Maybe a little dramatic but they do really effect me.
I only get bad symptoms for 5 days of my 28 day cycle, so I understand it could be worse and people suffer a lot more then what I do.
However for those 5 days I get the following symptoms
1 - Exhausted, as in real fatigue and want to spend the day lay down, I end up falling asleep at around 8 in the evening.
2 - my whole body aches, especially my legs and arms.
3 - pain all in my stomach, back and top of legs.
4 - breathlessness, not as in gasping for breath, but can feel it if I walk up the stairs for instance.
5 - shivering on an evening
6 - night sweats.
7 - really annoying headaches
8 - feeling very anxious and low in mood.
9 - feeling nauseous and having loose stools.
10 - brain fog.
11 - weird vision.
To start with I thought this was maybe anaemia, but had a blood test and all was fine.
I can cope with the pain and some of the more physical symptoms, but the fatigue and anxiety really effects me to the stage I struggle to function.
Has anyone else suffered these symptoms related to their time of the month. If so have you ever found anything to reduce the symptoms???