PMT - How do you manage yours????

[wasabipeanut]

The reason I ask is that I notice that my fuse with ds is considerably shorter that at less hormonally charged times of the month. I?ve only really started to notice it because my cycle has only really gone back to normal now but this is the first time in years it?s been ?natural?. I was on the pill for donkeys years and ds was conceived in the 2nd month after stopping so I can?t really remember what is normal.

I feel so tightly wound from about a week beforehand to well into my actual period and its horrible. I feel like I could just snap and scream at anybody but obviously ds is more in the firing line than most. My own mum was a shouty, crosspatch and used to hit me a lot as a kid, and whilst, thank god, I haven?t done this, I just feel this utter fury rising at times when DS is being a bit challenging which is like being taken over. I'm so scared I will do something I can't take back. I have just about managed to hold it together apart from being a bit shouty which is horrible in itself but when it passes I just feel numb. I then just feel guilty and ashamed of myself for getting angry when I should be enjoying the 2 days a week I spend at home with my lovely son.

One of my biggest fears is going down the same road as my mum did (although to be fair she had a lot more fuelling that than PMT).

Has anyone found any good ways to manage PMT and, indeed, flashes of temper in general?

Ah stop beating yourself up - PMT is fucking horrible.

Okay, go to the GP and demand a blood test to rule out anaemia and vitamin deficiencies. Then get a shedload of b vit/evening primrose oil - throw every sodding thing you can at the problem, something will stick and make it better.

For me the only thing that sorted the mood swings was entirely cutting out sugar and eating complex carbs every three hours - crackers mostly. Lost a lot of weight as a side effect too which was nice too.

Also the flashes of temper - yeah I remember them well - they tend to be blood sugar related apparently - so regular meals and not crap food either, can help a lot with that.

Good luck, I'm sure you are a great mummy and you are just having a shitty time at the mo - which can be fixed

Thank you so much for replying. really opened myself up to post that and felt a bit gutted that nobody responded!

Will def see GP and find some evening primrose and B vits. Interestingly I've been eating more sugar again recently after cutting out for a while. It's just snuck up on me really but but its interesting that it made such a difference to you.

Fingers crossed that I can sort this with some dietary changes and supplements!

Thanks again

I am horrible with PMT

Really really ranty!!!

I try to keep a lid on it, and I alos try to warn the family (altho it is fairly obvious), but it still can descend into utter chaos when I am in a full rage.

I find trying to hide a good thing, and ranting a little on here too can help a little, but mainly, I drink cammomile and fuit teas (I think coffee and caffiene can make me worse!), and rescue remedy too.

and some wine also in fact, as it does at least shut me up while I am drinking it!

I do wonder tho if I might find something at the health food shop to help...??