| \n During \n menopause, many women have some very drastic mood swings and become \n emotional to the point of unreasonableness.  \n Their husbands (or significant \n others), their children, and sometimes even their friends (who should \n know better) don't understand this mood swing thing. \n They blame \n the victim (the menopausal woman) rather that the perpetrator (menopause). \n There \n is help out there that will HELP to control the wild mood swings \n associated with menopause. \n Nothing actually STOPS them, but they \n can be lessened. One way to lessen them is with HRT or Hormone Replacement \n Therapy. \n There are, of course, risks associated with using HRT, \n but each woman has to weigh the risks against the benefits and make \n her own decisions. \n There are also natural herbs that can reduce the frequency and \n the intensity of mood swings along with the other symptoms of menopause. \n \n T\n here aren't any known risks that are associated with the herbal \n remedies for menopause, but a woman is pretty much on her own if \n she goes this route because medical doctors don't usually supervise \n this kind of therapy. \n A woman might look for a homeopathic physician \n if she prefers herbal remedies. \n The mood swings associated with menopause, however, can wreak \n havoc on otherwise solid relationships. \n \n Other than using HRT or \n natural HRT, education is the best defense against having relationships \n torn apart when a woman is going through the process of menopause. \n \n When family and friends understand the problem is menopause, they \n can become more supportive. \n They can put the blame for the mood \n swings where it belongs (menopause) and not on the menopausal women. \n When menopause does happen, it really is in the woman's best \n interest to be open about what is happening to her and to enlist \n the support of her family and friends while she goes through these \n trying times. \n \n\n Relationships can be spared and even be made stronger. \n | \n