Feeding issues

Hi all!
My baby has been constantly crying , more so starts evening time, she’s inconsolable. I’m an over supplier and I’m not sure if she’s just getting top layer of my milk causing digestive issues. She also had tongue tie which was done 2 days ago (she’s 5 weeks)
I’m at a loss, I’m so unhappy with my breast feeding journey so far, ay one point I’m crying so much my husband looked at me like I need to be sectioned. It seems silly to stop feeding if I have plenty of milk but I feel like it’s causing a lot of issues for my baby, tongue tie didn’t help either

What do I do? Do I end my bf journey here for my sanity and fit her as she may not be getting the bottom layer of my milk
I’m just drowning her with my let downs and the watery bit of my milk

(I don’t want to pump before I feed every time to get rid of some, it’s exhausting enough)

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My little went through a stage of crying no matter what in the evening like clockwork 7pm till pretty much 11pm when she was about 5 weeks and it lasted a little while.
I was also breastfeeding and it was so disheartening at the time as I thought I was causing the crying but when I looked it up it looked more like a developmental thing called purple crying
The only thing I did do with being an over supplier is I would feed consistently from one breast at a time for blocks of time so for 3 hours I would feed from my left side then change this helped baby get hind milk and also helped my body adapt to what baby actually needed!

It’s such a hard time, I remember crying with baby some nights because nothing seems to help but you will come through it

I’m not sure if the crying is linked to your milk if it’s only at night. It could just be witching hour starting, which is super common.
At 5 weeks your milk possibly still isn’t regulated, they say it can take up to 6 weeks so it might be worth persevering and seeing if things change over the next week or so. My let down was super fast for a bit and I was advised to get baby latched and then lay back so that gravity slows it down, and that really helped. Or you can hand express a little bit beforehand just to relieve some of the pressure.
If you’re really not happy with breastfeeding though, there is absolutely no shame in stopping. You have to preserve your own sanity at the end of the day. I would just look into how to stop safely as if you already have an oversupply, you run the risk of mastitis.

Is he being breast fed or formula as mine has the same he is on premature formula which causes it, I understand your pain as it can be unbearable at times

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