# Moody Mash **URL:** \ **Category:** Everyday living\ **Created:** [24 April 2015 15:03 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/moody-mash/30548 "2015-04-24T15:03:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\ **Post date:** [24 April 2015 15:03 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/moody-mash/30548/1 "2015-04-24T15:03:33Z")
hi all, is anyone taking anything for mood swings? i used to be a very calm person but now i get mad easily over nothing nowadays,and then nearly crying if cant open a jar! I feel like a ghost watching myself from above because i know its not like me. ---
**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\ **Post date:** [24 April 2015 15:36 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/moody-mash/30548/2 "2015-04-24T15:36:16Z")
I should add im not depressed,more like a lesion is acting on the emotional part of my brain,which being a man i imagine the chances of one finding that area is quite small!!! ---
**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\ **Post date:** [24 April 2015 15:39 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/moody-mash/30548/3 "2015-04-24T15:39:55Z")
Hi moody i am having a crap day too just cant seem to see any good in the day or life in general , never used to be such a negative person but i can not cope today and snapping at other half is not really helping me feel any better or him . Depression my doc says and i have tried talking therapy and can see that it is not my fault all the time that i cannot do all the things i used to but how is knowing that supposed to help me deal with things. Sorry for the waffle i suppose what i am trying to say to you is perhaps Depression could be the cause of how you are feeling. Take care and know you are not alone. Katy ---
**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\ **Post date:** [24 April 2015 15:52 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/moody-mash/30548/4 "2015-04-24T15:52:31Z")
hi Katy,thanks for the reply-crap day is a good way to describe it/or crap weekl.Have had depression before so dont think its that-its more like an incredible hulk rage because i cant do what i used to do.Or it cud be who knows-was wondering if ms related? anyway hope you have a better weekend and take care ---
**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\ **Post date:** [24 April 2015 16:03 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/moody-mash/30548/5 "2015-04-24T16:03:23Z")
ps in the earlier post i meant to say any-one finding that area (made me sound like royalty) ---
**Author:** ![chocorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/41988e/32.png) [@chocorange](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/chocorange)\ **Post date:** [24 April 2015 16:14 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/moody-mash/30548/6 "2015-04-24T16:14:01Z")
hiya i have bad emotional lability. but extreme laughing and crying i can cope with. i find its more frustration rather than anger that i now deal with. but then you have to find a way of dealing with frustration! i do that by acknowledging that i am no longer wonder woman and accepting theres things that i simply cant do any more! that looks easy when written down! i know it isnt but whats the alternative? being an angry, frustrated, horrible person who then finds themselves alone on top of everything else?! yes it may be down to a plaque (or several, mine is) but your mind is stronger than your daft brain! i am not frustrated ALL the time-tho it may feel like it. i break my time into 15 min slots when i am struggling-much easier to manage. hope it either settles or u find your way of coping, whatever that may be. ellie ---
**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\ **Post date:** [24 April 2015 16:54 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/moody-mash/30548/7 "2015-04-24T16:54:22Z")
hi ellie,its all new to me,i keep waking up thinking-what u going to hit me with today? getting new symptoms everyday.I have tried slowing down but its still getting me.I think ive devloped a new face,its a dumbfounded,puzzled look staring blankly at simple tasks…have to read these posts three times cos i read it and it wont go in anymore,. thanks for the advice ---
**Author:** ![Slug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@Slug](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Slug)\ **Post date:** [24 April 2015 17:09 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/moody-mash/30548/8 "2015-04-24T17:09:15Z")
I tend to agree with Ellie, it’s frustration. I try and minimise everything I need to do in order to do it, and then when one thing goes wrong, you just lose the plot, coz you can’t cope I suppose. in the olden days (pre MS) I used to blame the planets, if you think about it ey have the power to move whole oceans of water, and we humans are quite a lot liquid I think. And generally if you were having a bad day, many others were too. I am today, feel like I’m trudging through treacle and getting very little done. take it easy mr caramel and all will be good, haven’t even had a drink yet… ---
**Author:** ![chocorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/41988e/32.png) [@chocorange](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/chocorange)\ **Post date:** [24 April 2015 17:15 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/moody-mash/30548/9 "2015-04-24T17:15:54Z")
hiya again mash (brill name btw!) i have had this ms malarkey for several years. now use powerchair, speech and lability issues, double incontinence blah blah blah. i share this with you why?! i was a psychiatric staff nurse for 10 years but NOTHING could have prepared me for this! what i do know for sure that the way to cope with this on an hourly/daily basis is to keep the mind strong no matter what the body is throwing up at you. i find the meditation helps greatly. i dont have all the answers-who does?! please feel free to read some of my other replies on this site. feel free to question or ignore! we all have different needs and i feel its important to share experiences then folk can choose whether to take onboard some suggestions-or ignore. you have the power! ---
**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\ **Post date:** [24 April 2015 21:53 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/moody-mash/30548/10 "2015-04-24T21:53:13Z")
thanks ellie and slug its good to speak to people that dont run a mile when i start to talk about ms/symptoms…lol so this emotional liability thingy dosent improve then? I never really understood people that cried at films but now i fear i will never be able to watch watership down ever again!!! ---
**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\ **Post date:** [24 April 2015 22:59 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/moody-mash/30548/11 "2015-04-24T22:59:41Z")
i miss my emotional lability. it stopped when i started taking an anti depressant, following a bad case of roid rage after iv steroids. yes i miss it. hadn’t realised at the time that i shouldn’t be enjoying a symptom. carole x