My friend and I were just talking about this. Both of us have been getting worse and worse every month and we're both on the pill to try and help with that. She's gone so far as getting on an AD for it because its just horrible every month.

I'm the same way. A few days before I get my period, I get absolutely crazy. I start questioning my relationship, I pick fights with my boyfriend, I start getting totally unhappy with him, I stay on my couch and don't want to leave the house and I worry about the future.

My friend said that her doctor told her, that after we release an egg, even if its not fertilized, our bodies start "nesting". Much like a pregnant woman does. The doctor said that might be why we get so depressed and irritable and questioning everything, even our relationships. Because unconsciously, we're thinking about the future life of our unborn child.

This was like a total aha moment for me. It made total sense. If my body thinks its gotta start caring for a baby, no wonder I'm going nuts. For me, it made even more sense that its worse since getting with my boyfriend, because he's the one I want to have a child with. Before him, I didn't want a child. So it makes sense that if I'm "nesting", I'm gonna go extra nuts thinking about the future and analyzing everything thats wrong with my life.

I've always heard that PMS and PMDD were chemical imbalances when we get close to having our cycle, but I never understood why.....until I found out that my body is "nesting" an egg. As soon as I actually start menstruating, it starts to get better.

So I don't know if that helps anyone, but it sure helped me. My friend and I told our boyfriends to tell us to call each other when we start pmsing really bad. So we're gonna try that next month, to see if we can talk each other down.