Why do before, during menstruation mood changes: how PMS affects what to do

Unstable emotional condition common to many women when approaching critical days. Not each of them at the same time understand why during menstruation mood changes. All speaks simply. There is a close relationship between changes occurring in the body and the condition of the emotional background.

How sex hormones influence mood

It is noted that the monthly affect mood. this is due hormonal changes before menstruation. The body of a woman, there are two important hormones - progesterone and estrogen. They are directly dependent on the activity of the reproductive system that ensures the formation of the egg, its maturation and fertilization.

The increased estrogen concentration is observed in the first half of the cycle. This hormone is primarily responsible for the exterior: gives beauty, energy and sexuality. It reaches a maximum at the time of ovulation.

During this period, the body's hormonal changes taking place, the progesterone concentration begins to increase. A woman becomes a calm, sensible, committed to peace. Due to this hormone provides optimal conditions for placing the fertilized ovum. Closer to the critical days of progesterone increases significantly - and marked mood swings in women.

Observed tearfulness and aggression, which substitute each other immediately. The excess progesterone leads to the fact that the mood before menstruation is unpredictable. The brighter with the expressed symptoms of PMS, the worse the emotional background.

During the critical days of the concentration of hormones is reduced, the woman is in a calm state. After menstruation occurs increase in the amount of estrogen, there is a vital energy, which reaches a peak at time of ovulation.

Bad mood as a symptom of PMS

Before menstruation bad mood is observed due to PMS. It affects the emotional background of a variety of clinical manifestations characteristic of the premenstrual syndrome:

• pain in the lower back and lower abdomen;
• migraine;
• hyperthermia;
• sleep disturbance;
• pain in the breast;
• dizziness.

For this reason, before menstruation appear irritability, fatigue, depression and even aggression. As a rule, on the second day of menstruation all PMS symptoms are less pronounced, and accordingly, the emotional background comes back to normal.

some girls before menstruation hungryMore detail on the causes of this phenomenon can be found in a separate article on our site.

How to get rid of mood swings

Menstruation - is a natural phenomenon that you want to learn to adapt. During this period, the emotional state of a woman deteriorates under the influence of no external factors and physiological processes that take place in her body.

Many experts recommend to keep a diary, which will be marked not only the days of menstruation, but also changes the emotional background. Thanks to this will be able to get information about how hormones affect the mood in the various phases of the cycle. Coping with emotions in this case will be much easier.

In addition, there are a number of universal recommendations about what to do with the mood and how to help yourself when approaching critical days:

• give preference to healthy eating. Closer approximation to the arrival date of menstruation is recommended to exclude from the diet of fatty and spicy dishes. They overload the liver, which is designed to dispose of hormones;
• to minimize the consumption of coffee, a stimulant effect on the nervous system;
• not hold back emotions. According to most psychologists, due to this condition it is getting better;
• breathing exercises, contributes to the saturation of oxygen to the cells and increase the level of endorphins in the blood;
• do relaxing massage;
• often walking in the fresh air.

If you follow these simple guidelines to deal with a bad mood is a snap. The risk of nervous breakdowns before critical days will be reduced to a minimum. Yes, and to return to the usual rhythm of life will be easier.

Doctors recommend to stick to a special food during menstruation and in front of them in order to facilitate the manifestation of unpleasant symptoms. Therefore we recommend to read more information on this topic.

Emotional changes before menstruation characteristic of many women. They are caused by hormonal changes and premenstrual syndrome. Once come the critical days, the emotional background is starting to recover.