Does oestrogen cause mood swings/hormonal rage/ridiculous emotion?

[GingerIsBest]

Early stages of perimenopause but due to complete lack of sleep and also very very low mood/anger in the week before my period, doctor has put me on oestrogen and also progesterone (I have PCOS). Originally v low dose of just 1 pump of oestrogen a day, but she said to go up to 2 if I felt it wasn't having an impact.

At first, I felt fantastic but that settled down and I felt better than before but not amazing - eg mood swings were down, sleep was better albeit not perfect etc. After about 2 months, I decided to try upping to 2 pumps and have been doing that for about a month now.

I'm not SURE but I feel like I'm more emotional than normal, and have been for a little bit. Yesterday I was experiencing the sort of rage I used to feel in the week before my period but I'm only on day 7 of this cycle. And the last few days I've just felt a general sort of sadness.

Is this possibly the oestrogen? Should I drop back to one pump? Can I even do that?

To be fair, life is quite hard right now - both kids have specific challenges we're navigating and money has been really difficult for us. We see light at the end of the tunnel but it's hard. So maybe it's just normal emotion as it's a tough time?

Have a look at the thread about estrogel. I felt like you on estrogel but felt better on patches.

Thanks. Will take a look. Because of some other things, my doctor isn't so keen on me using patches. I'm not quite sure of details so worth looking at.

Following with interest. Have just increased to 50 Evorel hoping it would improve my energy levels and headaches. One week in every three I am now just impossible to be around. I am shaking with rage or overcome with bottomless sorrow. Also, I constantly feel an urgent need to cry and/or vomit.

It’s exhausting, and I worry I will make rash decisions during this time of life that I will come to regret.

My feeling is that wrong life, being generally annoyed for genuine reasons is what pisses us off and the hormones just bring it out. Nothing works other than changing aspects of life. That's one benefit of hormones I think and a good reason that modern patriarchy likes to tell us to ignore ourselves etc. I read Women's Bodies Women's Wisdom at 26, came off the pill then and there, and took five years to work through the rage that kept coming up every month relating to the shit I'd been through.

Sorry if this isn't the answer you wanted.

Actually, I think it's true that the hormones can exacerbate existing feelings. Certainly, my irritation at DH or the DC is justified... but the levels are (perhaps) not! .

I have decided to drop back to one pump for a while and see what happens. Also, finances should be better within the next 2 months so I'm going to see how that impacts how I feel too.

I'm in surgical menopause after a hysterectomy and the only thing that stops my rage is Menopace Vitamins. Just the cheap £5 Original type. I notice if I miss a day. They're excellent.

I was prescribed two pumps per day but it made me feel really frazzled, emotional and moody so the Doctor told me to go down to one pump per day and it works for me.

I am now just a few days into back to 1 pump a day... and I feel a LOT better. I don't think it's a coincidence.