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Understanding Mood Swings: Causes and Impact on Daily Life

Are you ever irritated by the smallest things, or feeling down without knowing why? Maybe you’re fine one minute, then suddenly overwhelmed, struggling to get through your day. Mood swings like these can creep up in everyday situations—one minute, you’re laughing with friends, and the next, you’re snapping at a loved one or zoning out at work. These emotional shifts can feel exhausting, not just for you but for those around you, too.

You might think this is just a normal part of life, maybe due to stress from work or everyday challenges. But it’s important to know that these mood swings are often more than temporary emotions. They could be linked to deeper issues, like hormonal imbalances that affect your mood, energy, and overall well-being.

When your hormones are out of balance—whether due to aging, stress, or conditions like menopause or PCOS—it can lead to the kind of unpredictable emotional shifts that feel out of your control.

At Medi-Gyn, we specialize in identifying and treating the root causes of these mood swings.

Our science-driven, hormone-balancing approach helps address the underlying hormonal imbalances that may be causing your emotional rollercoaster. Instead of just masking the symptoms, we work with you to restore balance and help you feel steady, calm, and in control of your emotions again. You don’t have to accept mood swings as a part of life—Medi-Gyn offers real solutions for lasting relief.

Mood Swings-Common Causes

Understanding the key causes of mood swings can help lead to effective treatment. Let’s explore some of the most common factors that might contribute to these emotional highs and lows:

Hormonal Changes: Hormones such as estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone are said to have control over emotions. Hormonal changes during the PMS, perimenopausal, and menopausal stages in females are known to cause extreme and sudden mood shifts. PCOS or PMDD throws fuel into the fire by building an unstable hormonal system that disrupts mood. Andropause, slight decreases in testosterone levels with age, can also affect moods in males.

Stress and Mental Health: Stress triggers more cortisol in the body,  which is associated with mood swings. Some of the most common causes of unstable moods include Stress, Anxiety, and Poor eating and sleeping habits. When cortisol levels are too high, it can interfere with other hormones in the body and create a vicious cycle of stress-influenced emotional swings.

Medical conditions: Medical conditions that may contribute to mood swings include thyroid dysfunction, diabetes, and some forms of neurological disorder. These conditions may directly or indirectly affect hormone levels through symptoms caused by the condition.

Mood Swings and their Effects on Daily Life

Mood swings aren’t just internal. They ripple out into many areas of daily life. Some of the most common ways that mood swings impact people include

Relationships: Mood swings can affect stable and healthy relationships. Emotions constantly change, which can be challenging for loved ones to understand or respond to, often causing misunderstandings or tension.

Work Performance: In the workplace, mood swings can interfere with focus, performance, and judgment.

Mental and Physical Health: Mood swings that are left unchecked may result in serious long-term complications: depression and anxiety can easily follow.

How Hormone Balancing Therapies Can Assist with Mood Swings

The various treatments for hormonal imbalances can have a profound impact on individuals. Medi-Gyn is experienced in bioidentical hormone replacement. This treatment involves using hormones that are identical to the human body’s natural hormones to treat hormonal imbalances. For issues such as mood swings, personalized treatment from Medi-Gyn is not meant to hide problems but, instead, to study and treat the root causes.

Role of Hormone Therapy 

Specifically, Medi-Gyn’s bioidentical hormone therapy is prepared for each patient; hence, treatments can particularly tackle that individual’s biological requirements. This science-based approach is the best fit for treating conditions such as perimenopause, menopause, andropause, and mood swings.

In reality, patients treated by Medi-Gyn report improved mood stability and general emotional condition during treatment. Patients say that treatments improved their relationships, helped them find more hours for productive work, and eliminated chronic mood swings. With the individualized approach Medi-Gyn provides, every patient’s specific hormonal map will be considered, thus providing more effective and sustainable treatments.

Actual guidelines on better handling of mood swings

While hormone therapy can be a most potent tool at times of mood swings, there are also day-to-day practices that may help:

Lifestyle Changes: A well-balanced diet with adequate nutrients, regular exercise, and consistent sleep help regulate mood by supporting hormone health.

Tracking Patterns: Consider keeping a mood journal to track patterns and triggers. You’d be amazed at the insight you can gain by recording emotional shifts. This pattern might help both you and your healthcare provider identify solutions.

