HELP

I am very concerned about my mother's emotional/mental stability. She has frequent and sometimes incredibly intense and explosive mood swings, ranging from dull to extreme in short periods of time. One minute, she's yelling at me for something small, like not doing her laundry correctly, acting erratic and sometimes even violent. And, then the next, she's crying and apologizing and making me feel guilty with every word she says, like I'm the reason her mood swings get out of hand. The thing is, while it's happening, when she's having an unexpected episode, it's like she doesn't even realize it or anything.

More than that, I too have mood swings that are getting to be distressingly frequent as well. One minute, I'm hyped up on complete and utter euphoria, and the next, feeling depressed, lonely and misunderstood. Maybe it doesn't sound so bad, perhaps that's a good thing. But, to live with these worrisome mood swings, to deal with them everyday, it's starting to really make me question what's going on. For the longest time, I was convinced that it was just normal behavior. But, it's getting to be worse and worse, always making me scared and anxious if one of us, myself or my mother, just completely snaps. I need to know what's going on, who to talk to, if I should seek help or, if it's all in my head.

Wow Thoopthong, the two of you must be having a hard time dealing with each other. I really advise you to see your GP and see what they have to say; just say it exactly as you have above and hopefully there will be some help forthcoming for both of you.

(((((((Thoopthong)))))))),

Well the two of you definitely need help. Your mom may be going through the change of life, (menopause) and her hormones could be changing and causing these moods swings.
So she really needs to check in with her gynocologist and see what is going on. And you could be dealing with PMS symptoms along with stressing over her instability. There are reasons for these mood swings and the two have to stop and get help instead of just blowing up and then appologizing. Your mom may be going through this menopause and she just isn't getting why she is having these disabling moods, but what you are discribing are definite symptoms.

Dont let this continue, pick a time when you are both calm and start making a plan on figuring out what is causing this.

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