Anger Prevailing in PMS

i have suffered for years like yourself, doc prescribed fluoxetine and since then i have not had pms symptoms, takes about 6 weeks to work.

this is normal but try to cool yourself dear

This is totally beginning to scare me I think my BF is going to wind up leaving me as a result.  I get so angry I tell him to leave and not come back and then I feel so overwhelmingly horrible.  I really need to find out how to resolve this as I really don't want to lose him and I just began to notice that it's two weeks before my period that this happens every time.  NOT COOL.

No actually, this is not "normal". We are not talking slight mood swings here. And when this happens to people, they cannot control it. That's the problem. It ruins people's lives. Grace, I hope you are continuing to fight this. Don't let it beat you. Keep trying things until something works! It is frustrating, I know. Diet & exercise are a great place to start. I am a yoga teacher and I dont' get to do yoga much because I am teaching it all the time, but when I do go at least 3x a week when I am in my PMS phase, it helps immensly. Eat lots of fruit, veggies & whole grains, stay away from sugar & alcohol, and keep trying different supplements.

I am confused on how these post. sorry. I think it was pawelski that wrote the original message, not grace.

Around a week or two leading up to my period im extremely emotional to the point my back and ears are hot or my hands start to shake out of anger. Instead of sleeping ill stay up all night crying. I am unable to focus and i become extremely paranoid. My friends and family say they know when im on my period because im a totally different person. I work out of 5days a week and sometime more than that. I don't drink soda, eat junk food, or eat much candy. If someone has a natural solution to get rid of this please me know.

It's not Bipolar if it was it wouldn't just happen for few days a month.

I was just reading everyone's post as I, too, have this premenstrual dysphoric disorder.  I suffered from post partum depression after both of my children and am on a low dose of anti-anxiety/depression medication.  I am very healthy conscious and take supplements to help with my depression.  I was taking calcium for quite a while and then I stopped taking it this past month...well, my pms symptoms were awful and I couldn't understand what was going on.  I then starting looking up extreme pms and found the prementrual dysphoric disorder.  For a natural treatment, there were supplement recommendations and one of them was taking 1200-1600 mg of calcium carbonate daily, 100mg of vit B6, 500mg of magnesium.  I also want to caution people about supplements as NOT ALL SUPPLEMENTS are the same.  I have a business with a natural nutrition company called Shaklee so I have more insight into this industry.  I am NOT trying to sell anyone anything, but just wanted others to know that there is relief in a natural form.  I will be going back on the calcium immediately and up my other vitamins!  If anyone has any questions please don't hesitate to send me an email. 

I so understand where you are coming from!! I have found that being alone and taking walks helps me when I get this way during the month! Sometimes just sitting quietly somewhere outside and just breathing helps. You are not alone.

I am just starting to look into this more from a estrogen hormone angle and less from a mental deficiency angle. I was prescribed many antidepressants to use just before my period began and none helped. I was going nuts and the only thing I did figure out with the help of my GYN was that roughly 7 days before my period I was going to be a mess and to expect it. Sometimes though I was just surprised, and like you all it was taking a huge toll on my life!

So 7 days pre-period I would take a very low dose of xanax daily, which helped for a while, but I hate what it did to my alertness. So I recently found this:

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which helped me determine that I fall into a high-estrogen category and that my copper really took off pre-menstration, which made sense when I started researching this. So, I started this regimen of suggested supplements this month, so hopefully it works so I can stop taking xanax each month!!  I guess there is also a low-estrogen plan suggestion if you are nuts on/after your period too, which I'll try if the high-estrogen plan fails.  What I found most interesting was the relationship of the sodium/potassium ratio to copper levels, which made sense to me because I knew I had varying potassium levels based on some tests with my regular doctor.

anyways - I'll try this for a few periods and then go see my gyn to ask her about it...hope it helps me and gives you all more information...Good luck!

I was put on birth control to relieve my symptoms and it worked wonders. However, it was discovered that I have a disorder that causes blood clots, so they had to take me off the birth control. Now it is worse than ever. I even lost my job because of it. I'm afraid of what could happen if I don't find relief.

I have been on fluoxotine for years and still, each month to no avail the week before my period I am an absolute devil woman. I am irritated by nearly everyone and everything. The symptoms get worse each year that I get older too. I also think I might be going through peri menopause.

How do I send you an email. I am extremely interested in Natural remedies. I have had horrible pms symptoms for years and it seems to be getting much worse as I age. I have also had some signs of perimenopause. The last few years have not been good but now with these sweating attacks on top of it all... I need help.

i feel exactly same and periods are frequent so too often feelin pmt symtoms drivin me mad am going to go doctors i think :)

Hi pawelski, at the time of writing, it is a day after I cried my eyes out, banged both hands on the kitchen counter (they're swollen now), pushed my grandmother with the broom, yelled my lungs out, and felt unbearably helpless and depressed. It used to happen every month for me until - that rage, anger rising from within - until I realized it only happened once every month. My period is due tomorrow. I read this article and found it helpful: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1230096/My-periods-nearly-killed-marriage-A-woman-reveals-PMS-volatile-strain-relationship.html

People say exercise and cutting down on caffeine helps. My family drinks tea A LOT. I personally don't think we can completely eliminate those feelings during PMS, but we can control how we respond to them. I think talking to people who understand helps. These people will remind you that it's that time of the month and help you dissect your feelings. My fiance does that for me. We use the Period App and it reminds us both that my period is coming. This won't prevent you from reacting to other people, but it's a start. I tell myself, "My period is coming, my period is coming" and "it's PMS, stop it". This helped for the past year. Yesterday was doomsday because of the following point.

Don't keep pent-up feelings. I did that yesterday, because of stress at work, and I didn't express any of it because my family was away. When my 80-year-old grandmother peed in the thrash can, that was the last straw. If you know you're particularly vulnerable at this time, share your stress and frustrations with other people before you blow up. You may still blow up a little at some small provocation, but at least it won't be volcanic.

I feel the worst about myself during this time, mainly because I do the worst things during this time.

But we can overcome. With God's help and with some careful measures and help from others (mainly in providing forgiveness), we can overcome.