Professional Help: Professional support is essential if mood swings worsen and interfere with daily life. Hormonal imbalances are sophisticated and often need medical intervention. Hormone therapy centers in Dubai, like Medi-Gyn, care for your health.

Restore your Emotional Health

With the right knowledge and support, managing mood swings will not be challenging for you. Indeed, this is what we at Medi-Gyn believe: characterizing, understanding, and addressing hormonal health issues to push you toward achieving emotional stability. With bespoke hormone-balancing solutions, there’s a path to a more balanced, fulfilling life that helps you take charge of your mood and general well-being.

Ready to find out what may be causing your mood swings? Schedule a consultation with Medi-Gyn and start your road to hormonal balance and emotional stability. Better quality of life may not be farther than you think with the best BHRT centers in Dubai.

Ms. Irina Bond

CEO, Founder & Well-Ageing Expert

Dedicated about assisting their patients through any stage of menopause, Irina demonstrated undoubted passion, extensive experience and know-how of guiding and empowering female patients in navigating this transformative journey and rediscover themselves.

With over 20 years of practical experience, Irina has successfully guided international patients through science-driven hormone balancing, menopause, and well-aging programmes across Europe – the UK, the South of France and Monte-Carlo – and the Middle East.

Today, Ms. Bond is the head of Dubai’s first integrative medicine Hormone Balancing Center, Medi-Gyn – offering a science-driven yet holistic approach to modern menopause management, focusing on identifying the root causes of conditions. Through a blend of functional, preventive, and regenerative medicine, Medi-Gyn provides tailored solutions that address both the physiological and emotional needs of patients, empowering them on their wellness journey.

Irina firmly believes that ageing doesn’t have to be a passive process. She emphasises the importance of supporting the body through natural, science-based epigenetic changes and rejuvenation techniques, which are vital for both physical rejuvenation and overall well-being. Drawing from her own experiences, as well as her knowledge of Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT) and extensive research into regenerative medicine and natural rejuvenation, Irina understands that this approach is crucial for achieving and maintaining a healthy, vibrant body for years to come.

Dr. Khalid Ahmad Shukri

MD., FCCM, ABAARM

Dr. Shukri is a Physician in Dignitary and Protective Medicine, Double fellowship Critical Care Medicine, Fellowship Functional and Metabolic medicine, Certified Practitioner Bioresonance /Zyto/ Oligo Scans.

A 40 years of experience in BHRT/ Peptide therapy/ science-driven supplements/ Lifespan & Healthspan/ Fertility, Dr. Khalid Shukri offers the following accreditations: American Board Certified Anti Aging / Regenerative Medicine, Reproductive Medicine. 

American Board-Certified Physician in Anti-Aging & Regenerative Medicine and Fellow of Functional and Metabolic Medicine from the American Academy of Anti-Aging. 

With his extensive years of experience and vast up-to-date knowledge, Dr. Ahmad presents a unique Functional Medicine approach combined with epigenetic and wellness technology in identifying the root cause of the diseases. 

His treatments include detection, prevention, reversing and setting up a lifestyle custom-made with advanced wellness technology designed to empower clients to optimize and restore their health to live a vibrant, energetic, and productive, healthy, and happy life span.

Richard Morgan Evans

Founder & CEO of Sapience Communications

Richard co-founded Sapience with three highly successful business figures in the UK, including former bank and private equity CEOs. This followed previous careers in law, working as an equity analyst for a number of investment banks and financial journalism, which included writing for The Economist, The Times and The Independent.

During his journalist career, he visited the Gulf and Saudi Arabia many times, interviewing senior banking and business figures, such as the head of the Saudi Central Bank and leaders at Saudi Aramco, SABIC, Olayan Group and the Kanoo Group. A number of his features appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and The Washington Post.

His PR experience includes being the MD of the Financial Division of a leading UK multidisciplinary PR consultancy before co-founding Sapience. He is often asked to judge PR awards, most recently he was on the judging panel of the Public Relations Consultancy Association’s Financial Services PR awards.

He specialises in advising on strategic media relations, reputational risk, media relations and training, crisis communications, and all forms of corporate transactions. Richard is a law graduate of the University of Cambridge.

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