Definition
Mood swings are excessive or sudden changes in mood. These episodes can be passengers, recurrent or persistent.
States of anxiety and negative thoughts are situations that frequently affect women during the premenstrual period. This behavior is due to the hormonal alterations typical of the days preceding the onset of menstruation. For the same reason, even in the weeks immediately after childbirth or in the first months of menopause, mood swings can occur.
This event is amplified especially if you are going through a particularly stressful time.
Mood swings can be a reaction to disappointments, adverse situations and events that are difficult to overcome (eg abandonment of the family environment, death of a loved one, separation from a spouse, etc.).
If these emotional reactions are overly intense and last too long, they could indicate the presence of depressive states (such as unipolar depression and bipolar disorder). In this case, energy loss, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, motor agitation and nervousness, weight loss or gain and lack of sexual desire may also occur.
Mood swings can also be related to the presence of neurological and organic pathologies, such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, neoplasms and some chronic diseases.
On some occasions, however, these changes in mood may represent a side effect of certain medicines (eg antihistamines, antidiarrheal, bronchodilators, sleeping pills, psychotropic drugs, etc.).
Sudden mood swings can also be induced by drug, caffeine, nicotine and alcohol abuse. These substances can in fact lead to disorders such as irritability, difficulty concentrating and resting, anxiety and nausea.
Possible Causes * of Mood Swings
- Alcoholism
- Anxiety
- Perianal abscess
- Postpartum depression
- Bipolar disorder
- Cyclothymic disorder
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Pregnancy
- Menopause
- Alzheimer's disease
- Parkinson's disease
- Premenstrual syndrome
