My menstrual cycles are the defining "periods" of my life.

My menstrual cycles are the defining "periods" of my life. I have to plan everything else around them, though they are rather unpredictable. I've noticed since I started using this website and logging my periods, I averaged about a 35 day cycle for about the last 2 years, even though sometimes it's 40 days, other times 32 or so... No matter. The worst part about the whole thing is the complete and utter rage that I feel during the onset of my period. As a matter of fact, I was just reading another post that someone had written and it said something about "quit complaining until you've gotten a medical exam" and stop me if I'm wrong, but what are we doing here if not RELATING what we're going through, medical exam or not My God! Talk about rage! What an idiot... What I'm concerned about is the feeling I get while I'm driving when I am premenstrual. Besides the woman I talked about above, there are a lot of idiots, especially on the road in Southern California. You know, I usually don't talk this freely and let my feeling out, but that woman really got my goat - and no, I'm not even getting ready to start my period and I'm usually an extremely good and nice person.
Anyway, as far as symptoms go, the breast tenderness and acne has lessened with age 46-but there is a lot of pain in the uterus and back, not to mention a general feeling of overall flulike symptoms. I feel weak, too. One thing I've come to really dislike is the term "Aunt Flo". I don't know why, but there it is. I also have bloating and have to wear a pant size bigger, for comfort's sake, and I go through quite a few tampons. Someone else mentioned that they the liked Kotex Security brand. I also like them the very best. Okay, that's it for me. Just to let everyone reading know, I've never shared on anything like this, but between little miss "quit complaing" and the honest desire to find common ground, I just thought I would. You all take care and feel better!!
Sincerely, Linda