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PMS help!
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I'm 36. For the past few months the two week before my period I am a nightmare. I wake up so stressed that I have a physical ache in my chest, other times I feel like bursting into tears. The breast tenderness etc I can handle it;s the emotional anguish thats the pits. I am angry, paranoid, sad ...all together! The effort it takes not to lash out at my loved ones takes all of my willpower. I am NOT on the pill (and don't really want to start taking it). Why has it suddently gotten worse, i never used to have a problem with this. It is a nightmare! (PS I've had endometriosis for years but not the PMS to this extent)
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.at your age eve it's the start of peri menopause, bad pms is a well recognised symptom unfortunately.
however, recognising how you feel is the first step to trying to learn to cope with it. go and have a chat with your doctor, join a forum about it, talk to other women about it. you may not be able to get rid of it but sharing your feelings and getting tips from other ladies going through the same thing really does help.
evening primrose had no effect on me either. good luck :)
however, recognising how you feel is the first step to trying to learn to cope with it. go and have a chat with your doctor, join a forum about it, talk to other women about it. you may not be able to get rid of it but sharing your feelings and getting tips from other ladies going through the same thing really does help.
evening primrose had no effect on me either. good luck :)
Ok karenmac - besides the perimenopause what else do you think could be making it so much worse, (I will go to the dr too but value all AB opinions). For years I was on the MIrena coil,(had it removed about 8 months back) but now take no hormonal contraceptive. Could this just be my "natural" state and the mirena "hid it" for years?
it's usual to start having some symptoms as you hit 40 but it's not unheard of in your mid to late thirties. trouble is most ladies aren't really aware of perimenopause and it's only in retrospect that they realise they were having symptoms, dreadful pms being a very common sympton to start with. it doesn't necessarily follow that you'll be the same as your mum either, it definitely didn't for my sister and i.
a blood test probably wouldn't show anything up yet, hormonal fluctuations being what they are but defo have a chat with your doctor (or a different one in the practice?), they may have invented some wonder cure - ha, we wish!! :)
a blood test probably wouldn't show anything up yet, hormonal fluctuations being what they are but defo have a chat with your doctor (or a different one in the practice?), they may have invented some wonder cure - ha, we wish!! :)
the coil doesn't input chemicals into your body just kills sperm enterting in to your womb so i doubt it surpressed your hormonal balance
i get terrible breast pain only in on breast though. i take B12 and B6
have a look at this link some good advice here.
http://familydoctor.o...ve/menstrual/141.html
i get terrible breast pain only in on breast though. i take B12 and B6
have a look at this link some good advice here.
http://familydoctor.o...ve/menstrual/141.html
Try vitamin B6 and have a look at the homeopathy range in Boots. They have a leaflet that describes symptoms and , from memory 3 have suggested remedies for it.
Choose the remedy that fits best with your symptoms.
Also, make sure you don't get hungry at that time. Don't eat more, but spread your food out more evenly throughout the day.
Hope you feel a bit better soon. It's miserable.
Choose the remedy that fits best with your symptoms.
Also, make sure you don't get hungry at that time. Don't eat more, but spread your food out more evenly throughout the day.
Hope you feel a bit better soon. It's miserable.