pms SomeoneElse This is the real curse of being a Woman. One can never quite sigh enough. One can never quite cry enough. One always has too much. One always wishes to crawl in one's shell on days like these. I wish I could type from under my desk... 000425 ... whrilgirl if only everyday could be this much fun... like removing half of your emotional range. 000716 ... uberbitch for one week out of every month ...is a constant state of barely repressing a harrowing scream. ...is also feeling maniacally happy and energetic...but this is rare. usually it's harder to wake up and brush my teeth, get dressed and generally live. crying is involved too, sometimes over nothing at all. tips for men: DO what we say at all costs. There are times when it's ok to just ignore your ego and go with the flow. And, if you feel like keeping the PMSing woman in your life, it would behoove you to do so. Be kind. Bring us low fat chocolate frozen yogurt (because we're complaining about how bloated we are, but are craving chocolate at the same time). If we need to be held, hold us. If we don't, it says nothing about you or us. It's a temporary thing, please try to remember that. I know i'm often sorry for some of the things i say and do when i'm rabidly PMS-y, but i'm too pissed off to care. And, one final thing....this is the most important of all. Do NOT EVER tell a woman that she is acting PMS-y. If she is, she will probably kill you. If she's not, she may spare your life, but it'll take a lot of apologies to calm her down. 000717 ... startfires it sucks when you have to say to a guy you've just met, "uh sorry, you can't really go down there today." 001005 ... CinnamonGirl uberbitch for one week out of every month, you make it sound like being drunk or something 010618 ... ClairE I really do start crying unexpectedly. Not at nothing, though, it's just at what I can will myself to walk through most days of the month. I become uber-AngryQuail. Pretty scary. 011126 ... no reason ugh. definitely a curse. i was really pms-y yesterday and i feel bad because i was pretty bitchy and i think people were offended. 020211 ... poeticmisfit rage, peace, anger, joy, quite, loud, mean, nice, confusion, hurt, happy, smiles, hugs. overall? it makes me feel out-of-control and frustrated. it scares me. 020724 ... phil today 020729 ... Scorshie My mom used to tell me I was pms'ing. When I really was. Man, that pissed me off. But really, who can rise above the CRAMPS? 030513 ... spathic mother of god. i've damn kicked through walls because of PMS..(at least i think it was) nevermind that boys do similar things out of whatever motivates their frustration (boobs or lack thereof, more often than not)...i geuss my point is that we're all motivated by hormones to greater or lesser degrees. now hand my my chocolate and get the hell out. 031011 ... shivers ouch, that pretty much all it means to me, oh the horror!!! im always hopped up on tylenol. i hate cramps. argh 031011 ... pipedream no, what i think is worse is some stupid know-it-all guy friend saying oh-so-smugly, "scientifically, there's no such thing as PMS". yeah, RIGHT, that scientist was probably a man too! and men PMS just as much as women do, i have tested and proven this theory. they so do. i like having the PMS reason for being pissy, it almost makes up for having it in the first place...hehehe 031012 ... job bunch of pussies, ignorant, anonamous!! 040528 ... emmi 3 out of 4 weeks, i fear that one week... i dread it, knowing what is coming, and knowing that i can't stop it... knowing i can't turn my back on my womanhood, my body- even when i try. 050919 ... yayaya its making me so incredibly horny 060823 ... lantaren/venster not so much pre as post menstrual syndrome. resulting in some verbal diarrhoea (why am i spamming people with so much random crap? its like all these words just keep coming out of my mouth), and the urge to yell at my roommate and her boyfriend to shut the fuck up and get out of the kitchen already you incompetent fucks. although to be fair, i want to yell at my roommate to get out of the kitchen most days. you may be the girly girl of the faculty, but you dont know anything about cooking or cleaning so please dont even bother. and shut your fucking door while you're at it. 110301 ... unhinged don't touch me don't talk to me especially don't piss me off 110301 ... re_alisma practically derailed, potentially once a month. thankful it's not as terrible as that each and every month. 110413 ... re_alisma don't worry it only gets as dark as a gas chamber. 110927 ... thieums Pancake Minotaur Snake 130308 ... flowerock pretty_much_sucks (ouch, cry, bitch) post_man_syndrome (In this life I am a woman, in the next I may be a man, best enjoy thus body while I can. OR when men act like they have a bloody uterus, man_bitches) I will use my uterus for good, not evil. It will not speak for me but it will empower and teach me. 140716 ... epitome of incomprehensibility Sometimes I wish my feelings followed logical hormonal patterns. I've been talky and overly bothered by things yesterday and today, and there's no menstrual hormones to account for it. Most likely I've not been sleeping long enough. And why am I craving sugar? Chocolate almonds and gummy candies and all those things that brought calories to my teeth when I stayed up nights trying to finish my Master of Uselessness degree. And when I have my period, I never know if my stomach will hurt beforehand. Sometimes it hardly does, and sometimes it really does. The uncomfortable heavy feeling is always there, boringly predictable, but I don't like not knowing what other pain to prepare for. Cycling helps relieve cramps, though, when running can be too tiring. 