Does it seem like you have more bowel movements during your period? Don't mean to be gross. I'm just curious if I'm the only one.

My doc suggested I track my cycles for a few months to determine if my symptoms are in fact PMS/PMDD or if they're actually depression.

Does anyone have a link to a good tracking chart? Or maybe a chart you put together for yourself?

Hi, I'm Den, 37 and newly (finally) diagnosed. I've suffered with it for a while and was blown off by one GP (the ONLY problem I ever had with her). My new GP finally listened to me and we're currently trying to do something about it ( Read more... )

I seem to have ovulated early this month. Oh, joy ( Read more... )

I've been a skeptic ... hadn't even tried the stuff. But some evening primroses are growing wild in my back yard, and starting to shed their seeds, and I started harvesting them ... then thought, before I go to all this trouble, why don't I try the capsules to see if the stuff even works for me ( Read more... )

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I'm currently playing around with light therapy and darkness therapy in the hope that it will regulate my hormones, and have just found a couple of interesting articles about melatonin in women with PMDD here and here. Light therapy is already a well-known treatment for depression, and darkness therapy is beginning to gain some support, ( Read more... )

End of my first month on Yaz.  I just took the last "active" pill two nights ago.  I will say, my symptoms definitely didn't go away completely, but it helped.  I really do think it helped.  I wonder how bad these next few days will be while I'm between packs.  Will it be even worse because it's a more sudden drop-off?  At least it will be shorter ( Read more... )

I was reading about natural ways to treat PMDD and had a good laugh.  As I was reading this ...

"Regular aerobic exercise can help ease premenstrual symptoms. During the luteal phase of our cycles (i.e., the second half), endorphin levels in the blood and brain drop. Endorphins are opioid (painkilling), euphoria-producing chemicals produced ( Read more... )

I've been tracking my symptoms for almost four months now.  I've already been on anti-deps for A.D.D., they most certainly do not work to curb my PMDD symptoms.  I have a laundry list of terrible moments as a result of PMDD and not knowing how to manage it.  I'm only 30 years old ... but I want my ovaries out.  I'm tired of my life being ruled by ( Read more... )