Menstrual Irregularity: Emotional Roller Coaster Treatment (Perimenopause)

Perimenopause is no doubt like riding an emotional roller coaster. This emotional roller coaster ride is basically that you are experiencing PMS (premenstrual syndrome). Due to the decrease in the levels of estrogen, a hormonal imbalance occur giving rise to perimenopause. It not only affects you but also the people around you, since the urge to lash out on people becomes uncontrollable with the varying mood swings. The best way to deal with this mayhem is to talk to your loved ones and resolve any emotional issue which is draining you emotionally.

One way to deal with this problem is to consult a professional therapist. Please remember there is nothing wrong with you, it’s just that the therapist would help you cope better with the biological changes that your body is undergoing.

Meditation also helps you calm your nerves. There are different forms of meditation or rhythmic breathing. You can consult an instructor who would guide you the right way. You can go for a massage or yoga also helps. To relieve stress, you can get together with you friends and plan things that you enjoy to do. Some women have got lot of relief from taking herbal medication while others have fallen for the ancient therapy of China- acupuncture which helps to regularize the blood flow and the periods.
You can also use herbal remedies. Consult an herbalist who can give you mild antidepressant to cope up with the emotional setback that you are going through. Homeopathy also is not left far behind in helping you deal with this emotional roller coaster ride caused due to perimenopause. It is said homeopathy is the safest since it doesn’t deal with any harmful drugs. You would have to keep a track of you emotional variations like when during a day you feel most anxious. Do you feel irritable, sad, worried, weepy, reserved or facing problem in sleeping? Usually these details would be asked by your naturopath and he would definitely help you with a remedy that would fit your profile.
Fluctuating hormones are responsible for the mood swings. Few tips to handle the emotional mood swings are to exercise regularly, eat healthy food, reduce intake of salt, sugar, caffeine and avoid alcohol. Try to stay positive and relax. Stress management can also help in improving the PMS condition. Though there is increasing proof to suggest that hormone therapy can help in relieving emotional symptoms but hormone therapy is not very effective in treating women with sever depression. Psychotherapy is advisable for them.
Hormone replacement therapy is still quite controversial because there are undesirable side effects of taking estrogen like bloating, weight gain, irritability are few of the most common side effects. Some serious risks can be breast cancer, uterine cancer, acute liver disease, blood clots, stroke are to name a few.
Apart from feeling emotionally drained some women also experience minor memory problem or difficulty in concentrating. But unfortunately, currently there is no treatment available to relieve these symptoms.