Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: peri on March 23, 2015, 06:23:30 PM
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Hi
I haven't been on for a while as I got myself evorel 50 patches and ultrogestan (which I take vaginally) after researching and talking to the ladies on here. I really thought it was the best regime for me and I've been happy on it, except recently I've had a return of horrendous PMT. It starts a few days before my period and doesn't go until the worst of the bleeding is over about 2/3 days in. I seriously feel as though I go offside during this time, I'm emotional, irrational and cry a lot. It's almost as if its too much of a trauma for my body to have a period. The rest of the month I'm fine. I would appreciate any suggestions as I don't really want to switch my regime which is otherwise working. Hoping for some help.
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If your HRT regime is working, stick with it.
I was advised by the National Association of Pre-menstrual Syndrome to eat regularly, i.e. every 3 hours 24/7. The idea is that if the body is hungry then we get dreadful dips = anxiety, anger, nausea, tiredness - so a good carbohydrate diet i.e. grazing can help. Certainly it saved my Life. The idea is not to increase what we eat but to spread the diet across the 24 hours.
I had a puppy at the time: if I got up to let her out in the early hours she soon learnt that there was a biscuit on my side of the bed ;D and there might be 1 for her too ;)
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I found this helpful too. Find I need slightly more food in the 24 hours before I start, or I tend to get wobbly & dizzy.
Anything that helps with general relaxation - baths, gentle exercise especially walking in daylight.
Sometimes just acknowledging that it is my hormones making me feel awful helps. Sounds daft, but I find that reminding myself that the tearfulness, anxiety, anger etc is not 'real' even though it feels like it is makes it less difficult. I'm not naturally someone who cries a lot, so when I started crying for no reason (couple of days before my period in the past, but since peri-meno it can hit any time >:( ), at first I got really upset at being upset! Now I tell myself it's not me, it's the menopause and it puts it into perspective.
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I wish I could cry …….. would clear my feelings a bit :-\
Eat Girl Eat!
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That's me Dorothy upset at being upset. I'll try to talk to myself, maybe mark it in the calendar so my husband can take cover (lol). I do feel better CLKD when I eat regularly but it's a constant struggle not to go up to the next dress size - I could eat anything when I was younger. In the meantime I've made an appointment to see my GP and I'm going to ask to be referred to a menopause clinic just in case I'm missing something.
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One doesn't eat more but the idea is to spread healthy food choices over 24/7 ;)