Hi all - I'm new here but I need to know whether other mums have experienced this or if its just me....
After my second child was a year I gave up breastfeeding and a month or so later my hormones went mad. I was so ANGRY and felt really down and despondent. There was no pattern to my feelings. Some days I felt normal and great, and life felt good. But for about 3 weeks out of 4 I felt pretty shit. Also it would vary throughout the day. I'd still be able to laugh with my kids etc, but then also have 4 hours of despondent sit them in front of CBeebies and I'll just lie and feel shit. I was so up and down. And I'd feel so angry I would throw things and hit things. Not normal for me. Anyway. I went to a naturalist GP who did test my hormones and found that my pregesterone was low which he told me was the 'calming' hormone - hence the anger. He prescribed a pregesterone cream which my normal GP was a bit pissed off about but I would say that it did help, and things calmed down. Anyway after another 9 months I was pregnant again and decided to go onto a pregesterone only pill fairly soon after birth because I thought (not sure why) that this might regulate my hormones after stopping breastfeeding (this time after 6 months). Things seemed fine until this last month (nearly a year after my son's birth) and all the anger and feeling down have returned.
Do other mums get this too. I am not depressed because it is not every day. And it is not all day. Its just my hormones going mad. Am I the only one? I hope I haven't rambled on too much. Any feedback would be great.