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thank you ladies for being here and sharing your insight. here is a topic i would cherish feedback on....

PMS. how do you manage mood swings and the flood of negativity that comes with the surge of hormones?

this is kinda new to me. when i was younger my health was poor, and as a result my reproductive system didnt kick in to overdrive. then it all changed. i got healthy, and fertile and had a few babies (in four years time.) more recently i have been witnessing the surge that is PMS.

i am glad i am old enough to know myself so that when the crazy thoughts and emotions start to creep in, i can be wiser about the situation. ie: i am very comfortable with myself as a person and with my relationships with others. when the PMS starts to creep in i feel horrible insecure. i start manifesting problems out of issues i know do not reflect my true feelings. i am old enough to see this, and take a step back, but i cant stop the crazy thoughts.

and when days like today, where i was over tired and confronting complicated relationship issues, i became a TOTAL MESS... sobbing uncontrolably and being totally consumed by feelings that dont really reflect how i feel any other day of the month.

the beginning of this year i started taking birth control and these symptoms were rested for the most part; but after three months on the pill my old health problems started to become an issue again. it is unclear if the pills were related to my digestive health issues, but out of desperation to get my health back i stopped taking them.

so here i am, 3 and a half weeks after stopping the pill and i am a complete mess. i have the knowledge that it will most likely pass in a couple days, but i need to learn holistic ways to maintain a better relationship with my hormones.

so whatdaya think ladies?
any interesting PMS stories to share?

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The pill fucked me up.

I only took it for 2 weeks once eons ago but I felt awful. It will probably just take some time for ur natural hormones to level out. I've heard rumors that too much soy can effect estrogen levels. I'd say lots of hydration, exercise, and sex (which I'm currently not having and it's driving me nuts). Every once in a while I will feel kinda bloated and feel like weeping, and crave chocolate- so I let myself weep, I take it easy (or go for a walk if I can, whatever feels better), I eat chocolate and the next day I get my period. I think listening to what ur body wants to do and paying attention to it helps. Wish I had more insight than that, but I feel pretty happy with my hormones lately, except for the ones that want me to have sex and drive me crazy and make it hard to concentrate. Been working out at the gym, doing yoga, a lot more frequently.

  • By Birdie at 05/26/2010 - 7:03pm
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I've never been sure

if mine was PMS or a combination of PMS and depression or just my personailty.

I spend about a week of every month feeling angry, cheated, and impatient with just about everything in my life. I also crave food to a degree of white-knuckled frustration that is physically painful to endure, yet the weight gain and general malaise brought on by the crappy diet leads to feeling even worse.

It is difficult during that week to keep the feelings under wraps. Rather than let my wrath spill over or allow anyone to see my nonstop eating, I usually hide out from the family by staying out late and going right to my room when returning to the apartment.

Using birth control pills helps to some degree. The cyclical nature of the moods continues, but it feels less severe.

Acquiring the pills at a workable price without having to deal with doctors, clinics, exams and the rest of the package is an ongoing project, but that's a different topic.

Back to PMS...during the non-PMS days, I still feel the general unhappiness, but I don't let on because it's just not fair to the rest of the world. During hell week (which I never actually recognize is Hell Week until The Curse lands, and then I say "Oh, gee, that must be why I've been feeling so out of control!"), it becomes very difficult to keep the feelings of dissatisfaction and extreme impatience hidden.

I've never been sure if the angry, cheated, impatient, famished week is the one that needs to be treated, or if it's the only time that I'm authentically in touch with my politially-incorrect nature.

Hmmm...this probably wasn't much help, was it?

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  • By Glamorous at 05/24/2010 - 1:41am
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I know someone will have good

I know someone will have good suggestions. And I'm gonna listen cos I have terrible mood swings too, with the PMS (actually for me it's once the period has started, not before). It actually got WORSE when I was on the pill. And whoo-boy: add overtired and I am one CRAZY-ASS lady. Now, I'm fairly sensitive in general, temperment-wise, a bit high-drama-ish, but it just gets worse. I can't stand me at those times and any little old thing can push my buttons. And like you, I know they are buttons that are being pushed and not "real" - or at least it's like I'm outside myself, looking on & thinking, okay I know where THIS is coming from!

anyway, hopefully some hipmama will have good ideas!!

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  • By turtle at 05/23/2010 - 2:13pm
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