A womanly question...?!
Question: A womanly question!.!.!.!?
For a whole 7 days before my period I get extremely tired, agitated, bad tempered and I can't focus!. I also get extreme cravings and I feel bloated!. I know this is PMS/PMT but how can I help these symptoms!? Every single month this happens to me!. I don't want to take the pill because last time when I was younger it made me feel so sick!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Western medicine would have you believe that the birth control pill helps to "regulate" the female cycle and can take away PM symptoms!. They also would have us believe that after childbearing, we no longer need our uterus or ovaries, hence, hysterectomy (female castration) is the second most common surgery done in the US second only to C-section, because according to them, we also can't birth our own babies!.
There is a situation called estrogen dominance that can cause many of the symptoms you are describing as well as many more symptoms!. If you want to approach your female health from a natural standpoint without synthetically produced hormones, bringing your own body back to the balance it is designed to have there are ways to do this!.
We have been now programmed to believe that it is "normal" to have these symptoms, extreme bleeding, clots, cramping, mood swings, sugar cravings, weight gain, depression all related to our female cycle!. What is actually true is that these things are now so "common" but should NEVER be considered "normal"!.
Progesterone and Estrogen need to be in specific balances at different times of your cycle, kinda like a dance!. If something causes one of the hormones to be too high or too low, over a period of time, symptoms develop!. Also involved in this hormonal dance are two organs, actually located in the brain, the hypothalamus and the pituitary!. They also secrete hormones that are very involved in the dance (LH and FSH)!.
Lifestyle and nutrition play an important role in how these organs function and how they are able to communicate with each other!. Estrogen dominance (estrogen is too high in relation to progesterone) can be created through several ways: 1) there are hormones in our food supply, especially in non-organic dairy and meat!. (you've probably been ingesting these your entire life!.) 2) there are hormone-like substances, called xenohormones, in our environment, pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, body care products,plastics all contain them!. These xenohormones get into our bodies, have some of the chemical structure of our hormones but vastly different function!. 3) birth control are hormones (most commonly synthetic) the have the effect of shutting down the communication between the reproductive system and the hypothalamus and pituitary, thus creating hormone imbalanaces!.
The way the body gets rid of foreign substances and hormones begins with the liver, our hardest working detoxifying organ!. Giving the liver the nutrients it needs to work effectively is a really good starting point to bring back hormonal balance!.
I tend to go on and on about this subject because it hits very close to home for me!. I have brought back hormonal balance to my own body naturally in the past 2 years with liver detoxification and clinical whole food nutrition, using mostly a brand of nutrients sold thru health care practioners, Standard Process!.
good luck on your journey!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
There is a situation called estrogen dominance that can cause many of the symptoms you are describing as well as many more symptoms!. If you want to approach your female health from a natural standpoint without synthetically produced hormones, bringing your own body back to the balance it is designed to have there are ways to do this!.
We have been now programmed to believe that it is "normal" to have these symptoms, extreme bleeding, clots, cramping, mood swings, sugar cravings, weight gain, depression all related to our female cycle!. What is actually true is that these things are now so "common" but should NEVER be considered "normal"!.
Progesterone and Estrogen need to be in specific balances at different times of your cycle, kinda like a dance!. If something causes one of the hormones to be too high or too low, over a period of time, symptoms develop!. Also involved in this hormonal dance are two organs, actually located in the brain, the hypothalamus and the pituitary!. They also secrete hormones that are very involved in the dance (LH and FSH)!.
Lifestyle and nutrition play an important role in how these organs function and how they are able to communicate with each other!. Estrogen dominance (estrogen is too high in relation to progesterone) can be created through several ways: 1) there are hormones in our food supply, especially in non-organic dairy and meat!. (you've probably been ingesting these your entire life!.) 2) there are hormone-like substances, called xenohormones, in our environment, pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, body care products,plastics all contain them!. These xenohormones get into our bodies, have some of the chemical structure of our hormones but vastly different function!. 3) birth control are hormones (most commonly synthetic) the have the effect of shutting down the communication between the reproductive system and the hypothalamus and pituitary, thus creating hormone imbalanaces!.
The way the body gets rid of foreign substances and hormones begins with the liver, our hardest working detoxifying organ!. Giving the liver the nutrients it needs to work effectively is a really good starting point to bring back hormonal balance!.
I tend to go on and on about this subject because it hits very close to home for me!. I have brought back hormonal balance to my own body naturally in the past 2 years with liver detoxification and clinical whole food nutrition, using mostly a brand of nutrients sold thru health care practioners, Standard Process!.
good luck on your journey!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Ugh, the PMT is awful, that happens to me also!. But you know what really helps!?
Run a hot, not warm bath, boil the kettle for a cup of tea or hot chocolate (never coffee, coffee is too strong for the paracetamol to take affect)
Get in the bath with your warm cuppa and 2 parecetamol, Drink and take your tablets together, then enjoy a long soak!.
After about 45mins honestly your pains won't return till your next period!.
Yeah all women are different but it really works for me!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Run a hot, not warm bath, boil the kettle for a cup of tea or hot chocolate (never coffee, coffee is too strong for the paracetamol to take affect)
Get in the bath with your warm cuppa and 2 parecetamol, Drink and take your tablets together, then enjoy a long soak!.
After about 45mins honestly your pains won't return till your next period!.
Yeah all women are different but it really works for me!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
The only way to fix it would be birth control pills!. Yaz is one that has received a lot of attention for the fact that it helps PMS symptoms!. BC pills have been changing!. There is a new brand out each year that acts differently!. It it's been years since you were on bc pills, give them another try!. There are so many different hormones in the types of pills!. It may take a few pills to find the right one but once you do, you'll feel a lot better!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Many treatments have been suggested for PMS, including diet or lifestyle changes, and other supportive means!. Medical interventions are primarily concerned with hormonal intervention and use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)!.
for a list of the actual treatments and how they work go to
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Premenstrua!.!.!.
its got a whole section on treatment!.!.
hope it helps!.!. :)Www@Answer-Health@Com
for a list of the actual treatments and how they work go to
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Premenstrua!.!.!.
its got a whole section on treatment!.!.
hope it helps!.!. :)Www@Answer-Health@Com
Have you tried evening primrose!? It's supposed to be brilliant for PMS and certainly helped calm a friend of mine down!. Perhaps it's time you went to see the Dr if you are suffering so much, I'm sure there is something that can be done so don't suffer in silence!. Good luck, hope you get it sorted!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I have tried a supplement from Holland and Barret called Agmus Castus- it works really well at stopping the tiredness and irritability!.
I still get a bit bloated but I feel better about myself as I am not as foul tempered! They really are worth a try- for everones sake if you were like I was!!Www@Answer-Health@Com
I still get a bit bloated but I feel better about myself as I am not as foul tempered! They really are worth a try- for everones sake if you were like I was!!Www@Answer-Health@Com
I hear Midol works!. But try the pill again!. Your Dr can prescribe a different one!. Sometimes you have to try several to find the right one for you!. I haven't had any cramps since being on the pill!. Try one of the low dose ones like Ortho Tricyclen lo!.Www@Answer-Health@Com