Women have hormonal ups and downs every month, as is well known and has been the object of many jests towards us.  For this reason it

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not surprising we don’t find it funny when something bothers us and our hormones are cited as the cause of all our 

maladys

.  However hard it for us to admit, hormones do play an important role in our moods and energy.  When 

besides

 the hormonal ups and downs, we suffer an illness like lupus, they are in addition, triggers of symptoms or a flare of this moody disease.  We can’t 

controll

 the hormonal changes in our bodies, but we can be attentive to them.  When we know those days are 

comming

 we can rest more, keep ourselves in positive environments with little stress and not eat 

inflammtory

 foods.  While this will not change the emotional reactions, it does reduce other factors that could act in conjunction with our hormones to cause a flare.

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