beat my pms/pmdd

To make room for more specific goals.

Very exciting, I just so happened to start the Master Cleanse the day before I got my monthly. Well. (Have been doing the diary thing, but not entirely consistently yet). It really really helped! I had, by my dead reckoning, 2/3 less PMS symptoms. I think I may just lemonade fast every month for the 2-3 days around my start, if I can even get to the point where I’m keeping track well enough!

My husband has left the house with the kids – he’s taking them swimming so I don’t inflict torture upon the poor little darlings (including him). My PMS seems to have gotten so much worse as I’ve gotten older. I get more sensitive, more angry, need more time alone, and the food cravings are crazy.

I cut out caffeine and sugar about 3 weeks ago and had 3 mini candy bars today, and have been dying for coffee but have so far resisted.

I’ve been feeling just generally depressed anyway, and to have PMS on top of that SUCKS. I just wish my husband didn’t act like I was psycho and that my PMS is something I’m inflicting on him on purpose.

Ugghhh.

ok. i am very lucky these days, life is optimum in all respects. and yet, i feel like crap. why? pms. mood swings. this is not about an underlying problem, its about hormones. plus, i hate everything: yes, I am that irratable today. so irritable, i am attempting to not talk so as not to inflict what feelings will likely dissolve by end of my cycle on any innocent bystanders. did i mention that everything sucks? so, to that end, i think i am going to copy Sara and (another person with this on her list) and keep a journal. foods, moods, and other such data….