My Thoughts on the Meanies

My symptoms are mostly all emotional except my sleep is interrupted a lot during PMS, and I get hot flushes for about a half-hour in the middle of the day.

I get very irritable, cranky, and snappish with people, so I try to avoid making big decisions during this time. Not good when you are running a business but it is what it is. I take a LOT of deep breaths so as not to chop heads.

For me, I take 75mg of Effexor XR, about 1000 mg of Calcium along with 200 mg of Magnesium and Omega 3/6/9 (double the dose).

I try to do yoga or stretch band stuff, but usually say "forget this" and end up on my favorite chair with my feet plopped up on the ottoman and stare at the TV until bedtime.

My husband, wisely, retreats to "his room" (the den).

I find that telling myself (this is ALL HORMONES and then doing three rounds of slow, deep breathing or taking a walk helps a lot - but only for a while). I can't imagine I'm going to have to continue to live with this until menopause, which could be a good 15 years away.