I had severe depression too. Crying A LOT. I chose the natural route. I don't want to bombard my body with synthetic hormones. A whole set of problems come along with those either during the time you take them or after you are off them and down the line. I had my hormone levels tested with a saliva panel through a Naturopath. More accurate than bloodwork. With that information in my case, she put me on Progesterone cream. My estrogen was low, but my Progesterone (the happy hormone) was even lower in ratio to Estrogen. Progesterone can convert into Estrogen if your body needs it. She also gave me a homeopathic remedy that fit my symptoms. I no longer feel depressed and am no longer crying at the drop of a hat. It took a few weeks to a month. I am under stress even today, and it continues to work for me. I am in late stage peri at 53 years old. I also do gentle yoga, breathing exercises, meditate, prayer, massage when I can afford it, and practice more "self-love. In the very, very beginning of peri I had rages every once in a while, but just lived with it. If I knew then, what I know now, I would have addressed this naturally much sooner.
Are you sure these aren't really episodes of PANIC attacks??? Sounds similar to the way my panic attacks would hit initially. Definately worth seeing your MD or PSych MD for.
There are natural ways to try to deal with this to balance your hormones without the increased health risks of synthetic hormone therapy. Might be worth a try to see if it helps. I'd go see a naturopath or practitioner of integrated medicine if you don't know your natural medicine.
I'm 46 and am finally realizing that I'm in perimenopause. I would go into rages! Ended up showing my *** in the Verizon store (I mean really really showing my ***!) and that's when I knew something was wrong! Doctor put me on Lexapro for bad PMS and it has worked!
Me too! I can't even wait to get it because then it all goes away! Antidepressants make me more depressed so thats out!
Hi! OMG I felt exactly the same way today . I'm 50 still getting my periods but felt like I was going to explode for no reason I'm due today