Do Moods Change During Ovulation?

Irritability and emotional instability. Mood changes are also common during ovulation, and are mainly due to the hormonal changes that occur in the body.

What is your mood like during ovulation?

An imbalance of estrogen and progesterone can affect your levels of serotonin and bring on strong premenstrual-syndrome symptoms like anxiety, depression, irritability and mood swings.

Do your hormones change during ovulation?

Luteinizing hormone stimulates egg release (ovulation), which usually occurs 16 to 32 hours after the surge begins. The estrogen level decreases during the surge, and the progesterone level starts to increase. During the luteal phase, luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone levels decrease.