I know she has started menopause and I understand that it is very uncomfortable. Having been pregnant recently I am sympathetic to her having mood swings, hot-flashes, physical discomfort, but it is as if she is a totally different person. We have always been close and she has always been a very sweet, loving, caring, and giving mother. We live in different states but we e-mail each other all the time and call fequently. Lately she has been criticizing me constantly and has even been criticizing my 11 yr old daughter. I have backed-off quite a bit from calling her because I don't want to further irritate her but then she calls me and is ANGRY because I haven't called! I love my mother very much and would never intentionally hurt her but she doesn't seem to stop insulting me lately. Could this be menopause? I know it can last for years, will I ever get my real mother back?
Has anyone else gone through this with their mother? And how did she/the family cope?
2006-12-29
10:24:07
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mamabunny
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