please help me ladies....before i ruin everything i have

[weemum1]

hello everybody my names actually caroline. i think this site is fantastic. i found it because i was trying to find natural remedies (that work or help) as i suffer (i think??) from pmt.
After a bad relationship with my kids father we split up .,i have two kids. one wee boy he,s 7 in november and a little girl danielle. who will be 9 on her birthday. After a good few years on my own i met a fantastic guy who is everything my ex husband wasnt. He absolutely adores me and my kids and we recently moved in together in april after dating for a year and a half...anyway..my point is...i have terrible black moods...i cant explain it and for roughly 2 weeks before my period starts i cant be bothered with him (ill now call wullie) i can happily live without him. ifhe touches me i cringe away. i dont enjoy cuddles. i am nippy with my kids. i dont want to socialise. but for sake of my family (wullie and my kids) i cant go on like that because i know i love him more than anything and my kids absolutely love him and from minute my period starts i feel so much better., and im back to my old self.
im not sure how long i,ve felt like this. (maybe years? but never had anyone to take it out on really) please help save my relationship.
i need something nice (preferably natural) im embarassed to walk into holland and barrats and ask. i,ve also been told pms is different from pmt. i think if true...i have pmt as tense is exactly how i feel.

any suggestions?? i have 2 weeks before it all happens again!!!

thanks lots

caroline xx(weemum1) blush

Evening primrose oil can help with PMT (which, as far as I know is the same as PMS, just a different phrase) - you have to take it for several months before you feel a real benefit though.

I watched a programme years back about severe PMT - I mean really severe, one woman had tried to kill her husband. They found that Prozac helped alleviate the severity of the symptoms and vicious mood swings. I know you say you want something natural, but maybe talking to your GP would be a good idea?

I've found that, while evening primrose helps, I do still get really black moods, like you describe (dh knows they are the days when he should just stay out of my way) - but generally mine are just the odd day, not two weeks at a stretch. Can you talk to your dp about how you feel, that you really can't help it? Is he understanding?

Don't know if any of that helps. Best of luck.

I have found acupuncture to be fantastic for PMT. Evening primrose oil did help but not as much as the acupuncture.

Please don't be embarrassed - it's really common to suffer from this and staff in Holland & barrett will be VERY used to it!

i've just started to take some supplements to help with PMS/PMT; Vit B6, Zinc, Magnesium, general vitamin and mineral one and Omega 3 and 6 with GLA oils.

I talked to someone in a health food store and read Patrick Holford's advice (well known nutritionist - you can google him) on PMS/PMT and both came up with the same supplements to take. It takes 3 months to feel the effects, Im on month one, feel alright now actually.

hiya again . well today i bought some 'evening primrose' and i will see how i go. i have explained everything in last month to wullie after it finally dawned on me probably last month that issues were a lot to do with me. he even read post i written to you. thx for advice everybody xxespecially sally strawberry). unfortunately it is mostly two weeks before my period starts and not even odd day. im not always so moany but im still not wanting anyone near me at this time. except my kids (unconditional love) .
i know gp is best place to go but for me prozac sounds like a scary dependant drug and id really rather try something natural beforei go down that road.
we have talked loads since last night. he,s most bloody understanding guy in planet (to me) wish me luck on my mission !!!

thank you lots ladies. xx

caroline (weemum)