Menopause Support Group

im also pre menopause i also have the crying spells especially when my kids dont visit for awhileand they visit their in laws i feel like they dont care when i know they do il just cry for no reason ihate that but ive been told its part of pre menopause.

Oh yah, I can relate. I'm not an emotional person but there was a time period when I would cry or want to cry for no obvious reason. Of course, deep inside there are reasons. It sounds to me like you do have reasons to cry. I would let loose whenever you have the freedom to do so and then it won't be so difficult to hold back when you are in a situation that isn't perfect for letting loose. I would consider some natural hormone replacement or at least have your hormone levels checked. I waited way too long before getting the help I needed. Don't make that mistake. Take care of yourself.
Cat

I cry everyday since peri hit. I feel like a leaking faucet. It's awful. I will find something to cry over!! I feel like a mess with this whole thing.

Me too Nancy. I'm already on antidepressants and can't figure out if they are suddenly not working or if it's perimenopause. I too have plenty go cry over, divorce empty nest etc. But thought I was getting over it all.... then all of a sudden I'm crying every day now. This just started about a month ago along with changes with my cycle as well. I turned 48 this year.

Talked to my doctor today. es, perimenopause will affect moo'm alrady on a rollercoaster with my mom dying, sis moving, financial issues. d. Hormones are off balance, changin constatnly.. She said the emotional symptoms sholdnt last much longer than a year. I like my docs and have very compassionate ones - I am lucky. I was releived ti know that a certain part of my emotional overload is beyond my control. Doesnt make it all go away but I know I'm not emotionally fragile or-whatever. My mom was done at fifty, hope I am too if I live that long.

i just started the crying thing too thats awsome that you came on here i was just gonna ask abot the same thing thanx

My sister told me that she was very emotional during peri- she is in menopause now. But I needed a medical opinion and was releived I'm not going crazy. As women we go through so much hormonally - men are so lucky they don't I am on meds for clinical depresion but that doesnt stop the crying. During grief, which is what I am going through, they just help to calm me a bit. But we have to feel our feelings when we greive. But again, this perimenopause thing makes it twice as hard.

I have the crying terribly too I have just had to move my Mum into a new nursing home I just can't stop crying. It's to the point I cry even at the supermarket, no matter where I am I cry.

I am so terribly sorry Nancy you lost your Mum you have my deepest sympathy .
Simone x

Poor thing. Poor everybody! :-(

Sometimes it seems as if they crying has a mind of its own. You can be fine and then crying mechanism starts and you feel bad. It's so weird.

You might try this -- give yourself 5 minutes a day to think about the bad stuff and cry. That's it. You've given crying its space freely.

Also, try to meditate. It is so soothing to the brain. You don't even have to "do it". In meditation it's enough to try. Because as you're trying, you're doing it! Just try sincerely. Try 10 minutes. Then extend.

cry about everything, I try to hide it. Husband and two boys in the house, they think I am going crazy. It bothers them when I cry. Husband will talk a little, but not any length. I have always been the strong one. When they ask me why I am crying and I put it into words, I feel like, that is a dumb reason to be crying. I am ashamed that I cry so much. Which makes me cry more......