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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, how is the situation with your friend? I am interested in knowing more if anything she did is helpful. I am going through some of this and acknowledging the issue. [/quote]

I am still concerned. When she started the HRT she said it seemed to help, but honestly I have not seen a difference from my point of view, and she is still getting into a lot of conflicts with her DH and kids. The DH is a patient guy from what I can tell, but I don't know him well. Over the past few years she has broken off friendships for really trivial reasons, and she still believes she totally right for ending those friendships. I think I am the only close friend left, and I am still friends with the former friends, and do not want to have to pick sides. It is not so much the moodiness that I worry about, though of course mood swings cause problems too. I definitely had the mood swings myself during peri but they did not cause me to see people differently and end relationships. Once I calmed down after being irritable, the mood swings didn't make me dislike the same people I used to like. I have gently suggested therapy, but she resisted. At least she didn't get offended though, so I am still hopeful that she may be open to it some day.

I am sorry you are going through this and wish you the best. I think acknowledging the issue is a huge deal and hopefully this self awareness will get you through peri with your cherished relationships intact! Have you seen a gyn or therapist yet?

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