Pms

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Does anyone suffer pms?

If so, how do you treat it?

Any remedies, old wives tales, hiding under a rock until it's passed

Yes, I do. It's pretty much the only time DH and I argue. I was crying about washing up and thought my DH and I should end our relationship. Thankfully I came on and saw the light.

Nothing really helps me - I try to spend some time alone if I can to keep calm but it's very hard.

I cry at TV and stuff. It's s bloody nightmare.

My pms starts 2 weeks before my period and then calms down a week before I come on.

I'm terrible. I get paranoid, moody, irrational, irritatable, angry. I say things I wouldn't normally.

SSRI. day 14-28 or if really bad, all the time. Nothing else works.

What's SSRI like? What's the side effects?

Antidepressants. Not much in the way of side effects if used for half the cycle-may be worth talking to your GP if it's that bad. No issues coming off it either if you're only on it part time...

Works for me-I was amazed at the difference...

It would be part time, I start pms 2 weeks before I come on, I'm terrible for a week, then may start to calm down before I come on, but not always.

Are you still able to continue life? I've heard horror stories of antidepressants. /:

I suffered in silence for years before saying enough is enough. The first week was a bit weird, plain sailing after that. I stopped shouting at the kids! May not work for you but I'm bloody glad I tried it...

I suffer awful, i don't like myself at all at that time

I hate myself when I'm feeling like this. I lash out and don't think about how it's effecting other people.

I started an argument with my partner over something so small. Had i not been pms, I probably wouldn't have said anything.

I'm gunna ring GP. I'd like to try something.

I just don't want to be different. I've heard antidepressants can cause you to feel emotionless?

I can only talk about my own experience-different folks react differently. I feel like me but just calmer and less likely to fly off the handle, less mood swings. I feel happier because I'm coping better. Still feel emotions! Why not try it and see-if you don't like it, tail it off and stop.

I'm gunna give it a go.

Only thing would be when to take it. I've started my pms 13 days after coming off. Would I wait till I felt my pms starting, or just take when I think it may start?

Epsom salt baths (to do with magnesium) really help. Avoiding alcohol and sugar in the PMT phase too is also helpful for me.

I once cried over a chickpea because I felt sorry for it having spent its life in a can. 😂

that's some wacky pms.

I might give Epsom salts a go. Honestly, I'll try anything.

I think I could happily murder all mankind the week before D-Day and buy a million cats...solution has been to hide all axes at home, block my access to any pet buying websites, avoid booze and salt, and go for very, very long walks as well as try to get decent sleep. I get a bit hyper on the hormone surge so the ants in the pants need exercising.

B12 supplements and star flower oil.

Been a lot better today.

Bit anxious about SSRI, though. /:

I take citalopram for severe anxiety and it's had the bonus affect of stopping my PMS! I don't feel emotionless at all. I feel much happier now I'm not anxious about everything all the time.

Do you have any side effects on it?

Citalopram worked really well for many years for me. I had pmdd tho so needed it continuously all month. I've now had a full hysterectomy with ovary removal tho as if increased to the highest dose of ssri, tried oestrogel hrt to stop cycle, and every time I took the progesterone to give me a bleed I went nuts again. ( had my womb then so prog needed to stop endometrial cancer possibility)

It has worked really well. On oestrogen still but no prog as no womb and am mood free. There are groups on facebook to look into. Just search pmdd.

And I had no side effects of the citalopram. I've gone from40mg to now 20mg since my op a couple of months ago and will taper again soon to 10mg then will split tablets to reduce dose slowly to 0. Done slowly there are no adverse effects .

I had side effects - excessive sweating and inability to orgasm.

I had side effects (hot flushes, sweating, a bit dizzy sometimes and really tired) for the first couple of weeks but nothing after that.

I've decided not to go down the route of medicine unless it's natural. I don't want to be adding man made stuff to my body that could potentially add effects that weren't there before. I appreciate everyone is different, but I just don't wanna take that chance.

I'm all ears for the natural remedies, though. 😁