).

 

[arfie]

@Radise
That does not sound weird to me, at all. Living without the hormone rushes is as wonderful as I thought it would be. That is only one gem I have gained from maturity. Much of my cPTSD was formed to the crooning of Frank Sinatra singing, "Young at Heart." Youthemisms give me flashbacks. My heart has been beating for six decades. Please don't invalidate my experience. I only think that, though. I try to accept th youthemisims in the spirit in which they are intended. It is the wisdom of our culture.