Has anyone elses PMT got loads worse after having a baby? And what can you do about it?

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I know a similar thread has been posted recently but I didn't get the chance to read it in detail.

Suicidal thoughts/paranoia, total intolerance to ANY stressor for 2 weeks of every month. Family suffering and taking over half my life.

feel like a different ( calm, pleasant, laid back etc.) woman straight after period until ovulation so I know it's due to hormones.

Any advice gratefully received.

GGGgggrrrr. sounds awful. mine is worse since having (each) child/ren got three not having any more...
have pnd and am still taking medication so thought it might be to do with that.
Have you tried any hormone/pill type medication or would that make things worse?

No, haven't gone down that route yet as I really really don't want to go back on the pill. I was on it for 15years and it took a year for me to ovulate after coming off it.

If no more natural remedies work tho I'll have to consider it

hope someone who knows useful stuff comes along, cos i don't really know anything helpful!
I was a mad hormonal woman for all the time i was on pill/various similar stuff, it really aggravated things and made my depression worse, but i have friends who say pretty much the opposite. I can't figure that one out at all.

How old is/are your DC?

She's 14 months. If we have another (and it's a big if at the mo) it won't be til she's 3. I too have a history of depression and I don't think the pill helped although it certainly wasn't the sole cause.

looks like you have pretty much guessed what i was about to ask, I wondered if there was any depression / stress link to it. I have my own little theory that some of us are more sensitive to, (or affected more by) the luurvely old hormones. Sometimes i think i'm being paranoid or something - though from your OP there are obv people around with far more severe effects than me...
I do find symptoms of pmt and depression quite similar though - in that everything seems like a huge big deal, I rant on and can almost stand back and hear myself, hating what i'm doing or saying but have no control over stopping it
is it anything like that for you?

Yes! I can feel myself going on at dh about some housework issue or something he did ages ago and as the words are ranting out of my mouth I know they're unneccessary but some devil inside me spurs me on and I can't help myself!

don't rule out the idea of having another LO, being wise to the whole thing is quite an advantage (esp for DH )
wish some clever mn-er would turn up and tell us how to resolve our hormonal issues....
I have to say though, as as it is taking antidepressants, i am much more 'level' whilst on them. yeah ok so that is the point of them, i know. they control my mad mood-swinging times and they don't stop the chocolate-cravings, so how good can ya get?

Different strokes with different pregnancies?

When I was pregnant, I lost weight on arms, legs, bum and face. And having had terrible PMT all my life, I have to say that it doesn't even figure now. For the first time in my life (I'm 42), I have to write the dates down in my calendar because I'm not getting the symptoms anymore.

So, in answer to the OP, mine is definitely better!