Posted by akrake on August 27, 2001, at 13:30:20
In reply to Pre-Menstrual Syndrome (PMS) and Depression, posted by sweetmarie on August 26, 2001, at 5:28:36
Anna,I know how you feel. I've been having severe PMS for about a year and in April it developed into PMDD. I tried sarafem everyday for it. it stopped my symptoms...i didn't even know i was going to have my period the day i got it....a big change from before...but i had bad side effects. so i stopped.
i started a vitamin regiment in July (following Michael T. Murray, ND, PMS book's suggestions) and I'm hoping that will help with my PMDD. In July I also started Wellbutrin SR which has helped a little bit but not much....the hormones are the root of the problem (i suspect). a side note (and probably more than you want to know) is that i have an iud so my periods are longer and heavier(9days) and that makes the time when i'm not affected by the pmdd shorter and shorter...I'm only NORMAL 7 days out of the month!....so i was at wits end last week and on friday called my gyn doc's office (he wasn't there) and poured my guts out to his nurse. she told me to take my klonopin (which i wasn't very faithful in doing) to take the edge off the pmdd and to see him on monday.
so, today is monday. i've spoken to him and decided to stick with the klonopin (not everyday...only when needed) and wellbutrin. he didn't want me to go back on the sarafem yet...so i'm trying a new birth control called yasmin...which has been proven to help with pmdd (check out medscape....the press release has been all over the internet this weekend). i hope this will help me...the hostility is killing my relationship with my kids and husband.
hope that you can find some relief.
akrake
ps. are you on birth control pills? most doc think this will really help...i just didn't want to take the pill and have an iud at the same time...but i'm going to try it out for 3 months and see if i experience a turn around. AND there is also a new iud out that stops your period. i may consider that too...but i don't know if it'll stop the pms. good luck
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