I'd Rather Be Pregnant than Pmsing

I feel ya! But, I wouldnt rather be pregnant. Mine starts 10 days too. Im exhausted and I eat like a truck driver.
My husband and I used to fight a lot when I was pmsing, now he just kinda understands and I dont have the energy to argue.
Mine is BAD! But at least I can drink!

Yep... A couple weeks ago I literally was at the point I couldn't talk to anyone. After a weekend with my husband and son, I simply could not be around another person. I use a 90 day birth control regimen, so my before/after adjustment time is about two weeks of crazy hormones and me muttering my mantra--- "It's not them, it's me."

At least it's only 14 days out of 97. It used to be much, much worse.

I'm still not sure if my husband minds that I need more sanity breaks during that time or if he's glad I'm excusing myself when I am not so fun to be around. Oh well... I loved being pregnant by comparison,but really don't want any more kids.:)

So for PMS, one day I went to Whole Foods. A GUY helped me. I just talked to him like he was a woman and was totally open about my PMS issue. He spent like 1 hour with me answering my questions about it and he really was great and sympathized with me and said his wife used to be like that too.
Anyway, so I take "Vitex" and "Dim Plus."
But that is me.
It has helped my PMS and that cyclical madness every month. And sometimes I don't even notice, PMS at all.
Because, once a month, we women are like Jekyll and Hyde.

I am a coffee drinker, too.

Or you could try seeing a Naturopath doctor.

And every dang month, the Husband needs to know, it is happening, again. New month. Every month. They need a head's up.
My Husband will actually tell me to "go away and have alone time downstairs, I'll do the dishes...you need a time out...."
(yeeha).

If sex, exercise and sleep are the only things that make you feel better, I would follow that strictly!!!! Heck, it might be fantastic for the rest of the month as well.

I do that's for sure. I hate that there is only about a week maybe a week and a half that i feel normal. My PMS is bad and my period is soo uncomfortable.

You are much better than i about diet and exercise. but i bet the caffine might be the culprit.

I think I would rather suffer though than to go on what ever hormone takes away your period all together. that just seems abnormal to me and that there would be repruccusions down the road. MabyeI"m just old fashioned.

i didn't but one of my best friends is much this way. love your sex solution! i'll suggest it to her.
how about not giving up your coffee, just dialing it back a little? and replace that cup with an afternoon treat of herbal tea. chamomile, dandelion root, black cohosh, mint and motherwort are all good possibilities.
it just hits some women way hard, doesn't it?
khairete
S.

I had bad PMS but I hated being pregnant worse than PMS. I just flat out hated being pregnant. Once was enough - never again.

My ex used to say that he could tell ahead of time when it was coming because about a week before my period, my scent changed. He could smell the shift in my pheromones.

Raspberry leaf tea and calendula tea helped me some, but the cure for me was an endometrial ablation. No more periods, no more PMS, and no more chance of getting pregnant. TRIFECTA!

I suffer with it too. I was PMSing last week during spring break, AND during my husband's exam prep. So I had all of the kids, all by myself, all week and I felt soooo sorry for them. I didn't feel like doing anything, and was so snappish. I hate feeling this way!!

Not much helps me. I went back on the pill after my miscarriage in November hoping it would help with the PMS. It really hasn't. My periods are lighter, but that's about it.

Have you talked with your ob/gyn? I understand that there are some medication as well as natural products that can help.