Member Advice on PMS

Pre-menstrual tension (or pre-menstrual syndrome) is something that just about every woman will experience in her lifetime to some degree. We girls can all relate, our hormones rage a riot in our bodies and we turn into mad shrieking banshee type women, wielding weapons and causing havoc and misery with everything we say and do……. well, according to most males anyway! But as Ian (Excelle) is joining me in this opinion, I shall allow him to add his experiences as a ‘victim’ and express the male point of view! But as I’m currently in the throes of mad axe wielding ... more

Girlies...why do we put up with it? Do you think if men had to bleed for a week every month they'd just accept it? No way, they'd have had it sorted out decades ago - they'd be putting something in the water to stop it! I dunno, I think we're accepting this far too easily. However, moving away from the actual bleeding part, which is uncomfortable and a nuisance, we have the part which affects the men in our lives...the PMS. Never fear guys...I've done my best to put together a bit of a how-to for you. Each woman is of course different and I predominantly speak from my own experience, but ... more

Female hormones can be a terrible thing, and as you get older and start to have those wonderful things called "periods", then there are other things that can hit you very badly. Not only do women have to put up with those horrible stomach cramps and all associated with periods, but many women also suffer with pre menstrual Syndrome, and the purpose of writing this review is to relate my experiences, and how I managed to make my life better once I understood how my body was working. WHAT IS PMS PMS is a short name for all the feelings that a woman gets before her period. Even men reading this ... more

THAT time of the month? For me it means gutwrenching pain. Lower back, abdominal aches as well as headaches. Coupled with bad mood swings means most people don’t tangle with me when I’m suffering from Pre Menstrual Syndrome. I do feel sorry for the bemused friends and flatmates who wonder what they’ve done to get a shrill ‘WHAT are YOU looking at?’, ‘Oh are you STILL here?’ or worse a blank stare. I apologise to anyone that has been unfortunate enough to have been shouted at or ignored by me. I can’t drive well when I’m suffering from PMS ... more

PMS/PMT - both really mean the same thing: PMS - Pre-menstrual Syndrome and PMT - Pre-Menstrual Tension. Either way its bad news! Anyway im going to tell you how to recognise the symptoms, who gets it, how to avoid it, what to do when you've got it and how foods can help! YES really..... So who gets it? *************** Women being the obvious answer i know (D'oh) but as many as 8 out of 10 women have physical and emotional symptoms - known as PMS. These symptoms can cause women to be uncomfortable and upset and emotional challenging for no particular reason. In short the answer is "COZ I SAID ... more