You or your S.O. can answer this one ;)
I'm not talking bloating or fatigue and the like. I mean, do you eat more? Cringe when someone talks too loud? Cry when you see a small puppy or kitten? Freak out if someone leaves a dish in the sink????
My husband says he can tell when I'm PMSing when I get whiney and speak w/a wild look in my eye. I don't agree but who's to say? I'm too busy scarfing down chocolate I've scavenged throughout the house, and I can never remember anything from my sugar buzz anyway.
Oh, the joys of being female.
I get super hungry, like I can never eat enough. And my patience goes out the window. I can be very short with people, am more likely to yell, and just as likely to cry over something or nothing. It's not a fun time of the month for anyone!
YES...to all of it! same as all the other moms...I have to practice SUPER control of my emotions & everything irritates me! Stuf that really shouldn't! I snap at my own kids over everything & my husband, whom I LOVE with all my heart, annoys me! LOL! And eating...no self control! And now my daughter has started hers (happy/sad day for me!) BUT, after all our years together, my husband understands...when our daughter got her 1st one last month, she wanted to EAT EAT EAT...and even my hubs said "well, she has an excuse." LOL!
I'm such a joy to be around when I'm PMSing. Really, I'm kind of new(ish) to the whole thing because I never experienced PMS pre-childbirth. Anyway, I have a short fuse (watch out!), cry at sad news stories, commercials, etc. (even more than usual) and am just generally bitchy w/ no patience during that time. I'm trying to tame it, I really am :)
In my teenage years it was cramps, etc. Now, in my 30's it's more cravings (Subway, Arby's) of food that if I don't have my day is ruined for two days. I also puke in the mornings. I get insomnia then fatigue. I can win any argument - I go to work to win -- not to be in a family / marriage -- - words from grad / law training just start flowing. So hubby stands clear. We agree that he goes to his shop and I do calming things. I have PMS extremely strong though and have been diagnosed with PMDD. I"m also extremely sensitive to salt (have thrown out entire pizzas) and smells - which doesn't help nausea.
My husband can tell way before me if I am getting my aunt flo!! LOL I get short tempered, whiney and "bitchy" as he calls it!
I am just on edge when PMSing. Everything pisses me off. I'll forget this and that and then just gripe and gripe about it and just the slightest thing may tip me over the edge. (Hoping I am PMSing right now! I've been on edge the past few days, but I'm on day 34 of a normally 29-32 day cycle)!
(No, I don't cry like many others are stating.)
Beyond the normal ... um... testiness... I crave red meat and alcohol. Burger and beer or steak and red wine and all is good again. And of course a nice gloppy dessert, onion rings, etc. But seriously, my husband has learned that he should, much like a wild animal trainer, just throw me some almost-raw beef (and the appropriate drink) and wait until the storm has passed.
Yep. No patience. At all. I cry in the car at the traffic. Become bad/stupid driver because I'm so frustrated.
I will actually throw things if I don't control myself when the little things tick me off. Once put a hole in the door speaker of a rental car (with my pump heel) because it wouldn't stay open.
The one thing my husband does/says that evening/weekend is simply a symptom of an ongoing problem we've had our entire relationship - and when I say "our problem" I really mean "his problem that he better fix or else!"
And I cry. A lot. And I eat. A lot.
Zoloft is a beautiful, marriage-saving drug...
I have more physical signs, white heads on my nose and chin, my back really aches, and bloating. I get way more emotional. I will cry or lose my temper more easily. So, there I stand, my jeans too tight, skin broken out, back killing me, and grtting my teeth in frustration. My husband is a lucky lucky man!
Like Riley, I get really horny and crave meat! Otherwise, PMS for me hasn't really been a problem for me.
Just recently, now that I'm 50, I've noticed that my PMS symptoms are stereotypically menopause symptoms - night sweats, irritability, emotions...
I get really, really horny.
Even before the nymphomania week starts, apparently I start walking in a bit of a Come Hither / Jessica Rabbit kind of way.
I swear... for someone who gets cancer from being pregnant... my body sure sets me up for failure!!!
I know... because all of a sudden my shopping list is "all beef all the time". Even if it's not steak itself... we're french onion soup and spinach and mushrooms crowding the list as well!!! Iron, iron, iron NOW.
I only get cranky if I don't get laid.
I get really sad and emotional. I have a lot of stuff going on in my life and on every other day, I'm able to push it to the back of my head and be fine but when I'm PMSing, it just all comes out and I usually just cry on my commute home while listening to sad songs on the radio and indulging in self-pity. lol. I also get really cranky and everything irritates me. Ugh. Writing it down, I can't believe we have to go through this EVERY month. Sigh.
My husband thinks I'm PMSing 3 weeks out of the month, lol..... I get REALLY snappy, no patience, my stomach will get REALLY bloated like I'm 8 months pregnant 24-48 hrs before my period (it's freaky looking)... About 10 days before my period, I eat EVERYTHING!!!
