Breastfeeding funk

I have just come across this post on D-MER.
Thank you Lisa and guest poster.
I am so happy and relieved to find information about this odd yet very real sensation that I have experienced, as well as other women I know. I have had very mild dysphoria and nursed my babies until they were 4 years old.
The feelings I had, especially with my 2nd and 3rd children, happened right before let down. I had feelings of sudden irritability, gloom and despair and self judgement ("I'm such a loser." "I'm not getting anything done." "I'll NEVER get anything done." "I feel so sad.") I found reading, removing myself from lots of activity, finding quiet, sitting in comfortable chairs and snippets of dark dark chocolate to be very helpful. I always had a LARGE (jug) glass of water by my side. I have always associated it with let down, just like the sudden feelings of thirst I would also get. I would take a deep breath and just let the feelings wash over me. And they did. I feel fortunate that my dysphoria was mild and manageable. I believe I had it for about the first 3-4 months of nursing.
My own personal experience with breastfeeding funk and this information will help me serve other women who wrangle with D-MER.
Here is the D-MER website:
http://www.d-mer.org/Home_Page.html