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Grand Magnate
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Jan 31, 2007 at 08:40 PM
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Howdy Ladies
 I am sure we can all relate to having PMS to one extreme to the other. Maybe we can help each other out. My question is: How do you cope during PMS week when your brain falls alseep for 8 days (feel like a zombie)? Mellors, put your wig, skirt, bra, and make-up on if you want to reply to this thread! 
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Elder
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Feb 01, 2007 at 10:37 AM
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I am one of those people who are completely out of it for two days... The pain, the zombie feeling etc...
What I have found to help is cranberry juice... but regularly, not just when you need it, Calsium and magnesium supplements and sleeping with a hot bottle at night... especially against my kidneys... But at the moment I don't have to worry about all those things.... ha-ha! __________________ 
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Wise Elder
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Feb 01, 2007 at 01:10 PM
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Ok for years I never understood that I had PMS, I always just thought I was depressed or *****y. LOL.
Now that I'm really getting to know myself, I'll get my period and then be like, OH that PMS was so good. But I'm still not noticing it as it happens......I'm 28 and still just getting to know my body LOL!!! So...don't have much to say as far as remedies go. My mom always said milk was good. __________________ |
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Grand Magnate
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Feb 01, 2007 at 03:33 PM
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thanks ladies
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Feb 01, 2007 at 03:56 PM
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My PMS seems to last (according to my husband) for 4 weeks at a time.
He has even called me a pitbull with lipstick! I guess I will watch this thread! Pilatus, your wig, skirt thing REALLY made me laugh! 
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Location: Mesa Arizona U.S.
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Feb 01, 2007 at 04:47 PM
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I can always tell when my time of the month is coming (PMS symptoms). I get very tired and have to have chocolate right before. I never write down when my period is to come because I always have these 2 symptoms a few days before it starts.
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Wise Elder
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Feb 01, 2007 at 05:28 PM
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YES........ I have to agree with Leslie here - CHOCOLATE always helps ME out once a month and it was even recommended by my GP / OB-GYN - but it must be DARK Chocolate to get the full benefit..... the chemicals in dark chocolate replace what we women hormonally loose during our cycle - I guess you can say chocolate is a proven HAPPY pill, from monthly cycles to not getting enough from your man.
Good Luck...................................... (and) if nothing else soak in a heated pool / tub. LoVe, Rhapsody -
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Feb 01, 2007 at 07:10 PM
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I know that using herbs can help. (My MD is also homeopathic.) Younger women can take blue cohosh, older take black cohosh (though it doesn't hurt you to take the other, it helps more if you take the better one.) Also EPO evening primrose oil does wonder with symptoms. There are others, why not check this out online searching? Feel better
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Feb 01, 2007 at 11:18 PM
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mmmmm chocolate .... definitly chocolate...... i loooooooove chocolate haha
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Feb 02, 2007 at 06:20 AM
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I think I'll go have some chocolate... mmmmmmmmmm.....
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Feb 08, 2007 at 06:46 PM
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I like to drink soy shakes for my hunger drive. Painting and doing art when I feel like doing nothing.
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Feb 16, 2007 at 04:40 PM
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I used to have very regular periods. Every 28-29 days. I kept track on the calendar, and the week before it was due, I would avow not to act on desires to kill anyone(my husband mostly) should the impulse occur. Just knowing it was THAT week helped a lot with the anxiety and paranoia that I sometimes got. Now I am in a spot as it appears I am pre-menopausal or perimenopausal and my cycles lately have been 5 -6 weeks. I do get the paranoia and anxiety 2-5 days before now but it's unpredictable--and this has been difficult to handle. Plus my periods are a lot heavier and the exhaustion has really increased. I am sure I will continue to rely on chocolate but I have to think it's time to start looking into herbal remedies described above.
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