This may just be me and my crazy house but think about this – if a woman has children any time between the ages of 30 and 45 then she could have teenagers living at home when she is between the ages of 43 and 63. In other words, while your teenagers hormones are surging yours are waning. That makes for a very unstable household – a veritable clash of the hormones!
If only the body used what hormones it needed and emitted the left overs. Then peri-menopausal moms could chase their teens around and catch what they needed. Household peace and balance would be restored – a happy ending, sigh!
Back to reality. This is just me but here are the lessons I learned when the Clash of the Hormones hit my house.
Lesson 1: If you now know that there is a potential for a clash you can head it off just by being aware. Know your body and be aware of how it affects your mood ie. if your family is telling you, you are moody, listen and take the time to analyze why. You may want to blame all your household strife on your moody 15 year old, discounting your own moodiness. But you are the mom and you are going to be much more motivated to maintain family relationships than your 15 year old. So you must control your moods.
Lesson 2: The simplest prescription for peri-menopausal symptoms is really rather basic. Get enough sleep and eat right. Such a bummer for me. I like to push the limits with food and sleep but it really doesn’t help my mood. So I have to exercise discipline – yuck! Doctors can also provide relief for symptoms, but face it, you are getting older and that means you have to take better care of yourself.
