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What PMS symptoms do you have and how severe is it?
Since I turned 30ish-my symptoms are getting annoying. I usually retain about 4 lbs of water for 2 weeks, having a feeling like I'm never full for 4 days, my hips ache at night for 4 nights and can get a bit crabby for a couple of days. LOL
This new phase of my life is getting sucky! In my 20's I could eat anything and have a normal, non-complicated cycle. lol
I get seriously cranky from about a week before till day three or so of my cycle. That is the most annoying thing to me. The only other thing is serious bloating! I rarely get cramps, thank goodness.
KarlaB
08-23-2002, 07:38 PM
Originally posted by Amy/CO
I usually retain about 4 lbs of water for 2 weeks, having a feeling like I'm never full for 4 days, and can get a bit crabby for a couple of days. LOL
I took out the part about your hip aching and I could have written the post! I also sometimes get mild cramps but nothing like I used to before dks. Oh and I feel like I eat and eat and eat!. :\
karla that is creepy that we were separated from birth, by a couple of years :), and I ended up being the very cool big sister who was raised on the East coast! I think our body types must be very similar..... scary huh??? ROFL
Mickey
08-23-2002, 08:29 PM
Never knew what PMS was before I got pregnant--after having MB, it was awful. Typical water retention, bloating, etc., but I also got this extreme feeling of agitation for 1 or 2 days before I started. When I started taking the pill, it stopped all the symptoms and I loved it! But...I can't take the pill anymore since my surgery. I'm on a monthly bc shot now and I have the same symptoms again--it's wierd because I know the absolute second I start because I get an overwhelming feeling of relief from head to toe! Hoping I can switch birth control soon (to the new patch) because it has the same hormones as the pill. Need to lose 20 pounds to do that, though.
littlesista06
08-23-2002, 09:55 PM
Originally posted by Mickey
...I'm on a monthly bc shot now and I have the same symptoms again--it's wierd because I know the absolute second I start because I get an overwhelming feeling of relief from head to toe! Hoping I can switch birth control soon (to the new patch) because it has the same hormones as the pill. Need to lose 20 pounds to do that, though.
Mickey, I'm interested to hear a little more about your bc shot... how long have you been doing that (don't remember how old MB is) ;)
And what do you know about the patch - why more weight loss?
I'm trying to decide what bc to go on - spoke w/my ob-gyn and he gave me the options, but have not made a decision or looked into it much yet.
As far as the question posted.... I turn into a total b**ch! No cramps, water retention, etc.
Mickey
08-23-2002, 11:54 PM
Originally posted by littlesista06
Mickey, I'm interested to hear a little more about your bc shot... how long have you been doing that (don't remember how old MB is) ;)
And what do you know about the patch - why more weight loss?
I'm trying to decide what bc to go on - spoke w/my ob-gyn and he gave me the options, but have not made a decision or looked into it much yet.
As far as the question posted.... I turn into a total b**ch! No cramps, water retention, etc.
I e-mailed you, Jennifer...hope that was ok!
KathyT
08-24-2002, 07:11 AM
Basically I turn into a roaring B!tch about 5 days before hand, and retain a lot of water, and have an insatiable appetite. I hate PMS!!!!!
Well, for two weeks out of the month, I blow up two sizes, my breast become giant balloons, I am a bitch and then I don't have a period.
KarlaB
08-24-2002, 10:06 AM
Sounds like we all have such wonderful symptoms!! :rolleyes: And, these poor men in our lives....NOT!! :p ;)
I don't feel sorry for them one bit! I think it's easier to live with a bitch than to be one!!!!!!!
lindaM
08-24-2002, 10:49 AM
Okay I have ones that have been mentioned but how about this one. My teeth get loose for about a week? Don't know why but they do. They always tighten right up when my period is done. I just don't bite into an apple that week.
KarlaB
08-24-2002, 11:27 AM
Originally posted by lindaM
Okay I have ones that have been mentioned but how about this one. My teeth get loose for about a week? Don't know why but they do. They always tighten right up when my period is done. I just don't bite into an apple that week.
Wow! Never heard of that before. I sometimes dream that I lose a permanent tooth and it always freaks me out....your pms symptoms would probably send me over the edge! ;)
littlesista06
08-24-2002, 11:27 AM
Originally posted by lindaM
Okay I have ones that have been mentioned but how about this one. My teeth get loose for about a week? Don't know why but they do. They always tighten right up when my period is done. I just don't bite into an apple that week.
Oh my!! 8o
Anything and everything annoys the ever living snot out of me the week (sometimes two weeks) before I start. Cramps were there and always hungry. I've been on the pill since Jan and everything is so much better! :) I get a little annoyed with a few things, but nothing close to the way I was before, cramps are completely gone and I'm not as hungry.
Originally posted by Amy/CO
Since I turned 30ish-my symptoms are getting annoying. I usually retain about 4 lbs of water for 2 weeks, having a feeling like I'm never full for 4 days, my hips ache at night for 4 nights and can get a bit crabby for a couple of days. LOL
add crampy to the list and we could be twins...my hips ache too...wierd huh...not really crabby...BI*(^# is more like it...and only for about 24 hours prior...
I enjoy being a Girl...;)
Cathy
08-24-2002, 12:31 PM
In the past 2 years, I get killer cramps (like when I was a teenager!), but other than a craving for carbs that lasts about 3 days, I don't really have any problems. I guess you could say sometimes I'm a b%$@# for no reason at all! LOL
Except for the water retention, the eating thing bugs the crap out of me! lol I swear I could eat 3 HUGE meals a day and still snack inbetween. The calories I consume on those days are obnoxious!
Does anyone one crave a particular thing? I just want to eat big meals. If I don't start in on the sugary stuff, then I'm okay, but if I start, then I crave it as soon as my glucose dips and its constant.
Originally posted by Amy/CO
Does anyone one crave a particular thing? I just want to eat big meals.
BIG meals here too....I lean toward those salty chips and salsa or Fritos...GROSS....hence the water retention....lately though I haven't been giving in...although I ate an entire canaloupe that I sliced up on the first day of my monthly last week...8o
darlene
08-24-2002, 04:11 PM
I could drink litres of water about a week before my period starts. Then approx 12 hours before I get wicked cramps. Some months I get really bitchy others not....just to keep the family on their toes! :lol:
:)
JeannieOR
08-25-2002, 01:22 AM
I have bad cycles and good. I never good bad cramps but I've noticed a week of two before I get uncharacteristly decisive. I know what I like and what I don't. First I load up on carbs, especially the chocolate kind. I often tackle projects I've been putting off because all of a sudden it's bugging the crap out of me. Most of the time I avoid confrontation but during PMS I no longer mince words. I often wait until that special time of the month to deal with certain people. ;)
On the down side I sometimes get very fatigued after a strong PMS high.
Marla
08-25-2002, 07:05 AM
Crampy, bloated tummy, sensitive breasts and always looking for chocolate :snickers:
Originally posted by Marla
always looking for chocolate :snickers:
That describes me on a daily basis!!!!! What's wrong with me???
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