kay
14 years agoMember
mood swings
Hi, Just wondering if any one else was suffering from mood swings and more so, since chemo and radiation. I go up and down and get uptight about little things. I have some starflower oil from the he...
It would be good to let oncologist know how hard things are for you. Our bodies suffer a lot under treatment. My body cracks if off my diet for more than 4-5 days.
My 'old' GP wanted to put me on antidepressent for severe insomnia saying it was stress from cancer diagnosis and to see psychologist. I declined the antidepressent and went and saw Psychologist. While under intial treatment I felt no stress but later when took back responsibilities of motherhood stress increased and the psychologist who practised cognitive behavioural therapy helped me immensely. I have done close to 50 hours with psychologist and it has helped immensely. Emotionally have never been better in my life. I see her as mentor and plan to keep going. I encourage you to work with psychologist as I would never have believed how good I could feel.
With treatment our bodies can do crazy things. My supplements help keep my hormones mostly balanced.