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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have always been a pretty emotionally even keeled person. I have a pretty laid-back, easy-going personality and rarely get very emotional. There aren't many things in life that actually upset me. I am generally an optimist and a positive person.

Or should I say, that is who I was! For the last almost year now, I feel like an angsty, angry, irritable teen going through puberty or something. My frustration tolerance has dropped but worse than that, I feel like I have lost the emotional regulation I always have had. I want to have temper tantrums and I sometimes have so much rage that I think the worst things about people. I have never been like this before. I still have control and I don't actually have a tantrum or rage at people...but I could! I now often have to walk away or go completely silent or else I will say something unprofessional or immature or petty or overreactive or inappropriate. Sometimes when alone, I feel like I have so much anger inside (about exactly what I don't know) that my body actually gets rigid or I clench my fists or I just rant in my head or even out loud (if there is no one around). I don't know what hormonal change is causing this but it isn't really sustainable for me or those around me. At some point I am going to lash out. And none of these triggers are major things. They are things that barely would have registered in the past.

I tried HRT but it actually made the rage and anger worse and it also caused other hormones in my body to skyrocket and caused other issues. So I had to go off it again.

Is this a perimenopause phase? Can I expect it to pass in a bit? [b]Once I hit actual menopause, do things get better?[/b]

I am not sure what to do. [/quote]

Not for me, they didn't. When I asked my doctor what to expect she said it could go on for a another year ... or ten. That's when I chose HRT. I'm sorry it didn't work out for you. Because your symptoms are mood related, perhaps a psychiatrist could help with an SSRI, SNRI or mood stabilizer. [/quote]

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