140717 ... unhinged cats claw get some 140717 ... flowerock We've used cats claw for other things, I didn't know it was helpful menstruatal shatoo. I will read more about that! thanks I feelike I am noticing that alot of blather folk are female, for some reason I just assigned "male" to many of you who are apparently female, I am happy to find that the female gender is well represented here ; ) today is a day off of "work". I slept in, cuddled with my puppy, walked puppy, ate dark chocolate and dark chocolate truffles with peanut butter for breakfast... now figuring out what kind of productive things to go do... but they're all frustrating stressful e things and I don't wanto pms all over the general public.I'm already making frustrated noises at the stove and computer... but they don't have feelings... do they? 140717 ... unhinged there is some stuff on the internet but ive noticed it lessens my fatigue and cramps significantly and maybe helps a little with the mood swings. i take 40 drops of tincture in water twice a day (if i remember) it supposedly works by thinning the uterine lining, so is also considered an herbal contraceptive. ive been mistaken for a male numerous times around here ;-) 140717 ... flowerock pretty mean, shit. problem's mostly self possibly my solution pre manic symphony post manic shitstorm probably mostly shitty in full force. chocolate bars dissapear into my mouth, I do not hesitate to speak my mind without thinking, I wanto punch things but restrain myself, except for the taxi that almost hit me and some other people in the cross walk. I got in a yelling argument with a gross smokr bitch and he gross smoker bitch friend because they refused to stop smoking where I have to stand and work, They were actually blocking my way to my work station and the information for customers. finally after she was spitting distance from my face I told her to go kill herself and her child by the curb as the law requires. her toddler had walked up and she was holding her cigarette next to his face. the law does indeed state at the cutb and if no curb at least 15 ft from and entrance/window /exit and she was infront of both my door and window. so I made a sign about it... 140812 ... unhinged if you are outside, the cars driving by are polluting your air more than a cigarette. you should make a sign telling people not to drive around you. other people dont deserve to be polluted by your emotional toxins either. we all pollute at some time or another. save the hostility for something more important. last month i was self_destructive at best. i had to stay home from work cause my mood was so fucked. i think i might have worked it out. i hope. fingers crossed. 140812 ... flowerock cars are much worse, this is true. tobacco smoke is more directly bothersome, makes me cough and sneeze and smells more strobgly. I was polite until they began yelling in my face with smoke in their mouths. I've never had so many hostile encounters where I live. from people or from cars. I did over react, it's not the way I would have liked to handle that situation. I reacted and without much thought. Unfocused, emotional. maybe I should switch to the instore position to avoid cigarette smoke, I just really hate it . most people are respectful with their smoking and I am thankful. maybe it s me? I have lost much of the patience I had so much of. 140812 ... flowerock Sore Insecure Frustrated Sad Sleepy Hungry Leave_me_alone Love_me 150618 ... flowerock I'm glad I have small breasts, because they swell up to twice their size or bigger during this time and it is painful and annoying... how do women with large chests do anything? I have to hold them when I run or my whole chest feels sore as if I did a ton of push ups. 150618 ... small boob guy i'm glad you have small breasts, because i like small breasts. 150618 ... flowerock. I have an app on my phone to help me track my menstrual cycles. The app sends me messages like "pms is coming up!" Thanks phone, for reminding to remind my loved ones that I am about to be a mess of sad_and_angry and so_on... also so that I have in mind that is what is happening so that I don't wonder why I feel so overly_everything all of the sudden and can maybe take deep breaths before innapropriately exploding emotional goo at anyone. It's a neat app, I like it so far, 3 months into it and it's easy to use and designed to be functional rather than super "girly" like some of the others. It's called "Clue" incase you've been looking for such_a_thing. 160210 ... f_a after too many symptoms and a complete shutdown, mind and body, an incomprehensible waste of space i was. birth control, vit d, b12, just to ease the depression for those 1.5 weeks. now i have a new set of symptoms to learn about, a new cycle of hormones to adjust to lower libido constant spotting increase in cramping one month passed. let's hope the body is adjusting. 160212 ... unhinged (have you tried acupuncture? i have had about 15 treatments in the past two months and while i started these treatments for my arm, it is also helping my mood swings and other pms symptoms. also, try not drinking water out of plastic bottles. i stopped drinking plastic chemicals and it also seems to have made a difference) 160212 ... epitome of incomprehensibility I feel unfairly lucky not to have much abdominal pain, because that seems to be common. It was only when my body decided to become lactose intolerant pretty much overnight that I knew what bad cramps were, and now that I know what not to eat I haven't had that feeling for a long time. The belly area bloats and feels vaguely uncomfortable and heavy before/during periods, but not terribly painful. But the hormones make me tired; the effect is usually as if I'd slept about two hours less. I'm not ALWAYS grumpy during PMS, as the stereotype would have it, but it's true I'm more LIKELY to be grumpy or otherwise emotional - just like when I'm tired. (People without vaginas: be constipated and tired, maybe with a headache, and you'll get an idea. It's not terribly mystical.) 