When I have pmt, I feel like I'm changing into a nasty werewolf, is it the same for you ?

[Summerfruit]

I cant live like this anymore, when I have pmt I'm not the same person anymore, I'm horrible to my DH and to my children..I'm feeling terrible, tired, down, irrationnal, nasty black tought.. My gp knows about it and he gave me ad for it, suggested I have tried pills, I complement with epo...I went to see my gp and you know what he suggested ? To have a baby or a hysterectomy (sp?)..I cant leave live like this anymore..I'm dreading the next pmt..Does anyone has got a cure ??

Oh I know how you feel! In fact, it's why I logged on to MN just now to see if I could find something to bring me out of my nasty black mood. It's been much worse since having DD. I first notice that I'm pre-menstrual because I start being a total cow to DP and crying for no reason. I find myself having really bleak thoughts and wailing that I can't cope. It all just feels too much I don't know what the answer is I'm afraid. I might talk to my GP about it too.

Thanks for your answer rambling ! If it can be any help, I now decided to be refered to gynecologist (sp?)..I think he'll know what he 's talking about..I cant carry on like this I have a lovely and patient DH but it cant last..It's too hard for him and me as 1 week a month I'm on the verge of killing myself !

I had a friend who swore that changing her diet totally got rid of PMT, she said she ate every couple of hours, stuck to really healthy food, cut out caffeine and it worked a treat, she was already tt and vegan, I get a day of vicious moods and it does help if I avoid all crap, but what I really want is chocolate and wine and I normally give in to the craving.

I have heard about it, may give it a go..giving up my beloving wine and chocolate is going to be hard ! Cheers wonders

I am the same

The cure for me was Magnesium supplements. Boots do them, and Sainsburys (probably all the supermarkets). It took a couple of cycles to kick in, but whereas before I always knew when my period was due because of my foul mood alternating with weepiness, now it takes me by surprise.

I have tried so many things....
magnesium made me worse, b6 worked for a while, angus cactus made only a difference to my bank balance..

I take a multi vitamin with iron & epo every day, this minimises the symptoms but they do not go altogether.

I do eat regularly when i feel the pmt comming on i also eat exactly whatever i feel like, normally chocolate & stodge, this seems to help. Once the pmt goes (3 days average) i go back to healthy eating , with a much reduced appetite & almost human personality!

Also tried lots of things. Best of all for me is high strength starflower oil, but I don't take it all month just a week before and when i'm ovulating.

It's a nightmare

At the moment, I take prozac an evening primrose oil, but it doesnt work...

My last pmt lasted for a week and a half..it was so bad, calling dh crying, calling him the worst names you can think of, aguing over petty things like the houseshores, telling not to bother to come back...and then my periods came and I was back to normal, happy, optimist..lots of energy...

I'm going to try to change my way of eating but if it doesnt work what am I left with ? I'm maybe 20 years from the menaupose...

At the moment, I take prozac an evening primrose oil, but it doesnt work...

My last pmt lasted for a week and a half..it was so bad, calling dh crying, calling him the worst names you can think of, aguing over petty things like the houseshores, telling not to bother to come back...and then my periods came and I was back to normal, happy, optimist..lots of energy...

I'm going to try to change my way of eating but if it doesnt work what am I left with ? I'm maybe 20 years from the menaupose...

i had horrible moods and my periods were very very painful, hot water bottle needed painkillers tears and miserable on the sofa and so on.
i gave up meat 3 years ago i still eat fish and lots of junk like chocs/chips/lovely red wine if i feel like it but i swear cutting out the red/white meat vaporised my symptoms and bad moods.
whether it was the abscence of the meat itself or the extra veggies/salad i now eat in its place that has provided trace vitamins/minerals that i was lacking somewhere, no idea but thats what cured me.

Going back on the pill helped me slightly. When I feel I am in irrational monster mode and snapping without warning every few minutes, an effervescent B vitamins tablet in a glass of water seems to help a bit. I've also just started trying a herbal remedy called Relora which seems to be making me a bit less tense.