to have nightmare pmt and be a bad person

[superbagpuss]

today I have

• had to take a day off work because I felt so ill
• shouted at my lovely DC because they were annoying me
• had a bit of a teenager strop with dh

its time of month and far to hot but I hate turning into the she hulk

anyone with any stories or advice?

I am right there with you. . What helps: Nurofen or Mefenamic acid (on prescription), hot water bottles, chocolate, very low expectations. In the past: went back on the Pill. Yay.

alimac thanks I have woken up today a completely different person and luckily dh and DC still want to be around me

I really, really sympathise. I had PMT so bad that I nearly dropped out of uni because of the monthly mini breakdowns. The first line treatment is an antidepressant which I was not prepared to take- it was flaming obvious that it was hormonal!
I've been taking the progesterone only pill for two years and it has completely cured it. It's also changed how I think of myself- I really thought that I was just an intermittently vile person. The downside was that the first month was as bad if not worse than usual.
I ended up doing my final year dissertation on the subject- extreme PMT is now considered a psychiatric condition so at least gets treated with the gravity it deserves. On the upside, the condition has been used successfully as a murder defence.

Been on low dose Prozac for raging month long pmt mood swings since October and its the best thing I ever did. I feel like the person and mum that I want be be I stead of a raging, weeping, stressed harpy.