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Post by panda on Aug 6, 2014 13:55:47 GMT
I can handle the physical parts of PMS - cramps, bloating, backache. I can take a pill for it and even if I don't it seems pretty bearable and doesn't affect my relationships with others. But the hormonal side of PMS - the extreme irritability and sensitivity and overreacting to things - that is what I am hoping to find out some suggestions for dealing with. That is what kicks my butt every month!
I am going to start taking vitamins again, particularly Vitamin B and Evening Primrose Oil, but I think for those to be effective you need to have been taking them on a consistent basis for some time.
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Post by jmurray on Aug 6, 2014 15:38:13 GMT
Well I have never found anything that I could take that worked. But one thing that does work for me, is to be more aware of the timing and learn to expect it. That helps me acknowledge what's going on so I can tell myself I'm cranky because of that, and not because someone dared to look sideways at me or DH forgot to take out the garbage, lol!
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Post by turangaleela on Aug 6, 2014 15:44:01 GMT
Vitamin B is helpful to me. I don't take it every day (it affects my flow when I do, it is lighter but for more days), more like a few days around when I'm ovulating (which I now can pinpoint to the day, thank you peri-menopause) and then every day or so before my period starts.
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Post by oh yvonne on Aug 6, 2014 15:46:04 GMT
I used to buy bottles of Oil of Evening Primrose? I think it was at Trader Joe's back in the day. It seemed to help. But it coulda been all in my head.  Maybe look that one up. It sucks, I know! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2014 16:32:03 GMT
Bio-identical progesterone did the trick for me for just those things! It is fabulous!! I take it in capsule form. You will need a RX, though.
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Post by scrappert on Aug 6, 2014 17:42:27 GMT
I was thinking progesterone, too. Would have to see your doctor for that.
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