Hi Jacqui316
I am new here too and like you am feeling the symptoms of wonderful woman-hood! It is so great to hear that you have support at work, it is so important. My HR manager was super supportive but did say he may have to do a 'risk assessment' which felt a bit odd.... it's a small company so I am not sure he has dealt with this before so I laughed it off and said that it would just tell him that I need to be kept away from pointy things!!
Anyway, I wanted to say Hi as I am on here and you have posted. What I learnt from my investigation and from reading this site is that it isn't me.... or you - it's the dancing hormones funking out to 'Disco Inferno'.
For me, being healthy is really important so when my body started to do strange things I felt really out of control - but I've had to rethink that mind set and now I stop and just let it do what it has to do. I breathe and refocus and things seem to settle in my mind (even if my blood is still boiling). This has helped with controlling my emotional state so I know to check what I am about to say before anything comes out.
What I have done is stop getting annoyed at the symptoms because the angry feeling was just fueling my frustration. I tell myself that this is temporary, it won't last the rest of my life and I have survived worse (and that is saying something cos I fell down a cliff at 11).
I went for coffee with a friend yesterday and must have taken my jacket off and on about 6 times in an hour! We just laughed at it. That has helped me. Maybe a little word with your inner self may help you along with some laughter at your body's inability to have any sense of control?
We'll get through this together - this is a great site with some lovely supportive people so I am confident of that