Girls: Do you get up & down emotions when you're not on your period?

[Anonymous]

I'm not usually an emotional person, I make sick jokes & I usually have dry humour. I wouldn't say that I'm generally a sensitive female usually, crude jokes amuse me.

for about a month or so now I've been feeling super emotional, like.. if one of my friends said [prior to emotional crisis] "your shoes suck", I'd have a lame response like, "your face sucks". but now, if someone said that to me, I would get depressed & take it personally, which I rationally think is ridiculous, but I can't seem to help it.

i suppose I could usually blame these raging hormones on my period, but it's been going on for about a month. my diet hasn't really changed, my sleep is normal [for me] & my relationships haven't had any drastic changes.

males are welcome to answer as well, do others have these weird emotional roller coasters? this hasn't really ever happened before for this long of a time. [maybe a week of two on my period..].

thanks!

[karla1527]

After my period(10 days), I get this huge cravings for sweets and salty and spicy stuff(which I normally wouldn't eat cause of my diet -.- lol.

During my period, I get really down, depressed, but not ups and downs, just pure downs lol.

Now, it has nothing to do with my period, but since I had my first crush ever, I feel waaay more sensible and emotional about everything, which I hate. But normally I use to be like you :).

[SashaSilent]

Could you be pregnant?

Otherwise perhaps its simply a case of your seratonin levels being lower than usual. St Johns Wort vitamin suppliments can help increase them.

As for me personally, I'm usually pretty meh about life, but for some reason during period week I'm at my happiest, my skin is at its best and I find its actually a week I look forward to. Weird huh?

Hopefully you get your emotions sorted soon.

[SweetApathy]

Yes, a week prior to my period, or during ovulation, I get very emotional. It's rarely anger like some women. It's more fussy and winy and you get the drift. Mines gotten so bad that it scares me.