Women's menstrual irritability is related to psychological suggestions

As we all know, many women suffer from mood swings during the menstrual cycle, especially before and during menstruation, when they feel very low, depressed or irritable. The main symptoms are irritability, anxiety, irritability, fatigue, headache, breast pain, abdominal distension, edema, etc. They often say: "I'm going to be unlucky again." "Unlucky" is a common name for women for menstruation.

Statistical results show that a large proportion of women's violent crimes and suicides occur within the 4 days of menstruation and the 4 days before menstruation. Nearly half of the female factory unions believe that their work is dangerous, nearly half of the female mental patients are admitted to the hospital in these days, and nearly half of the women's emergencies also occur in these days. Even taking children to see a doctor is affected by this kind of mood swing. Mothers are anxious about themselves and have to go to the hospital even if there is nothing wrong with their children. Of course, not all women have this kind of mood change, and not all mood changes are so severe.

What causes mood swings?

The researchers divided the women into three groups. The first group did not take oral contraceptives in the past or present; the second group took combined oral contraceptives (which provide stable and high doses of estrogen and progesterone); and the third group took sequential oral contraceptives (taking estrogen for the first 15 days, and taking combined estrogen and progesterone tablets for the next 5 days, simulating the natural cycle, but with hormones at high levels). The women's emotions were then observed on menstrual days 4, 10, 16 and 2 days before menstruation.

The results showed that women in the non-drug group had statistically significant changes in anxiety, irritability and hostile behavior during the menstrual cycle; women taking sequential pills also had similar findings; while women taking combined contraceptive pills had no significant changes in mood, hostile behavior and anxiety. Therefore, this study suggests that women are emotionally stable when their sex hormone levels are constant.

Other researchers believe that mood swings are related to cultural accomplishment and social environmental factors. Due to the long-term influence of traditional customs, women believe that anxiety must occur before menstruation. This is the result of cultural oppression of women. They always expect anxiety and depression during the premenstrual period. Experimental studies provide similar evidence: Doctors can use a new device to accurately measure the date of their next period when women are told they expect their period in a week. The subjects were divided into three groups: the first group: told that menstruation would occur in 1-2 days; the second group: told that menstruation would take at least 7-10 days; and the third group: told nothing. They were then asked to report a series of premenstrual problems. The results showed that the first group had significantly more symptoms such as premenstrual edema, breast distension, and headaches than the second group.

Of course, there is plenty of other evidence linking mood to hormone levels. For example, women with dysmenorrhea may have immature psychological development and exhibit a neurotic character. 70%-80% of patients with functional uterine bleeding have emotional disorders and sexual life problems. This is because nervousness can promote abnormal activity of the autonomic nervous system, which in turn can cause blood vessel changes and cause massive bleeding. False pregnancy is a more typical example. Women who have not been pregnant for many years after marriage may experience pregnancy-like amenorrhea, breast swelling and early pregnancy reactions when they are convinced that they are pregnant. This phenomenon is caused by changes in estrogen, but is more caused by the ambivalence of longing for pregnancy and fear of pregnancy. Studies on endometrial slices or vaginal smears have found that patients with premenstrual dysphoria have increased estrogen and decreased progesterone in the week before menstruation; patients with premenstrual depression have slightly lower progesterone.