How to cope with a man going thru "mid-life crisis"?

One of men's little secrets is that they have hormones as well. A ton of study has been done on men and doctors have learned that a male's hormones can go out of whack as easily as a womans. Take him to the doctor and have them do some blood work. Men also go through a version of menopause, some simply call it androgen, meaning a problem with testosterone levels. A great article on it from medicine.net is this... http://www.medicinenet.com/male_menopause/article....

Mid life crisis normally does not equate to what you are stating. It's normally feeling old and running after stupid thing and making bad decisions. Not emotional.

Most men go through a male menopause. There are a ton of books you could get at any library to learn about it as well as books on Amazon.com.

Most don't know the difference. Think of when you are on your period and how you don't notice your emotional swings as much as he does. He is not noticing his and it's hard to see the problem when your hormones are out of whack.

Most men don't do a thing to get help, thinking that if they told a doctor they'd be laughed out of the office. But it's not true. And if i a doctor did act in such a way, get a new one immediately as that doctor is living in the dark ages.

Doctors can run blood tests and they can give males testosterone that can help them feel much better again. I've watched quite a few of friends go through this stage and those who listened to me, went to the doctors and they bothed thanked me later on when things started to level out.

Most men in America don't have a clue this happens to their bodies. Now, if he was out buying cars, toy cars, model planes or fart machines... i'd say it sounds like a mid life crisis to me. Trying to recapture youth as they once knew it.

Best of luck.

there is a book on that called 'how to survive your husbands mid life crisis' and, make sure there is not a drug or drinking problem here. if he takes drugs or prescription drugs, doesnt eat right, drinks too much, this is exactly the age that it catches up.

My husband acted the same way. He's in his mid fifties. Unless your having bill trouble or something going out at work maybe it's an affair. I found out the hard way and by the time he was actually acting like that the affair was full blown. Talk to him and see what the problem is. Don't let him tell you nothing because it's something.

I don't know if I would call that a mid life crisis. It sounds more like he has something bothering him or needs to get something off his chest. Have you talked to him about seeing a counselor? Not a marriage counselor, just him going alone. Sometimes it helps to have someone to talk to when we are going through something and don't feel we can talk to our loved one.