Why am i so grumpy?

[tigi]

Can anyone tell me why I am grumpy lately please! I can't stop moaning, finding fault with things, lack of patience, niggling about things etc. I had a go at a chap in sainsburys for using the customer services to pay for shopping! It's not pmt, it's ongoing!I'm ususally know for being happy!I know I'm grumpy but can't stop myself from being cross!i I'm not on the pill or any medication.
Do I need vitamins, any herbal things? many thanks for any help - promise I won't moan at you!

Can't help as to why, but I'm a grumpy sod too, I think its an occupational hazrd of being a mum. < grumpy hugs>

Listen to your dreams or meditate to try to get clues as to why you're feeling this way.

are you getting enough sleep? I'm a much nicer person if I've had enough sleep
(I need some now!)

yes I think I do get enough sleep- my youngest is 5 now, so all at school. I do lead a busy life, work part time, run around with the kids, but I had a nice day to myself today in the garden, but I was still yelling at the kids tonight, which makes me cross with myself then! I manage to play sport one night in the week, and i also go to a dance class one night.

i get like that too, its weird because i know i'm doing it but can't control it!!! little things niggle me which never would have bothered me before! i don't know what it is............bt just know that your not alone!!!!!!!!!!

you CAN stop yourself. There is probably an underlying reason why you are feeling this way, but you DO have some control over your emotions.

I fnid thinking positively and MAKING myself be pleasant and nice when I really dont feel like it usually does the trick.

You don't drink do you? Drinking in the evenings often makes me grumpy the next day which is why I dont drink much any more.

oh I think this is hard.

I'm a bit of a grumpy sod too at the moment

can you see any reason why you might be feeling irritable?

I do find fish oils are good for mood

i find i get the really bad grumps in the middle of my cycle. I really am truly horrible. I have found over a few years of trying different things, that vit b and b6 are good. Personally i have found my saviour to be in a packet called magnesium OK. Without these, i hate myself.

diet essential IMO
and a bit of exercise but you already do that

are you stressed out? You need a holiday maybe?

My dp said i'm grumpier than i used to be, said i snap at him for no reason i'm putting it down to being under a lot of pressure at the moment.

Things that never used to bother me now bother me alot, i think its also to do with the fact i'm getting older. Everyone who knows me should know the things that bother me by now and stop doing it so i dont have to keep telling them.

I keep getting cross with dd1 because she knows i hate it when she sulks for no reason, why does she keep doing it, its completely pointless and doesnt make anything better. So now when she does it i get even more cross, it's not helped by the fat my sister was exactly like this as a child and i was fed up with sulking long before dd1 came along now shes 7 almost 8 and has got flouncing down to a tee so as soon as she does it, its like a red rag to a bull.

Sorry i've jusrt moaned again - see told you im a grumpy sod!

also, and I hate posts which are TMI but I really think this can affect mood - if you aren't getting enough jiggy in the bedroom, you know, getting to release frustration without having to snap to do so iyswim

yes agree, about TMI and the sex part

start playing swing ball - ive done it the past 2 nights and it has lifted my mood, ive had 2 very stressful days and its helped bring me out of it abit b4 bed.

start playing swing ball - ive done it the past 2 nights and it has lifted my mood, ive had 2 very stressful days and its helped bring me out of it abit b4 bed.

Thanks for all your thoughts- sorry I had to abandon you half way through.I had wondered if it was my age! But I'm only 39, so it will get a whole lot worse yet won't it! I'd be a mother in law from hell in later years!
So to catch up, I don't drink, get lots of exercise, probably volunteer to help far more than I need to at school, after school things etc, but I've always been like this. I will look at vitamins - so i need Vit B's/evening primrose oil? magnesium? fish oils? thanks - Kerrymum, did you find anything else for me in your herbal book?

maybe try being a bit more assertive when being asked to help out after school etc, you say yourself that you help out too much so put yourself first and go & put your feet up in the sunshine instead- far better than having to to help out with a load of screaming kids leave that for someone else to have a turn

stress

Hi Kerrysmum. I do suffer with headaches now and again. Had migraines over xmas, which I'd never had before, but they are all gone now. I guess all mums are tired, but I wouldn't say i am excessively so - thanks (was going to do ironing now, but got distracted by MN!)