Anyone else suffer PMS/PMT

Jac · 21-10-2007, 09:38 AM

I'm getting so bad I think a visit to the doctor is needed. I'm like a Christmas card....always greeting (crying) really bad mood swings and dreadful acne. I was putting up and being quiet about it but I really think I need help now. The last couple of nights Ive woken up with my heart racing and sweating. Not a panic attack though.
Has anyone else been like this or similar? If so did the Doc help?

Tink · 21-10-2007, 09:42 AM

yes, it turned out they had to switch my birth control because my weight had fluctuated causing my hormones to not be so agreeable to the prescription i was already on. i also saw some info on PMDD..you may want to check it out. i would go to the doctor, hun. they can probably help..here's a link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premens...horic_disorder

Jac · 21-10-2007, 09:48 AM

Thanks Tink. Yip that about sums me up. I get so angry as well! not the normal me

Grete · 21-10-2007, 12:45 PM

I know how you feel Jac, for years I had rapid mood swings, crying, angry, anxiety. I felt like I was going to explode sometimes. Anyway it turned out I had PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) and it was causing a massive hormone imbalance. It was treated with a hormone releasing coil and I haven't had any problems since.

Your doctor can do a blood test to see what your hormone levels are at and that should give them a good indication of what needs to be done.

Jac · 21-10-2007, 01:11 PM

Grete I was thinking about getting an appointment tomorrow. Does it matter what time of the month you go? Just started this morning

Erin · 21-10-2007, 02:18 PM

Ive always been like that Jacs,my mom dragged me to the doctors about when Iwas 15 cause I was evil!!!!!!

,they put me on the pill and its not been so bad since then.
I did come off the pill for a while when I was about 19 because I thought it was making me fat

and I had to go back on after a couple of months,I was soooo horrible,pooe Ed put up with alot then,both his mom and I were due around the same time so he was stuck in the house with 2 hormonal women

Jac · 21-10-2007, 03:24 PM

Well Ive got to do something thats for sure. He ignore's me and that makes me worse.

Grete · 21-10-2007, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Jac

Grete I was thinking about getting an appointment tomorrow. Does it matter what time of the month you go? Just started this morning

I don't think it does for the hormone test but it's worth getting an appointment tomorrow if you can anyway. You don't need to be feeling like this so start the process now at least and don't let the doctor fob you off, it's affecting your life negatively and not just a little.

*hugs*

Grete · 21-10-2007, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Erin

Ive always been like that Jacs,my mom dragged me to the doctors about when Iwas 15 cause I was evil!!!!!!

,they put me on the pill and its not been so bad since then.
I did come off the pill for a while when I was about 19 because I thought it was making me fat

and I had to go back on after a couple of months,I was soooo horrible,pooe Ed put up with alot then,both his mom and I were due around the same time so he was stuck in the house with 2 hormonal women

Interestingly, when I was 15/16 is when I started manifesting the symptoms too - have you ever been checked for PCoS or had your hormone levels checked? I didn't get diagnosed until 7 years ago (and I'm 34 now).

Jac · 21-10-2007, 03:47 PM

Funny I have been researching it on line today. They say having a baby can trigger it off. Ceilidh is now 6 and I recon I have been feeling like this for about 6 years. The midwife said it was post natal depression along with recovering from my back op. Also it's more prone in "older" woman. Well I'm 46. If I type it quickly it doesnt hurt so much

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