Does your PMS or PMT affect your life?!
Question: Every month it's the same tune from me. OK, some months are better than others but generally I get PMS a good week before I'm due, sometimes a week and half before I'm due. I don't want to take "the pill" because my partner and I would like to try for a baby in the near future. I do take prozac 20 mg but sometimes it doesn't help that much and I also take Evening Primrose Oil and Exercise 5 days a week for more than an hour. My diet is OK but a week before I'm due, I just seem to eat and crave sugar etc.. And I have terrible mood swings. I work full-time and sometimes I just feel like I can't cope. Is anyone else the same?
Oh, I take a good woman's multivitamin daily as well w/ plenty of B vitamins.
Answers: Every month it's the same tune from me. OK, some months are better than others but generally I get PMS a good week before I'm due, sometimes a week and half before I'm due. I don't want to take "the pill" because my partner and I would like to try for a baby in the near future. I do take prozac 20 mg but sometimes it doesn't help that much and I also take Evening Primrose Oil and Exercise 5 days a week for more than an hour. My diet is OK but a week before I'm due, I just seem to eat and crave sugar etc.. And I have terrible mood swings. I work full-time and sometimes I just feel like I can't cope. Is anyone else the same?
Oh, I take a good woman's multivitamin daily as well w/ plenty of B vitamins.
Im the same and I always seem to catch every cold etc thats going about at this time as my immune system seems so low.
I try to eat more starchy food around this time as it is supposed to help. It sounds like you are doing everything to help yourself. My husband is very good around this time of month as I cause arguments over silly things but they seem MEGA to me. Ask your GP if there is anything else he could advise you with.
I have been on the pill for 9 years. The first 8 years I took the combined pill and suffered a lot less with PMT, since switching to the mini-pill last year I no longer have periods and also no PMT. I know you say you don't want to take the pill but unless you are trying right now for a baby I would totally recommend it.
lifes a b1tch for us women isent it. im exactly the same, its my husband and kids i feel sorry for.
yes i get severe cramps, migranes, diareah, bloating, irritabliilty...i get it all honney :(
my wifes affects me!!!!
Yes, PMS creates a problem in my life but I found that taking B6 in either a bottle itself or as part of a bottle of B Complex to be helpful for the mood swings.
I would recommend checking with your doctor as well to see what they say. A hormone imbalance (an example only) could be playing in to some of this.
I never got PMT before I started on the pill and now it's almost constant but much worse the 2 days before my 7 day break. . . I'm like a woman possessed.
I've found that Evening Primrose capsules work a treat in controlling this though so maybe you could give those a try, just the week before your period, not all the time cos your body gets used to it.
Can't promise it'll help with the cramps but at least you won't feel like killing anyone so the cramps seem lessened because your less tense.
Also, sugary foods don't help at all with mood swings, think of little kids with sugar rush! cut those out and just have a bit of chocolate if the cravings are that bad (I know what it's like! lol)
you poor woman! i feel really bad for you.. i dint seem to suffer from PMS or PMT.. the odd time i get a bit teary around the time but other than that nothing.
have you been to your docotr maybe they can advise some thing that wont upset your future maternal plans
good luck with it you have my best wishes! x
Erm... Well I will speak for my mother on this one... she gets crampy, depressed, bloated, fatigued and probably more... the doctor told her to take birth control to lessen the effects. She is at the "ending stage" of this. But some women just go through this very quickly with not much "side effects".
im a bit*h every month my partner hates it, i get nasty and jelous it is really difficult to cope.
Not affecting my life so much, just everyone within screaming at distance LOL. Yes actually it has, I have had to change my pill several times to find one I can cope with, almost there with this one I think. Only moody for a day or 2 now as opposed to previous 8 to 12days!