one for the ladies. PMS

[mccfluff]

How far ahead of your period do you guys get pms i'm not due on for two weeks and i feel like sh1te today my hormones are all over the place i have this insane urg to attack the snack machine and eat all the chocolate inside and then cry. a lot aggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, i'm not normally like this it usually only gets me a couple of days before, oh and if anyone male dares to speak to me.......

[loopyc]

about ten days before i start to feel like a volcano waiting to erupt only started when i hit my 30's, im now 32 and really suffer, not as much as my hubbie but i do suffer.

[violetblue]

Two days. Without fail.

[redcrx]

mcfluff, could you be pregnant?
I get mine a week before but had it bad when i was pregnant.
It may just be a blip and youre getting it early. Whatever the cause i hope you feel less teary soon. x

[Lore]

It's always a couple of days before for me, best to just stay out of my way!

[stylinsam]

dont worry this is normal i usually start to feel like this about a week and a half before i actually come on my breasts go very sore and i feel like sh1t, and my god!!! i feel sorry for my boyfriend, i go in a right strop!!!!

[crete]

everyones cycle is different it can change if you are under some kind of stress p s eat the chocolate

[fee-is-me]

10 days before, i get KILLER pains but don't go properly mental until about 4 days before.

Have changed my eating habits in the last month and my pms this month was bloody horrendous (paranoid, paranoid, paranoid) so i am assuming it has something to do with my food.

All done and dusted for this month now... so back to being my normal lovely self.

Have you changed anything recently?

[mccfluff]

the only thing i can think of is i've being doing a bit more exercise than usual, but bl00dy hell its bad my boss asked me for a report, nothing out of the ordinary, nothing difficult and i had to go and hide in the loo whilst i bawled!

Redcrx no way i could be pregant unless i'm the new virgin(ish) mary! lol

wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[redcrx]

mccluff you havnt been taking tips from the russian have you? She wants to be the second virgin birth :)

Evening primrose oil is supposed to be good for PMS.

[fee-is-me]

And DON'T go low-carb... DON'T GO LOW-CARB....... DON'T GO LOW-CARRRRRRRRRRRB...

Did you get that?

It could make things a whole lot worse.

It's prob one of them there blips that we all know and love(?)

[claireyfairy]

One week to the day for me. It's awful and I get everything, I'm shattered, grumpty, argumentative, emotional and get pains!

[mccfluff]

Fee, low carb is not an option, no way, i'm going home and going to stuff myself with as many carb laden products i can find, and all the choc's in my local shop

red - please don't mentio the russian pleeeasssseee

[crete]

a nice bath with scented candles loads of chocolate a few ? glasses of wine and a man free zone and watch rubbish on the t v

[fee-is-me]

Ah... now i wonder... i missed out on the choc this month... wonder if THAT had anything to do with the raging mentals...?

[mccfluff]

quick fee, have one of these - flinging a G&B choccy bar across cyberspace

[fee-is-me]

Oh the temptation...!!!!!!!!!

Must be good, must be good, must be good, must be good........

Oooops...

[pingping]

I used to get horrific PMS when I was on the Pill (weird I know cos it's meant to help balance things!) Came off the Pill about a year ago (having treid 4 different ones over the years), and now I feel much better as far as PMS goes. don't seem to get as many mood swings, don't seem to cry as much (although the trade off is much heavier periods - booooooo!)

[mccfluff]

i'm not on the pill anymore, just me and my natural born hormones, think i'm just getting older and grumpier!, although having a good rant on here has helped (maybe the choc too)

[mimififi]

I have never before in my life had a regular cycle. However, since going onto a wheat/gluten free diet, my health is better than it has ever been and I have a regular 4 week cycle which is very novel. However, it was only this month that I realised that I am getting PMS. never before having a regualr cycle and having many health problems and having pregnancies successful and unsuccessful in quick succession, i haven't ever built up a pattern.

The problem I have now is I turn into some kind of psychopath 1 week before my cycle starts: crying, temper tantrums, rudeness, pains, feelings of desperation and also aggressive and shouty, it's a nightmare not to mention dreadful insomnia also. Then on about day 3 of my cycle It vanishes in a puff of smoke and the kids don't know if it's safe to look at me or not.

As so many of you also suffer (another revelation to me) can anyone recommend how I can fix this? Are there any remedies? or shall I just book myself into a convent every 3 weeks so as not to mix with others?

Its been nice reading this thread as I don't feel so monstrous or freakish now!

[mccfluff]

mimi your not alone, but don't have any answers for you i;m afraid!