tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22459578.post115453398361614905..comments2023-05-20T09:25:54.284-04:00Comments on sassypages: The House GuestMosassy http://www.blogger.com/profile/03999585936547850082noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22459578.post-1155368293118325592006-08-12T03:38:00.000-04:002006-08-12T03:38:00.000-04:00Hot Flashes! They go on and off for what seems lik...Hot Flashes! They go on and off for what seems like an eternity, but they will someday ebb. What bothered me even more was the "mood of gloom" much as you described above. I would be skipping along on top of the world on a bright cheerful day and just like that I would be crushed by a feeling of gloom, and it didn't pass as swiftly as the hot flashes nor could it be fanned away with a folded newspaper. I did, however, figure something out that helped me get through it. Maybe there is something real about my remedy or maybe it was just mind over matter. Don't laugh, but my solution was cottage cheese! I know that sounds ridiculous, but one day I felt the crushing of gloom come over me and I suddenly remembered an article I had read some time before about how certain foods could trigger different responses in the brain. Cottage cheese, when eaten without carbohydrates triggers dopamine or at least that is what the article claimed. On that oppressive afternoon I scooped myself a bowl as I went about my business and do you know what? Later in the day I realized I had completely forgotten about the gloom for it had disappeared about the same time as I rinsed out my empty dish. I had actually managed to do everything on my daily list that needed to get done. I had never been plagued by depression before, so I must attribute this oppressive mood to menopause and it would come upon me so quickly. It was heavy like a dark cloud and I could feel it wrap itself around me. My arms really felt the weight, but the cottage cheese chased it away. If you don't like cottage cheese, I am sure there might be other foods that create a positive flow of emotion. As for the hot flashes, a folded newspaper is about the only thing I found that worked:-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.com