text: how long does mood swings last with menopause? my mother is a bitch. the last few months have been hell. she is 49 and i think is menopause...so how long do we have to live with her like this?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! is there some kind of laxitive that i can slip her to make her moodyness leave faster? please help i feel for you.. my mom went through it when i was a teenager.  it was horrible.  now for the horrible horrible news.  it will go on until she has a hysterectomy or they put her on the correct medication.  my mother's last about 3 years.  i just made sure i wasn't never home.  first is about menopause and the second link its to hystoerctomy