Period and Symptoms

[2quilt]

I get viscious, angry tempe,r bitchy when hormones fluctuate. If anything goes wrong, I am rabid.

 

[Manic11]

Yes! I feel like this as well.
PMS can't help that's for sure! However, I have had these moments plenty of times when it wasn't even close to "the time". So yes, its definitely hard to say.
In my opinion, you can't completely blame it on PMS. However, PMS definitely doesn't help!
*Sigh* And men think they go through so much! LOL:rofl:

Manic

 

[Butterlamb]

Thanks!!

I never really had PMS symptoms before PTSD (but again i experienced my trauma at 15 so i had only been experiencing my period for a couple years) This post was very helpful in knowing that im not the only one.

Diana, I actually just began counseling this past tuesday on campus (before the evil me could kick in), so i already have the ball rolling :) Thank you so much for your input

Butterlamb

 

[ebell83]

I recognize and can sympathize with a lot of what is being written on this thread. Thanks ladies, this is something I couldn't quite grasp until I saw so many
women saying the same thing here.

 

[tryintobreathe]

What's that saying? There's nothing worse than a woman scorned? I think it should be there's nothing worse than a PMS'ing PTSD'er!

Jen

 

[Grainne]

Right with you there Jen!!

I'm with you gals. I have a terrible time about 1.5 weeks before my period. Every one of my PTSD symptoms get going at once and I always find myself struggling to get back into balance (or, my usual off-balance stance, anyway).

It's good to know I'm not alone in this

Grainne

 

[onebravegirl]

'Sometimes its hard to be a woman'

I think thats a song! I had the same experience for years. Making myself as comfy as possible, and Bonnie Raitt helped me through...Thetas some great woman hurtin' music! Wishing you comfy rest,
O

 

[Spacechic]

Grr Hormones.. yes I notie a mood chnage around that time.

 

[blueangel371115]

I agree. Just had mine and everything just imploded.

 

[disconnect]

Absolutely. I've been put on the pill to try to help with it. We'll see!

 

[Heather]

I've been wondering about this very thing..... About a week before I get mine everything gets magnified about a 1,000x's. I hate feeling this way! It's an emotional rollercoaster ride through hell. I'm angrier, sadder, more depressed, more likelier to be suicidal, homicidal, promiscuous, cut myself and just act recklessly in general etc. etc.

And to add to my misery my cramps are so awful too 'cause when I had my surgery they found a cyst on my ovary -- Oh joy. Which is probably the cause of my pain.

 

[freakofnurture]

I am happy to say that I don't have PMS. Sometimes I feel disgusting in a sexually connotated way during the first days, but that's really rare. I don't go psycho, rabid or berserk, no increase in depression or other symptoms. I actually thought for a long time that PMS was merely an invention by juvenile males who want to invalidate their girlfriend's anger.

EDIT: Oh, and I often get inexplicably horny on the last day before I start dripping :D