It just gets to me after so long, over a month this time, ya know?

Bingo-- that's it, right there. First you have to get some sense of what is normal, FOR YOU, as a cycle, over time. THEN you decide how to handle things when they get beyond what is normal all the way to un-handle-able, FOR YOU, and choose a strategy to return things to normality.

If you were a child you were caring for, what cycle would you move that child towards, and how, gently, would you do it? THAT should help you choose an approach.

~Susan