Comments on: Intervention & PMDD

By: admin

admin — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:37:57 +0000

Enchinique,
If you haven’t joined the mens forum (free), I recommend you do.
There are a lot of Men over there discussing what it’s like living with someone that has PMDD.
As always, I’m always here to help too.

By: Enchinique

Enchinique — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:39:10 +0000

I really was hoping in this thread to find some other guys who successfully discussed PMDD with their wives. I think that JS, the first poster, hoped for the same. I don’t really expect apologies, but it would be nice. And breaching this topic and successfully getting buy-in from your spouse is not exactly easy, when she thinks all these monthly explosions over little things are for one reason only (cough *me* cough). Sigh.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:44:00 +0000

Mary,
I am doing more research on this to see if I can find some factual and personal info on it.
I will post it as soon as I find some good stuff. :)

Hang in there!

By: PROLIFIC

PROLIFIC — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 07:50:31 +0000

learning to stay positive, take control, and enjoy life that’s the moto.good!

By: Stefanie

Stefanie — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:11:48 +0000

I’ve been taking Yaz, and it has helped tremendously. I still suffer from some symptoms, but to a much milder degree. I feel so much better. I would get your hormones checked to see if they are out of balance, sometimes a hormone imbalance causes the symptoms to be worse. I found out my estrogen was really low, which made my PMDD symptoms so much worse. I have a list on my blog journeyofacrazywoman.blogspot.com of low estrogen. You can find lists by doing a google search too.

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:04:08 +0000

I have been living with PMDD probably a lot longer than I even know – but in the last 6 years or so is when I became aware of what it was and that I had it. “It” is so crazy! I really hate that my family has to deal with me. I have two awesome children and a wonderful husband and then there is me – the bitchy one who is always mad or angry. Ugh! Of course I’m not ALWAYS like that, but basically two weeks out of every month.

My question is can hormone therapy work? Anyone have info on that?

By: admin

admin — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:28:08 +0000

I’m so glad to hear this!
You guys always know that you can email me or post and if you have an emergency just put emergency PMDD in the subject and I will get back to you anytime. If you need a phone call, even long distance, give me your number, I will do that too.
I’m really and truly here to help!

Stef

By: admin

admin — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:26:44 +0000

Hi Lynn,

I apologize for the late reply, things have been crazy around here. I will try to reply to each part of your post.

First, a huge thank you! If it weren’t for readers and commenters like yourself this site wouldn’t be any good either. I am thankful that I can turn my living with PMDD into something positive, in a sense. I deal with and have dealt with so much in regards to my PMDD as a teen, young adult, Woman, Woman and married Woman and Mommy that I believe I really can make a difference sharing my stories.

Second, I don’t believe you have to be ‘diagnosed’ with PMDD anyway. Unfortunately, 1/2 the time docs miss the mark anyway. That being said, I don’t mean we should all self-diagnose, but with PMDD the only tests they can run is the same thing you can do yourself. Keep a calendar and be honest with yourself. It should be a repetitive calendar of events for at least 3 months, of course paying attn to any outside sources or events that could be throwing you off your course as well. Also, from my blog you know the symptoms, they go from the same charts, that’s where I got mine. :)

Third, having the general anxiety disorder: Is this something you have outside of your PMDD time or just during? If it’s outside of your PMDD time that is of course another thing all together. Also, if it is outside of it, the PMDD is going to throw it into overdrive during your PMDD time, regardless. Where you may be able to control it better during your regular days, you may need to really watch during your 2 wk time because you have prob found it to be GAD on steroids at times. This may be the reason you feel it is getting worse. I would need more info from u on that.

I have said before, there is not a special doctor that deals with PMDD, sadly enough. In my ebook #1 I discuss that when I have moved and had to leave my favorite doctor, I began making phone calls rather than appointments. I called and asked to talk to the nurse or have the nurse call me back. They would call back from my msg or the doc would. I would ask how much they deal with PMDD and see from the phone if they are comfortable prescribing meds, IF you are thinking you may need them. Things like this before I make an appt. I have seen Gynecologist and I have seen Family Doctors.

Yes you want to get more control over your PMDD. You don’t want your kids to stop coming to you because they are afraid you might be in one of your moods. Also, I don’t care how strong of a husband you have (mine is pretty darn great too), but at some point they have to protective of their lives too.

Questions I have for you. Are you exercising? I don’t mean you have to be hitting the gym, but do you at least get outside and walk? Do you eat crappy food or do you eat pretty good? Are you staying away from processed and junk food during your 2 wk time. Stay away from red meat during your 2 wk time, along with alcohol and if you can caffeine during your 2 wk time. Are you able to get any sunshine, I know right now depending on where you live it may be hard, but it can help so much, when the sun is out, get out there. :)
Do you take any vitamins? Drink lots of water?

Any additional info would be great.

Stef

By: Lynn

Lynn — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:55:58 +0000

I totally agree with you. I am always feeling like “What the H–l is wrong with me. and it can’t be fixed. Then I came across this website and now feel as there is HOPE.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:49:47 +0000

I am very happy to have found this site. I also want to thank you for taking the time to support people like me. I am 33 years old and have been feeling very angry, testy my kids like to tell me. I seem to snap at my kids and husband over the dumbest things. It almost seems like if they sneeze the wrong way I yell at them. I have not yet been diagnosed with the disorder yet, but have most of the symptoms of the disorder. The symptoms begin about 1 to 11/2 weeks before my period starts and end or at least lessen a great deal about 2-3 days after my period starts. I have been diagnosed with general anxiety disorder but am not being treated for it. I am trying to handle it without the help of medication, but it only seems to be getting worse. Especially around my time of the month. My question is, who do I go to for treatment of this disorder and diagnosis of it? Any help or advise you can give would be greatly appreciated as I feel if I don’t get help for this I will lose my family. I’m already pushing my husband out the door and I’m afraid if I don’t get help He will finally go out the door and not look back. Not to mention that I don’t want my children to think it is ok to act in that manner when they get older. Two of my daughters are in their teenage years and I don’t want to push them any further away then what normally happens as they become older. Again, thank you…