# Menopause causing emotional behavior

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/menopause-causing-emotional-behavior/839929>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 9, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/menopause-causing-emotional-behavior/839929 "2019-09-09T13:57:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/menopause-causing-emotional-behavior/839929/21 "2019-09-10T16:39:39Z")

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Yeah, after breast cancer I’m not putting exogenous hormones in my body anymore.

I do know a few people who became paranoid on estrogen suppressants, which have effects similar to menopause, though in an Acme-anvil-falling-on-your-head way rather than a gentle ebb of estrogen manner.

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**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/menopause-causing-emotional-behavior/839929/22 "2019-09-10T17:50:40Z")

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> [@SuntanLotion](#):
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> This sounds like an interesting tale…?

Too soon. (19 years…)

Suffice to say Kropotkinskaya was hit hard by menopause and resolved to hit back harder. Quote from this period: “There are no innocent bystanders.” :eek:

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**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/menopause-causing-emotional-behavior/839929/23 "2019-09-10T20:25:03Z")

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I was more irritable all the time- I don’t think it was directly due to the hormones, rather, it was the result of being sleep-deprived and uncomfortable. And while I wasn’t going around throwing things or suspecting my husband of cheating on me, those were not my typical reactions when I was sleep-deprived or not feeling well pre-menopause. I just became my sleep-deprived, irritable self for weeks at a time rather than a day here and there , yelling for 20 minutes about things I wouldn’t have even gotten annoyed about if I’d had a full night’s sleep recently.

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