To tell my husband he'll have to come home from work now.

[CanIScreamPlease]

I have absolutely had fucking enough today.

I am minding my step children whilst DH has had to go into work (self employed but had a job on today).

The kids are being absolutely awful. They are arguing, fighting, shouting at each other. I am so fed up I feel I could literally scream. I've had to put them in seperate rooms for the afternoon. I'm about to ring my husband and tell him to come home because I really can't be fucking arsed with it any longer.

I know it sounds like a ridiculous excuse but I'm on my period and I have really bad problems with low mood when I am, so much so that I've seen the GP and been given ADs to take 10 days a month because of the low mood.

I am at my absolute wits end with them today and I am so angry. I feel like if I hear one more moan or argument I'm going to just drive them to his work and drop them off.

@CanIScreamPlease please ignore the posters saying ludicrous stuff like 'you are taking your ADs wrong'. Some people have only experienced antidepressants being taken in the traditional / constant way, it doesn't mean they are qualified to overrule your GP. If you feel the need to change your medication regime, please discuss it with your GP, the one with a surgery and a medical degree, not us on Mumsnet. You didn't post about your meds, you posted about your stepkids.
If your periods are regular, refuse to have them when PMT is bad, have them when you are feeling well and resilient. Hopefully in 6 months your doctor will have found a more successful solution for you. Keep bugging them and if they aren't helpful, try another. Some are shit with wimmins stuff (ime).
Hope you are in bed with a hot drink now anyway!
And yeah, I separate my under tens when they are winding each other up. Not for 3 hours, but I'm their mum, and have the power to make their lives hell if they don't behave after a separation.

I have two boys similar age. They're good kids, don't argue much. Work hard, do exercise. But the lockdown has definitely tested their patience with each other.

Imagine how hard it is to be in lockdown with ur sibling.

I'd say it's normal behaviour under the circumstances and to cut them some slack.

Believe me, I can understand how frustrating this situation is though 😔.

He's working to support you all

That's a very big (sexist) assumption to make... I work thank you very much. I'm off because it's bank holiday. I support myself and we support each other, he does not work to 'support me'.

Spoilt brat

Thank you all for your comments. I won't go into the whole thing but we all spoke when DH got home and they have apologised and DH is dealing with it. I feel better just leaving him to it now.

I feel like ringing someone to discipline my ds sometimes.... Kids can be little horrors and to be fair the sending to bedroom without screens is done here, not as a punishment but to give both of us a chance to calm down when ds pushes things too far. Hope you're feeling better now and have a chance to relax

Sounds like you've done a good job OP. Once kids get past that rational level into a 'psychotic/cannot be reasoned with state' the best thing to do is separate and calm the situation, which you've done:) Once partner is home (or better still tomorrow), there needs to be a calm family meeting where it is firmly laid out that this sort of behaviour will not HAPPEN AGAIN. And have a set of consequences at the ready which you are willing to enforce. Finish with a thank you very much, we love you very much and look forward to things returning to a more positive level etc.

There is something incredibly maddening about trying to sort out kids fighting. It is really upsetting. On top of rude behaviour to you it must have been terrible. Well done for getting through it.

Glad you got it sorted OP 🙂