Major PMT help!!!!

[MerryMegandSnowySoph]

Well this time of month has come around again and Oh My Word and can't stop getting angry with everything. Could anyone please recommend something that will help with the hormonal outburst's PLEASE!! Has anyone tried evening primrose and does it work?

thanks
xxx

I have a real problem with PMT. I went to my doctor and she suggested the following things:

eating well - apparently a good diet can do wonders and stabilising your blood suger levels helps. So regular healthy snacks and high energy foods like banana.

suppliments - evening primrose oil and B vitamins can help

relaxation - such as yoga. and she said exercise is a natural mood stimulant

I havent tried these things yet as I only saw her a week ago. so not sure how effective.
here are some links for you:

pmt factsheet
national pms website

good luck x

I am on the highest dose Starflower Oil I can find (better than EPO) and Magnesium OK supplements and it seems to have levelled off the peaks & troughs somewhat (THANK GOD!!!!) I put the removal of my Mirena coil at the top of the list for dealing with my PMT though as I was bordering psychotic with it in!! You have to take the supplements for a couple of months for them to show an effect.

Hope you find something that works for you - I found being so out of control very scary!!

thanks both of you will try both of your advice. The eating healthy is a toughy to be honest my job is crap I work 12 shifts with no actual breaks.

I just can't belive what a monster I turn into. you are right bootmonkey it's scarey. I wish I could put it down to a contraceptive sp? but I don't have the need to use any .

Think I will try the starflower and magnesium first and see how it goes.
Am gonna have a wee read of the websites you have provided emily TY

This is my 2nd PMT free month in 3 years ish so I feel for you big time . I've dosed myself up on vit B6, evening primrose and all sorts of other crap expensive stuff from boots that are supposed to balance the hormones, in the end I had to go back on the pill and it stopped the PMT immediately! It's fab! Are you on the pill or anything?

I used to work shifts and found it hard to have breaks, so I know what you mean. The only thing that I can think of is have a mass of healthy stuff in your bag. fruit, dried fruit to pick on (not sure if you can eat at work), grapes.

It is hard. I turn into the she devil once a month - luckily people stay out of my way! lol

nope haven't used the pill since I conceived dd2 whilst on it, but I have just been reading some info on the bupa website and it does suggest using a combined pill.

The thing is though I don't get the bloaty feeling or pain but about 2 weeks before AF, I get really angry and out of control. My poor wee girls they are obviously my main concern, as just about any wee thing they do I snap and then guiltkick in and maks it worse. My lodger/exp gets it too am sirprized he hasn't left. He can leavea sock on the floor and I will have a go. Jus hope I can sort this out!!

have you tried your doctor? They might be able to give you something to help if you explain? mne was really good.

TBH emiliy I think the shifts may have alot to do with it to. I started the job a couple of months ago. Alot of 12 hour night shifts too but what can u do when needs must lol [sighhhhh]

shift work is harsh. you poor thing (us women suffer dont we lol!)

no hun not tried my gp, he is useless. I have been in regarding PND a couple of years ago and he told me theres nothing wrong, he's that kind of GP.

When I get time I will be looking for another dr.

yup nedd to keep the pennies rolling in lol

I have benn suffering from PMT and very noticeably over the last six months, probably when I realised what the hell was wrong with me.

I am basically the womean from hell, extreme anger frustration, aswell as very heavy and painful periods.

I am not on the pill and preivoulsy had been on the pill for many years prior to having children , so periods wee not an issuue , everything was OK.

Since DS2 body has been up the spout., going back on the pill didn't agree with me and I didn't really want to go back on anyway.

When I realised what my problems proably were I started making a note of when all the symptons started to when I wnet to GP I could tell her excatlt what was happening.

During those months I tried Evening Primose etc but it didn't do much for me.

When I went to the GP she said it was lack of progestogen and prescibed me tablets to take betwenn day 19 and 26 of my cycle.

I have taken them for the last two months, my periods are less painful and not so heany and the mood swings have easied off although not completely, but it has helped.

I would say most of us fell shit at the time of the month but probably more so when under stress, like work or Partner away and delaing with children.

DH seems always to be away when its that time helped hasn't helped matters.

The tablets are helping . Go and see your GP and if your not happy with him cahnge him if possible.

Good luck

Merry your symptoms sound just like mine were - it was the kids that suffered. I knew why I was being like that but just couldn't do anything about it and felt so damn guilty afterwards but even then I couldn't change. I was trying so hard to get by without going back on the pill as I've always been a forgetful and since having the kids my mind is always somewhere else not "oh, it's time to take the pill" when I was bf DS1 I went on the progestogen only pill and it was awful as you only have a very small window everyday to take it in, if your just an hour late taking it you may not be covered!! Anyway, this time after making the kids cry just once to often I went to my GP and she suggested the pill that I was on before DS1 was conceived and it's been a miracle. I feel like a new woman.

I hope that you get sorted soon, take care.

Hi I'm desperate for help my partner has had enough of me I'm a completly different person, I've tried primrose oil but it did nothing for me I'm going to lose my family I hate myself and don't know what to do....

Have you been to the doctor clairew73?

I feel for you as I have suffered in the past terribly too. I discussed this with my doctor and after trying starflower etc, I have been given Fluoxetine (Prozac). I've just had my 3rd period and I. Happy to report, things are much, much improved.

Mine was so bad my GP referred me to a gynae consultant a few years back. He recommended the Pill (which I can't take for various reasons) or B vits and EPO. I walked away very disappointed, thinking I would just have to live with it. I couldn't see what difference some vit pills could possibly make to the lunatic I turned into once a month.

A few months later I started taking Eye Q (for reasons completely unrelated to PMT) and suddenly my PMT was a lot better. I noticed then that it has EPO in it - so there was no placebo effect. I do think EPO (or starflower oil) and B vits do make a difference but you need to stick with them and take them for a while. They are not a quick fix.

There was a big thread about this recently (last month or so) which is worth searching for. Conclusions were to try:

Junk-free, carb free diet
Exercise
Vitamin B (big doses) and magnesium (I think it was magnesium)
Prozac if nothing else works

(There may have been other stuff too)

Personally I swear by vitamin B6, and there is some actual clinical evidence that it works (not perfect evidence but persuasive).