Yeah they are. I'll be glad when menopause is over and I get my personality back. I think I've been in perimenopause for about ten years, which is just ridiculous. Let it go, body!

I'm guessing that part of the reason I was so overwrought yesterday was because of hormones. It's unusual for me, but the timing is definitely right.

I asked my doctor if there any tests to be run because my depression didn't come back until my period came back post baby, and she didn't seem to think there was anything that could be done about that. Also, I apparently can't have 2 cups of tea while adjusting to new meds. I'm so shaky right now.

I suggest getting the Mirena if you can. If I understand correctly, it makes your body think you're a little bit pregnant.

Part of my anxiety for a couple days there was definitely too much caffeine. I shouldn't have started drinking soda again, I forgot to account for the extra caffeine.

I suggest getting the Mirena if you can. If I understand correctly, it makes your body think you're a little bit pregnant.

In that case, no. My pregnancy hormones were so much worse.

Oh yikes. No, then. Alas, the Mirena is the only way I know of to control the raging tide of hormones.

Pregnancy was so bad depression wise I sometimes wonder how I got through it.

Sumi I hope you find an amazing job.

Sumi, I hope you find something where you're much better appreciated soon.

I'm here to vent. My sister's been here since July 15, when she came early to take over for my house/cat-sitter, who had to leave. She spends every summer and fall with me because it's too hot and humid in Sayulita, MX. She used to go on and on about being homeless, all woe is me, because she lost her house in CA to foreclosure when she bought a house in Sayulita. Finally, she seems to have heard me saying, you're not homeless, you have a house in MX for starters, and you can always stay with me. Always. We get along pretty well, so it mostly works with the two of us, my two cats, her little dog. She had knee replacement surgery last year, and shoulder surgery this year, and I'm happy to help with all that. She's doing a lot of beading, making necklaces, which is great because she's making something instead of spending money that she doesn't have. So the but is....But she's almost always *here* and it's starting to drive me crazy! I wish she'd just go away for a day, or part of a day, so I could be here in my house alone. I just can't think like myself, not entirely, when I'm around another person all the time. Same thing happened on my 2.25-month long vacation this summer, I was relieved when my friend wanted to part ways once we hit warmer climate zones. So it's bigger than this situation, and it's one of the reasons I'm glad I'm not in a relationship, and I don't know how to talk about it without it being awkward for me to talk about, which means I can't ask her to go see a movie or something. So I'm venting. It's a tiny house, and I want to cook, and listen to podcasts while I do it, and put on the CD our chorus director made and practice singing. Instead I'm staying away from her and probably acting weird! Argh!!