Some good news today… After a roller coaster couple of days,
things seem to have calmed down again. Friday was anxiety central followed by a
raging homicidal fury. Saturday was a heavy, hopeless blanket of depression followed
by wailing tears at bedtime. Thankfully, Sunday was a lot more relaxed…
So, the good news? Well, over the last couple of days I have
started to notice my sexual desire rising again. (Yay!!!) Is this perhaps the Chinese Angelica (Dong Quai) beginning to kick in? After my last (very late) moon-time had finished I started to take
0.5 mils along with my Agnus Castus and Sage in the morning. It feels like a
pretty potent herb to me, so I decided to err on the side of caution in terms
of dosage as I didn’t want to trigger any additional bleeding. I had been taking it for about
week when the feelings sort of crept up on me and culminated in an unplanned trip
to sex shop with my fella… I found myself getting into a conversation about
menopause with the two twenty-something female sales assistants which was
rather interesting!
Not sure if this recently increased libido is all part of
the ebb and flow if the hormonal madness, but I have definitely felt more
sexual and also significantly more emotionally balanced since Sunday. I expect it is probably
way too early to tell what, if any effects the new herb are having, but I will
keep you posted with any further developments.
The other good news is that I got engaged today! Not really
menopause related news, except I thought you may want to know that there is
hope for all of us wild menopausal women… Thankfully my partner is a Cancerian so
he probably gets the whole mood swing thing better than most men. (Cancerians
are ruled by the moon which also makes him very caring and affectionate when he
is not being an irrational loony tune himself!)
Most importantly, despite all my recent madness he hasn’t
been put off marrying me so whatever else may be going awry in my life, all is definitely
not lost...
So interesting that you are using Chinese herbs in an attempt to find balance. I take your point about additional bleeding. Having stopped bleeding altogether I tried some Morning Primrose and began a full scale bleed! I certainly stopped that with alacrity! I work with Irish herbs but at one time attended a Chinese herbalist to deal with the after effects of anesthetic, and I did indeed find them quite strong and potent. Thank you for your blogs and I hope to see your name at THE CRONES TENT!
ReplyDeleteOh, and many congratulations on your engagement! How uplifting to read. Especially for menopausal women who want to live in their power.
ReplyDeleteThanks Cat! :) Yes, it seems to be a bit of a balancing act getting the right herbs / supplements and doses. However, I am actually really enjoying the process of finding out what is right for me. I guess that too is about living in our power!
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