to think that DH could be supportive around PMT time...

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instead of stomping about the place shouting - I cant do this every month and saying I should be able to control all PMT symptoms.

Each month I do get irritable, weepy, tired and sometimes aggressive.

To me it feels that I put up with various irritating facets of his personality day in day out lately (not helping round the house, lack of interest in my life, short tempered with me and DS but forgives DD of anything, selfish etc) yet when it gets to PMT -my facade slips and I cant be arsed to 'ignore' his annoying traits! Then I am labelled a 'nightmare', he says he just cant go on like this etc....

We are supposed to have a big chat tonight after a massive blow out on mothers day where he was so rude and pissy with me because the 2 days previously I had been short tempered due to PMT... he felt it was important to constantly have a go at me even though I did apologise and even though I did point out its mothers day and it wasnt really fair....

anyone?

Have you tried evening primrose oil which I think you can get from your GP. I have a friend (who is now a therapist) who had indescribably awful pmt. I did a counselling course with her and that is the only reason that I know all about it. She actually felt as though she could kill someone, and the someone would have been her dp. She had a tough time but she did manage to convince her dp to take it seriously. I have never had it and wouldn't have understood the seriousness if I hadn't been privy to her thoughts on the counselling course.

To a man, it could easily look like a stupid woman getting hormonal. He has to accept that this is something that you didn't choose, don't like, but have to live with. Poor you. If your leg fell off once a month it would be easier for him, but pmt is an ugly silent beast.

Do you have a sympathetic gp? It's much cheaper to get epo through your gp than the chemists'.

It isnt great and I have booked an appointment to see the Drs soon. I already have a hormone imbalance (PCOS) which DH knows all about but is largely unsupportive.

I think my main gripe is that he feels I should eb able to 'Control' it all....

The fact that he is not being supportive is the problem. Is he like the men in Men Behaving Badly or does he have any understanding at all?

I hope your gp takes it seriously. Have you tried Evening Primrose Oil?

well |I can see why he'd be annoyed if all his annoying traits and things that fuck you off are attributed to his personality but yours are PMT and so not really your fault.