It regulates all of your metabolic functions including heart rate, temperature, metabolism, and your mood. It produces hormones that attach to every cell in your body. Hashimoto’s, Thyroid Dysfunction, and Adrenal Fatigue
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Now you have the ability to discover what they are and how to overcome them. By doing this we would be able to address the true reason for the outbursts and meltdowns and get her back to feeling herself again.Īfter nearly a decade of treating thousands of patients in my functional medicine clinic, I find there are two common culprits behind irritability and mood swings. 1 Sarah’s story signaled to me that we needed to look for clues inside her body to discover what triggered the “raging witch” moments.
The truth is that the mood swings and irritability Sarah experienced are frequently a symptom of an underlying health issue. Yet Sarah knew that something else was going on and the solution was not a prescription medication. She went to her OB/GYN to have her hormones checked, and was told all of her labs were normal, so she was offered antidepressants. She went to her family doctor, but he brushed it off as stress or age and told her she was probably perimenopausal. Sarah took up yoga and changed her diet to see if food sensitivities were the issue. She tried everything she could think of to solve the problem. Sarah experienced far more stressful periods in her life before, and she never responded this way. She was in a happy marriage, they were financially stable, her children were now both school-aged, and she had the time and freedom to finally do things for herself. Worst of all, she had no idea what was causing it or how to make it stop. She felt as though anything could set her off. Her patience was low and she was quick to snap at her family. Sarah confessed to me that it was becoming a regular occurrence in their household. Her husband and children were uneasy and the situation was escalating, but she felt powerless to stop it-the “raging witch” took over. She could feel her voice rising and hear the irritation in it. Then she turned to her husband and asked why he wasn’t more involved in their son’s project. She immediately snapped at her son and asked why he couldn’t keep track of these things.
Sarah said that at dinner the night before, her family was sitting around the table and her 9-year-old son mentioned he had a project due that he forgot to tell her about. She reached for the box of tissues as she confessed that she felt like she was turning into an irritable and moody raging witch. Her eyes immediately welled up with tears and she struggled to hold herself together. Sarah came into my office, and after introducing myself, I asked her what brought her in to see me. I want to tell you about a patient whose story of irritability and mood swings might sound familiar to you.
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