Thread: Miseryguts

Grotty, slightly poorly 2 year old + horribly broken nights and very little sleep for what seems like forever + messy house because we are sorting out and getting rid, so kitchen full of crud + huge dose of mega monstrous pms = very miserable and fed up mummy.

I just wanted to run away this evening. Lije wouldn't stop his loud whingeing cos I went downstairs to cook tea which just stresses me out big time. It is not his fault he is feeling a bit under the weather but I am finding him hard to cope with at the mo because he is being relentless and cos of the stupid pms. I hate it so much. It didn't help that dh had fallen asleep on the sofa at just the wrong time either. He is usually semi helpful.

A few years ago my doc at the time gave me cypramil cos he said it would prob help the pms. I have been so tempted to go to the docs and request some again. Don't really want to go down that route though if there is an alternative. I am only like this for a few days at the end of the month and then it isn't always so bad, just mainly. I don't have any kind of relationship with my current doc. She prescribed anti-d for pnd and wasn't very impressed when I didn't take them even though I explained it was because I didn't want to give up breastfeeding. So I don't really have a lot of trust in her.

This is prob not very coherent, sorry. Feel like a bad mummy cos I have been cross and impatient most of the afternoon. I hate the guilt I get during blinkin pms time.

Oh no Dora, I'm so sorry, I had no idea you were feeling so low

I think the problem can be that when the pms is really tough, you can't face tackling it
When you can face tackling it, you sort of bury your head in the sand and think ahh, its not so bad, I won't think about it

You don't have to feel like this Dora, there are lots and lots and lots of different options
I had rampant pmt but the mirena coil seems to have taken a great chunk of it away (I still have a shitty day but its much more controlled - and one mildly shitty day a month is better than 7 days of being half ready to leave home and / or hurt myself)

Then there are several more natural solutions such as Starflower oil, magnesium&Vit B supplements and others, before you need to think prescription medication

promise me, promise yourself that next week you will start to research your options and try to reduce the pms

As for the mess, make a list, and just have one clean, tidy and very organised area that you can escape to when all the mess is overwhelming

hi i take evening primrose oil for my pms it just takes the edge of it u take one a day try that see if that helps you aswell

Dora, life is pants sometimes.

P.M.S is horrible. I would go and talk to your GP and ask her if she has any non medical treatments to help the symptoms of PMS. I remember last week I was watching Street Doctor on BBC1 and the doctor gave some diet related advise.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/womens_h...tive_pms.shtml
direct quote from the BBC website for street doctors
"
Dr Ayan meets his first patient who is suffering with agonising premenstrual syndrome.
If you suffer with premenstrual syndrome Dr Ayan suggests. Reducing foods junk foods like sweets, cakes and chocolate. Cutting down on alcohol and caffeine. Getting plenty of sleep and exercise. Vitamin B6 or Evening Primrose Oil may help. And remember you can always see your GP for further advice."
Not much use really but I really just wanted to offer moral support.

from me as well.

I have just a couple of days of general 'life's not fair, it's pants and I'm going' but it's not to the extent where I feel I should do something about it; I'm lucky.

Yours sounds very much like you're beating yourself up about it as well, and that's no good for you at all. Try different things until you find something that helps you, I know diet and exercise work wonders for some ladies.

If not, then back to the docs you must go. Is yours a practice where you can ask to see an alternative doctor? It sounds like you don't have a lot of trust in your current GP so switch to another within the same building perhaps? Alternatively, pharmacists are usually a huge font of info, have you a local one you can have a chat with?

Take care hun xx

Thanks for the advice and support guys, it has really helped. I will see what natural help there is out there. Don't really want to take prescription drugs for it. The pms has been not too bad today suprisingly, no sign of the curse yet, lol. I will get worried if it still isn't here in a weeks time. That would be a whole nother set of probs, lol. Thanks again.

you might try, as a couple others have suggested, Evening Promrose Oil. I get terrible PMS and the EPO really does help a bit. I still don't much feel like skipping about, throwing flowers and petting bunnies but it does help me feel a bit less like I'd like to take a bite out of everybody who looks at me wrong and lessens the need to cry every time I get a crosseyed glance. It's pretty good stuff and all natural.