160212 ... e_o_i Huh. I see now that two years ago I was complaining about belly pain. But that was when I was still eating things that I didn't know my belly didn't like. NOW I DON'T EAT ICE CREAM AND ALL MY PROBLEMS ARE SOLVED FOREVER. 160212 ... e_o_i Also, to "small boob guy": 32A bra-wearer here... but also, my feet are about exactly average - size 7.5 to 8, width B. I bet you don't have a fetish for women with small boobs AND average feet, do you? No. I am afraid that would be too much to ask. (Sigh.) Er, how do you feel about nose dimensions? Any special preferences? What about bicep-to-tricep ratio? 160212 ... f_a haven't had a chance for acupuncture. money is a factor, even community sliding scale, the birth control is fully covered. time is hard for me to schedule as well. even scheduling an annual took me months to commit to a time that wasn't a full day of work. i did notice that the depression was not crippling this month so that's an improvement, even with all the projects i put on myself. 160216 ... flowerock. I've read that pms and many of the difficult symptoms that can come with menstruation are not normal.and are a sign of a hormonal or some other imbalance in your body. I already know my hormones and digestion are out of balance, and it's all related. Cutting out plastic is a good idea, not one I can easily do in my current living situation, I should, but I probably won't for some time. Accupuncture sounds wonderful, time and money are an issue in most things, it just depends on what we want to make a priority and how quickly we can accommodate that decision. There are probably cheaper options to help the same issue... I've been taking vitex capsules and it has helped. They're fairly inexpensive but work over time so you need to take them regularly for a while. I'm a fan of finding a diet that fits your bodie's needs, too. Food and herbs and motion. Maca has been great too. And recently I've harvested some pine_pollen, if you have pines near by, pay attention and look for the male pollen flowers (not technical) then go with a jar to knock the pollen from them into your jar. Supposedly it's good for hormone balancing as well and not cheap to buy. Also it is tons of fun to collect! If that sort of thing excites you... I felt like a kid in a candy store. 160217 ... unhinged collecting my own medicine sounds fun :-) there are community acupuncture clinics in seattle that are sliding scale $20 - $50 per session. there may be similar clinics in the bay. i am trying to convince my brother that lives in oakland to try it too. a pleasant side effect is those little needles have done wonders for my mood. 160217 ... flowerock. In Berkeley there's an Accupuncture clinic with sessions for $15 on the lower end of the sliding scale. Harvesting wild food and medicine is so much fun! It helps me to be shown how so that I'm sure I know what I'm doing to avoid poisoning myself or hurting the plant's ect... Also wanted to say that of you're taking birth control that you should check with a reliable source before combining any herbal or other medicines with it. 160217 ... unhinged i dont take birth control pills. i know a young healthy girl that had a stroke because of them. i dont think they are safe. 160217 ... flowerock. Glad to hear, I'm convinced that hormonal birth control and devices like the IUD are generally unhealthy and bad ideas. I mentioned the combination of bc and herbs because f_a above said they were using bc and having issues. I'm sure they know well enough to check before taking new things, but just incase... I wouldn't be surprised if vitex interfered with it, but it may not. I had a horrible time with bc and should have listened to my mom who warned against it. My aunt had stroke from bc too, she did not die, but it wasn't good. Maybe some people's bodies handle it better than others? 160217 ... nr i'm curious to hear what alternatives to birth control people use. but obviously it's a personal subject (then again, this is blather). i never knew birth control could be so dangerous. i used it once but hated what it did to my body, so never used it again. 160218 ... flowerock. Keep track of your cycle/fertility Personally after two abortions because I became pregnant even with birth control and condoms (they break) I decided not to have sex with anyone I would not be alright reproducing with, just simpler that way. Otherwise, track your cycle, pull out and/or condoms... there are herbal options I have not tried, I think queen Annes lace is one, but research that with a good herbalist before just taking it. 160218 ... srealismas i didn't have a stroke, but birth control landed me in the hospital then i had to take blood thinners for about three months. part of me thinks i did way too many sun salutations one week, and it caused the clot in my leg which made it to my lung. i was doing sun salutations while not being perfectly skinny... but the doctors said it was birth control. still now i do 3-4 sun salutations not 20. 160219 ... unhinged a very good friend from high school also had a blood clot in her leg from birth control. hormonal replacement therapy is known to cause cancer in menopausal women and birth control is essentially the same synthetic hormones. this stuff is not safe no matter what a doctor tells you. 160219 ... flowerock. It's always so bad and seems to last so long. I want to eat everything and sleep and cry. I drove yesterday, it took ally strength not to abuse my horn... I had my thumb ready on the button anyway. It's exhausting and I am overly conscious of my breasts as they get noticeably larger during this time and it's uncomfortable and I feel like everyone notices even though they probably don't. 160409 what's it to you? who go blather from