How do you deal with PMT as a feminist?

[RagingWhoreBag]

I’ve always flat out denied that I suffer with PMT, as I honestly haven’t ever felt that it was a big deal for me. Perhaps a little more tearful or irritated thank usual, but nothing that I would admit to.

Potentially ex “D”P has a nasty habit of calling me out on it when I get pissed off about something during the “time of the month” and it gives me the fucking rage, which then proves his point that I’m over reacting.

How do you, as a feminist, accept your biology without buying into the bullshit that women are emotionally unstable (and therefore historically disadvantaged and dismissed)?

I’m trying hard to find the balance between accepting that perhaps I’m a little more forthright at certain times (as we all are when hungry, tired etc) but that I’m not a raving lunatic who doesn’t know what she’s doing/saying.

Have women bought into the notion of PMT despite it doing them no favours in the eyes of men society?

BlooperReel - interestingly GP is testing for diabetes as well as lots of vitamins and thyroid etc. I hadn’t realised it could cause mood swings.

All this just reminds me that we need fewer doctors claiming the female body is a toxic mix of raging hormones, and more doctors looking at the natural cycle of a women's body and how to address issues like mood swings, or the physical consequences.

I didn't have mood issues, but I did have irregular and lengthy periods. The ob gyn said "oh, we can fix that" gave me hormones. Ended up with moodiness, and heavy heavy flows with accompanying with recurrent anemia.

That and relationships are hard. Best to you raging whatever happens.

sorry about the typos.

Thanks Lilly. I was actually considering taking the pill to try and straighten out my hormones if that’s an issue. However, then he’d be pissed off if I lost my sex drive and I’d be pissed off at having to put up with any of the other lovely side effects, all to stop me being a bitch for one day.

To be fair, if the relationship weren’t such a pile of dog poo anyway maybe I wouldn’t get so pissed off. Think it’s time to make the decision with my head not my heart

All this just reminds me that we need fewer doctors claiming the female body is a toxic mix of raging hormones, and more doctors looking at the natural cycle of a women's body and how to address issues like mood swings, or the physical consequences.
Exactly. Well said.

@RagingWhoreBag yes it can be particularly bad if he hypos, it's like dealing with an angry, irrational drunk person. He is 5 stone heavier than me, so trying to 'control' him for want of a better word is almost impossible when he gets like that. He can no longer throw my PMT 'mood swings' in my face because I get a bit snappy, as it's not a patch on him in a hypo.