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PMS, I haz it
So far today I've blown 7 dollars on pretzel M&M's and diet coke. My cravings tend to vary, and I usually go for one or two higher end treats (like a fancy cupcake or an ice cream bar) instead of today's gas-station inspired binge. My grandmother had a monthly visit to one particular store for a chocolate covered cherry for years and years.
How do you cope? First person to suggest that I'll feel better by consuming lots of water and carrot sticks dies.
How do you cope? First person to suggest that I'll feel better by consuming lots of water and carrot sticks dies.
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Permalink Reply by Mamawho on
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Dude, I don't know. Maybe my 30s are stripping off the last of the badass veneer of my 20s.
GG said:What *is* that? I never considered myself a crier either...it started last year - including general PMS symptoms seem more intense - including 1 crying jag a month.
Mamawho said:I've always been weirdly regular. I knew I was pregnant when my period was not present on the morning of the 15th as it had been for years. I have only recently begun to have PMS - I'm not a crier, but stupid little things, usually sweet ones, will set me to crying a few days a month now.
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Permalink Reply by Boring User Name on -
On a related note: Tampons. I have boxes and boxes. I think in the months before my pregnancy I was traveling (and although regular, I always forget when it is due) and was always buying new boxes. Post-pregnancy, my periods are uber-light and I need about 4 tampons per period. So, I have millions and millions of unused tampons and they just piss me off.
As for PMS: It was nasty, nasty after I went off the pill, but these days it's been pretty tame. I'm not sure what that means. Probably deadly hormones if I would get pregnant again.
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Permalink Reply by Future Fox on -
Red wine and a good cry.
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Permalink Reply by MamatothaMax on -
I am bipolar and take weekly prozac. You can tell when I'm due for another pill because I get uber irritable. It's like having pms for one day a week.
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Permalink Reply by kommishoner on -
My period used to be timed like a Swiss watch; every 28 days on the button. I had cramps that required horse tranquilizers, but at least I knew when they were coming. And PMS wasn't too big of a deal. I could kind of feel my body "warming up", too, so I had a good idea of where I was in my cycle and how much longer I could expect it to be that way.
My post-pregnancy periods, however, are an entirely different story. It comes whenever the fuck it feels like coming, lasts anywhere from 2 (!) to 7 days, comes with or without terrible cramps, etc. It's like my body got set on shuffle and I just get whatever pops up next.
The PMS, however, OH MY GOD. It's gotten progressively worse over the last 6 months. Last month it was terrible, with tears and recriminations and unfortunate outbursts in staff meetings. This month I am truly not fit for public consumption. I've spent the last three days misanthropic, full of rage, depressed, hating everyone from the car in front of me to my dearest friends, and my boobs are so sore I yelled at the little man this morning when he snuggled up to me. The best part? I've had cramps, fatigue, bloating, and bone soreness (I get that a lot with cramps - so weird) for two days, and I don't even have my period yet. WTF. If I don't get it today I'm going to have to open up a fucking vein. Seriously. Kill.
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Permalink Reply by mightyninjamom on -
The vitex I take every day keeps me from killing my family, but thus far it has not killed my food cravings. Other than that, it is more or less on time, with minimal cramps, and lasts less than a week. I love my vitex. I wish I could take the pill and not get my period at all, but my liver isn't that nice to me. Without the vitex I become irrational, enraged and headachey. The food cravings last a LOT longer, my cycle can be anywhere from 15 to 38 days and the cramps are obscene, regardless.
So, I guess that's how I cope. Junk food and herbs. I know...strange combo.
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Permalink Reply by ferret on
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Got this book from the library. it has a whole section on easing your monthly dysfunction syndrome
chocolate, isolation, some of the restorative yoga poses (from the book above) works well, and books about goddesses
Yesterday I finished reading The Mists of Avalon and got my period :)
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Permalink Reply by DLBK on -
Having a child has made me a lot more emotional. I listen to the radio in the car and hearing about anything sad about a child or her/his parents can easily make me cry.
Mamawho said:Dude, I don't know. Maybe my 30s are stripping off the last of the badass veneer of my 20s.
GG said:What *is* that? I never considered myself a crier either...it started last year - including general PMS symptoms seem more intense - including 1 crying jag a month.
Mamawho said:I've always been weirdly regular. I knew I was pregnant when my period was not present on the morning of the 15th as it had been for years. I have only recently begun to have PMS - I'm not a crier, but stupid little things, usually sweet ones, will set me to crying a few days a month now.
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