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[CrispyChick]

Those of you that had/have a bad time with anxiety and mood, particularly irritability and anger swings in peri - did you find it continued post meno or calmed once the fluctuations of peri calmed?

Thanks.

[CLKD]

I was advised by NAPS to eat every 3 hours to avoid anxiety surges, lessens rages to.  And I could RAGE for England

[Arya Underfoot]

I suffered badly with anxiety during peri, I'm 9 months in to post and I'm a little calmer, not quite as irritable or rageful. I did switch from gel to patches at the same time, so I think that also really helped with my anxiety, too much oestrogen at once makes me super anxious. I also found moving to a higher dose of progesterone (200mcg) on a continuous cycle helped massively for my anxiety, so I've actually come off a lot of my meds, it's just HRT, CBD oil (which is more for my chronic pain) and the occasional benzo for emergencies.

There's definitely less fluctuations in post, so I feel the mood is more stable, I am still very reactive but I get over things quicker. I'm hoping as time goes on some more symptoms will improve, still waiting for any improvement in my brain fog though.

Anyways, hope this gives you some hope

[wynwrights]

I would like to know this, too! I'm 49, heading towards 50, and the anxiety piece of perimenopause (in conjunction with the low mood) has been by far my worst symptom so far.

[sheila99]

Mood swings are a thing of the past for me (except the tired or low blood sugar ones  ). My anxiety was from oestrogen deficiency so cured by hrt but whenever I try to reduce the dose the anxiety returns. It is easier to manage without your own surges getting in the way.

[ElkWarning]

I had a horrible time peri, but to be honest I had a bad time for most of my menstrual 'career' - diagnosed with PMS which would probably be PMDD these days.

I'm mostly fine now, not on HRT, but I don't know how much of this is due to 5 years of weekly therapy, retraining and enjoying my job, sorting my house a bit, etc., or conversely whether I could do this because I managed to claw my way through peri.

[wynwrights]

See, this is something I wonder: is it simply that the 'fog' of peri will eventually lift, and there's some return to stability? Unfortunately, I'm guessing that a lot of the women who have gone through it and are out the other side no longer have the need to use this and similar sites, and so those reassuring accounts aren't heard. I'm on HRT, and it's by no means been a cure-all; that could be, of course, because the dose isn't quite right, but I do also wonder whether the body just needs to do its thing and find a new equilibrium, and HRT basically just blunts the worst of the symptoms. Would love to hear your opinions on this!

[Nas]

Post meno here. No ovaries and on hormone blockers due to cancer. The moods and anxiety are still a thing unfortunately. Bloody awful in fact. Neither do I have the luxury of adding any in any HRT. I hope it goes soon because I am as sharp as a razor to my colleagues and family; probably on the verge of just plain rude. I can’t help it. It’s all very crappy.

Then there’s the anxiety and exhaustion. My inner body  literally trembles in the night and heart beats very fast.

I’m 6 years post meno
and no sign of it levelling out.