Symptoms of Menopause That Drive Women Crazy

Have you been experiencing hot flashes, moodiness, and lack of sleep lately? Have you thought that just maybe you are losing it just a little, as if your mental state isn't quite what it used to be? Well, relax. You are just going through menopause! That may not be much relief, but let's get some answers and hopefully that will help.

Yes there are many physical side effects of menopause, and these sometimes cause mental distress on their own. But the irritability and moodiness is something that is very common in many women at this time, and has a very logical explanation. The hormone imbalance that is apparent at this time causes women to act almost like they are going through puberty again in some ways, and I'm sure you still remember how emotional of a time that was! The same thing, only in reverse, is happening to your body now. Instead of a surging in hormones though, you are experiencing a drop in hormones. This is not a steady drop, oh no. The drop, then surge, and then drop again is what causes many of the emotional roller-coaster rides for menopausal women.

Of course every woman is different and has different ways that the symptoms of menopause reveal themselves. Some have a total drop in sex drive, while others experience an increase! This is directly related to the hormones again, some women will have a drop in estrogen and others may experience a sudden drop on progesterone. Not only that, this imbalance can also shift for the same woman from one month to the next which really can through things out of wack. This is quite similar to premenstrual syndrome in that the changes in hormones result in sudden changes in emotions.

So what can a woman do to get help for these sudden changes? There are some natural herbal remedies that have been used for centuries to help balance out hormonal changes. These herbal pills can be found in health food stores and even grocery stores now and some of them are called Black Cohosh, motherwort, Asian ginseng, licorice root, lavender, kava, red clover, and ginkgo biloba. They have different effects, some are for helping to soothe the nerves and others more specific to hot flashes.

Some of these herbs are considered what is known as "phytoestrogens" -plants that act as a natural source of estrogen once converted by the body. These are also found in soy, which is a perfect food for helping to ease the symptoms of menopause. Try these herbal remedies out for yourself and see what many women have said for years about there powers to help balance things out.