Perimenopause HELP!

Posted By: FlaMT on 2008-01-04
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Okay, I need advice advice advice! Once a month I turn into this crab to no end. I know it is PMDD. I just know it! I have tried all kinds of medicines for this, now trying chasteberry, cohash did not work. A doc said I may be perimenopause. But there is no cure for it. Just eat well, exercise and all of that. Sure. I transcribe for a living, does that give them any idea? LOL.

Anyway, aside from putting duct tape on my mouth every certain time of the month, and aside from the Serenity mantra, what can I do? My poor husband. He knows why I turn into a shrew and he deals with it. I have managed to keep my ugliness to myself lately, but this month there have been 2 times I got crabby.

I won't give up chocolate or caffeine around that time they are what I crave! And no it's not all about me. I just want this time to pass in my life but it could go on for years. Been to the doc, I don't want those birth control pills. I tried just about everything I can think of. Thank goodness today my "girlfriend" showed up so I know that we are all safe (including me) for another couple of weeks before the crab shows up again.

If any of you out there understand what I am saying... and if you have some miraculous advice please put it here...I want to be normal and I don't want to have to "get fixed (my exhusband said that)" to be normal. LOL. Thanks in advance for your very important advice.

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Perimenopause HELP! - FlaMT
- what's *normal*?? Normal only means one has a - preconceived idea of what sanity is....LOL...n/m
  - I LIKE your answer.... now... maybe this is - FlaMT
- Primrose Evening Oil....healthfood stores - and perhaps St. Jphn's Wort for depression..sm
  - Thanks for promising the light at the end of the tunnel. - FlaMT
    - my gyne tells me that he has one pt who - and perhaps St. John's Wort for depression..sm
- Some info - SM
- You may want to consider this - marilyn
- The best is yet to come. sm - GoGranny
  - I started a soy menopause tablet - Misha
    - You know, that's what the doc said! He told me to plant a garden or - FlaMT
    - I agree. sm - GoGranny
- Wellbutrin worked for me... - mt of oz
  - Be careful if you have a tendency to anxiety/panic. Wellbutrin - is not the drug of choice for (sm)
- Antidepressants like Zoloft can help. I'm on it and - I had no symptoms whatsoever. - nm
- Oh, thanks for your help so far! - FlaMT
  - Coffe and Chocolate - Getting Older
- Perimenopause - Getting Older
- chasteberry - jlynn
  - i use ALOT of st. john's wort. sm - pmdd also

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