Posted by shelliR on August 27, 2001, at 17:00:06
In reply to Pre-Menstrual Syndrome (PMS) and Depression, posted by sweetmarie on August 26, 2001, at 5:28:36
> I suffer quite badly from Pre-Menstrual Syndrome. This usually begins about a week/10 days before my period and continues into it for about the first 3 days. It takes the form of :
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> * MAJOR irritation & hostility
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> * `Over` emotion, i.e. very weepy/sensitive
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> * Disorientation & clumsiness
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> * Worsened depression
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> All of these are horrible, but the worsened depression is the biggest bummer.
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> Do any of you females out there suffer in this way?
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> If so, can you offer any advice as to how to minimise it?
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> Thanks,
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> Anna.Hi Anna.
I've been thinking about you and wondering about the program you were waiting to hear from.
Also if your bath and kitchen are any closer to yellow. :-)I think akrake had a good suggestion with trying birth control pills. There are very low dose estrogen-progesterone that seem to help people. Also I use natural progesterone. It's helped me alot with the physical symptoms, not so much with depression, but for some women it really does help their depression. I get in from the pharmacy in vaginal insert form and is a bit messy (I use it at night for about ten days out of the month.) It is by prescription here and don't know what is available in the UK, but if you become more interested, I'll try to find out exactly what the compound is. The other thing I have done for many years when I was on an MAOI (instead of med trials, this past year) is to increase my AD during those ten days. I know you are pretty high up on yours, so I don't know if this would be possible, but you could ask.
I really do think about you and hope that you are feeling a little more settled out of the hospital.
Shelli
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