Here is a quick list of things that may indicate that your hormones are out of whack: We will start off with the most well-known issue… mood swings. Mood swings can happen because our hormones are out of balance. This can be either directly due to the hormones or from the ripple effect from the hormones causing insomnia or poor sleep quality — most people are irritable if they are utterly exhausted. Imbalanced hormones can also cause a desire to eat foods that aren’t necessarily beneficial for us to eat