((((( twirls )))))) OOOOHHHHH do I understand!!! I saw my doc a little over a month ago for the same symptoms. I had tracked my periods for a few months and the days between were going from 28 to 26 down to 25 and my mental status was absolutely terrible. I would cry at the drop of a hat, blow everything out of proportion, yell at the cat, and I was SO freakin tired. And the nausea and breast tenderness made me think I was pregnant. Then the cramps would be so terrible and the bleeding sooo heavy. She put me on a low dose birth control. I've been on Aviane for the last month. This time, when the PMS hit, I could tell it was hitting but I wasn't insane. It was like normal PMS. And then the bleeding was lighter as well and the cramps weren't as bad. I can definitely say the birth control has saved my sanity. Just being on it a month, I already saw a difference with my cycle.