Parental Meltdown--

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Registered: 10-29-2003
Parental Meltdown--
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Thu, 01-03-2008 - 10:58am

There's no way to backtrack out of THIS ONE....My 17 DS was on the receiving end of my manipulative side this week.........now mind you, I am sick, and think this may have played into it, but it can't be un-said........ugh......what a mess.


I tend to be self centered---I tend to want the world to revolve around me.

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Registered: 10-29-2003
Thu, 01-03-2008 - 1:22pm

Thanks for the kind words......I feel like I worked SO hard to become a happier, positive person and to have this come up AGAIN now seems like I'm sliding....somehow I worry that it's my fault and that somehow I'm regressing...


I never was a horrible person,but I made my DH's life miserable for forcing him to be responsible for 'making me happy'.........and of course he couldn't do that...........and imagine my surprise that being responsible for MYSELF and my OWN happiness has made me 500% happier!

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Registered: 10-25-2006
Thu, 01-03-2008 - 3:43pm

Boy....I sure hope I don't start having all that emotional stuff going on through peri-menopause. I've been accused of having PMS and I always hate that because DH or DSs will say that whenever I get mad--it has NOTHING to do with the time of month.

The one time I know the hormones caused my emotions to go crazy was after we had our first son. He was colicky, nursed for 2 minutes and dozed off, I'd lay him down and after 5 minutes he'd be crying again. The only way I could get him to stop was to dance with him--ALL DAY. DH would come home from work and I'd just start bawling cuz I didn't have time to cook dinner. I looked forward to showering cuz that was five minutes I knew I wouldn't have to hear him cry. That's why we waited 6 yrs to have another, and guess what? The second one slept constantly--I'd have to wake him up cuz I was afraid he'd starve. He'd gulp as he nursed and then spit up. They've always been two totally different brothers.

Hope your hormones settle down soon, and that mine don't decide to take over my body. Try 5-HTP, an OTC mood stabilizer. I think it helped me through some stressful times last year. There's also this board if you need some support: http://messageboards.ivillage.com/n/main.asp?webtag=iv-bhmenopause&nav=start

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Registered: 10-29-2003
Thu, 01-03-2008 - 3:55pm

I'll

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Registered: 11-13-2004
Thu, 01-03-2008 - 10:16pm

Hey shels.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 01-03-2008 - 11:15pm

With my apologies to daddioe,


re: menopause...


my PMS was (is?) awful.

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Fri, 01-04-2008 - 2:02am

Okay shels, here's my story. All my life I was as regular as clockwork, never had PMS, never cramps, no problems at all. Then peri-menopause hit. Was so irregular it was obscene, but still no PMD or cramps etc.

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Registered: 11-13-2004
Fri, 01-04-2008 - 10:56am

No apology necessary.. lol


I've been trying to figure out the "M" word mystique for about a year now.

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