This has nothing to do with sex, other than it is a female issue.
Have any of you gals, as you start getting older (hovering around 40), started to have more serious issues with your periods? The hormonal part of it?
Okay... I'm... what... 3 months away from turning 40. I've never had issues with my period. Sometimes I'd have mood swings, a little water retention... but for the most part... not a flipping problem.
Okay, so this week, I'm having all kinds of emotional issues. I figure it has things to do with my life... you know me, I'm looking at every psychological problem and issue I've ever faced in my life and I'm trying to find a reason for my wackiness. I mean... really weird back and forth, highs and lows sh!t.
I had to take my dog to my brothers two days ago, and he (my dog) may end up staying there permanently (sorry, this is tough for me), and I came unhinged on the way home. Balled like a baby for hours. I HATE feeling raw like that, as many of you may well know. Yesterday... can't find a scrap of motivation in me to do anything, darn near anything. I figure I'm depressed about my dog... okay... but really? Like this? Jesus.
I've felt like I was close to losing my marbles, and I keep thinking...wtf is WRONG with me... oh, and now that I think about it... I had some HOT FLASHES... real ones...<shudder>
I wake up today... period.
I know I am premenopausal, and menopause just doesn't happen overnight... but I have NEVER gone through stuff like this with a period. Do any of you go through this? Has it changed on you like this?
I'm not sure that my period has caused my wackiness this week... but when I started this morning, boy did it all click into place... and I'd rather it be that than some fear I am going off the deep end.
Is there anything I can do about this? And yes, now that I think about it, my mother's periods...at least her hormonal part of them, started getting much worse for her in her 40s. Oh, Jesus... boy... if I am heading that route...
