You’re angry, irritable, and feel like you’re going crazy, and you never used to be like this. If this sounds familiar, you may be suffering from ‘peri-rabies’.
Perimenopause anger refers to outbursts of anger associated with the hormonal changes a woman experiences during the menopause transition.
During “the switch,” estrogen naturally decreases, which affects the production of serotonin, a chemical that regulates mood and increases happiness.
As a result, it is normal to feel unbalanced and this may continue until your body has adapted to the lower levels of estrogen.
Like hot flashes, migraines, insomnia, and low libido, periira is caused by hormones and intensifies with hormonal spikes, and the key to surviving it, according to Dr. Ginni Mansberg, is to empower yourself with knowledge.
‘The most important thing is that you educate yourself. “Women don’t realize that their anger is caused by hormonal spikes and not stress at work,” says Dr. Mansberg, author of The M Word: How to Thrive Through Menopause and co-founder of the perimenopause education center Don’t worry.
The moment you realize that the mood swings that are sabotaging your relationship and making you irritable at work are actually caused by hormones (and are treatable), is the moment you take back control of yourself. your life.
It is also an important discovery for the spouse of a perimenopausal woman. They will stop taking those joyful moments so personally.
You’re angry, irritable, and feel like you’re going crazy, and you never used to be like this. If this sounds familiar, you may be suffering from “peri-anger,” says Dr. Ginni Mansberg (right), co-founder, along with Shelly Horton (left), of the menopause education center Don’t Sweat It.
“We don’t want women in their thirties and forties to change careers because of their anger,” adds Dr. Mansberg.
“And we don’t want relationships to break down because you’re angry again.”
Anger during perimenopause is sometimes misdiagnosed as depression and anxiety and a woman is unnecessarily diagnosed with antidepressants..
Dr. Mansberg says that women who experience mental health problems during perimenopause (usually in their forties) are often led down the wrong path by doctors when, in fact, menopause-specific treatments “have a 76 percent more likely to work” for them.
These treatments include hormone replacement therapy (HRT), testosterone, estrogen-based creams and supplements.
‘People are surprised when it works. They come crying a week or a month later because they finally feel like themselves,” he tells me.
Dr. Mansberg’s friend and colleague Shelly Horton suffered major mood swings and depression when perimenopause began.
The normally cheerful redhead opened up to Dr. Mansberg about her feelings and was able to get the help she needed to “get back on track.”
Together, the two women created Don’t Sweat It, an educational center that advises workplaces on how to support their female staff through life change..
The moment you realize that the mood swings that are sabotaging your relationship and making you irritable at work are actually caused by hormones – and are treatable – is the moment you take back control of your life (archive image)
Many women with perimenopause already feel out of place in the workplace due to their other symptoms, which makes perimenopause even more uncomfortable.
Dr. Mansberg says it’s not uncommon to see women abandon their careers because they’re fed up with the struggle.
Perimenopause can last anywhere from 12 weeks to ten years, with most women experiencing symptoms for about four years. It usually occurs after a woman turns 40, but can occur as early as her mid-30s.
One in five women emerges successfully without any negative symptoms; another in five suffers serious symptoms that impact their daily life; and three in five experience mild to moderate symptoms.