Anger

Brilliantly said as usual @Afraser.

It could be all sorts of things and it's probably cumulative, but as the old saying goes, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it clarifies the mind wonderfully. We all knew we would not live for ever, but there is a huge difference between that intellectual bit of knowledge and fearing you may have very little time at all. Which is the first reaction of most people to a cancer diagnosis. Even after treatment and lots more real information, we are seriously ill disposed to wasting our time. Or having other people wasting it for us. Or banging on about something trivial. Not only do we have to be kind to ourselves, we have to be kind to others who haven't had that rather nasty wake up call. Which is often difficult. Pat yourself on the back for the times you are patient and kind. And don't waste any more of your precious time worrying about when you just can't do it (again). 

Everyone certainly is different. I feel as though I am a much nicer person post PMT, migraine headaches, stress. Post menopause and AIs are nothing.

You can check out quite a few pages from The Wisdom of Menopause here:

https://books.google.com.au/books/about/The_Wisdom_of_Menopause.html?id=0GHo5_XS7ToC&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

They have lots of pages 'not available' (as it is just a review) - but hopefully you will find a few areas of interest (from the massive index) that may interest you!

Pages 3 & 4 were the ones that defined exactly how I felt as I started Menopause over 20 years ago!!


The good thing is - it DOES NOT LAST - you will get over it - even tho it took me 10 years to get completely thru natural menopause!  

Simultaneously - I got bunions on my feet & my arthritis (in my hands in particular) was exacerbated.  grrr (and made worse again by my current meds.)

Hi @Sister I am in the perfect person club too. It isn’t your fault people do stupid things that cause you to be irate.

As i found out when i did a bit of digging oestrogen has its finger in a lot of places in our body far beyond our reproductive system. So being thrown into HT, add chemo to mix for some, it comes as no surprise when these things rear their growly heads. I rarely was moody before bc, now it's more often as well stressing over stupidly minor things. I'm pinning my hopes on time being the healer and also getting off this damn drug...3 and a half years to go and counting...

Message sent.

The Book 'Wisdom of Menopause' is a great read - I recognised my very angry self in the very first page!  You can get it in ebook, audiobook or real book.  I loaned it to someone & never got it back!   Links here:  the wisdom of menopause

The only things on @iserbrown  list that I didn't get was the Migraines & the UTIs .... but I reckon I could add about another 5 major symptoms tho!  The rage (not just anger,) lack of tolerance of ANYTHING & EVERYTHING, disinterest in a lot of things, totally disturbed sleep patterns and god knows how many other shit symptoms.

Take care xx

Hey @Sister,

How long have you been on HT now?   Before BC  I was a very even tempered person, a she'll be right kinda girl, rarely got upset about much. I ask because about 8-10 months after I started I was a bit ferfal as far as moods go and zero patience at all. Scared my family I think LOL.  They just weren't used to it. It's strange that we never thought about how good those hormones were and how much they do for you until they're gone.
It is levelling out and my patience is back but it took a while. 

xoxoxoxox

From Dr Google, if this helps!

Also from Dr Google 

"As women age and approach menopause, it is normal for estrogen levels to drop."

- so it also depends on where you are at peri, post or past menopause.  One thing is you have recognised your concern so how to go about fixing it so you can feel happier in yourself and those around you

Best wishes with your research