oh my god, my pmt is a force to be reckoned with! it's always worse when my bipolar is less under control, but it's usually like a severe mixed state episode which lasts about a week before coming on. i get cramps for 2 weeks and bad skin and chocolate cravings for 3 weeks! mad!!

going back on the pill has really really helped.

i actually had to request going back on it, even though i have no need for contraceptives, because it is a living hell and i make the world hell for anyone around me too when i'm due on. i am intensely aggressive, *****y, moody, tearful, angry - just horrible. a lot of my "sane" friends get PMT but they get a bit upset, a big sad, annoyed - i go right off the scale! it's horrible. when on the pill, i tend to cut my periods right down - 2 a year if poss. i know it's not entirely healthy, but hey, i'm not exactly a walking health book anyway and well, it's better than alienating every one i know every month!