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Hey guys,
Need feedback any of you guys have info on natural methods? remedies? I was looking for info and seems when my PMS start it it HELL! I can't function really really bad... I just noticied that a couple of months ago I couldn't handle anymore and I had myself taken out of work for a month. Then started the program and after week 5 felt better and was not in PMS so I was seeing clearly so I stopped it. I do not exercice yet I had trouble because I am so tired so I felt like exercice would just drain me. I know it's not supposed to be that way but I don't know anymore. Now they stopped me AGAIN for a month because I couldn't bare anymore... I feel not normal. I know I have a trouble with anxiety but usually during the month I can cope. When something happens I have no sleep or really stressed I come into a big episode which just landed me 3 days in the ER with test done and nothing wrong with me. My doctor gave me xanax(which I took 2 times and sent me into the biggest black hole I have ever seen I felt like dying and couldnt see the light anymore It scared the living crap out of my boyfriend... it happened the two times I took this pill. I told my secretarys doc they said it's not usally what happens but what does she know! I took Exeffor landed me 2 times in the hospital also... with cramps that I couldnt even walk. I asked the pharmacist about the xanax reaction he said if somebody is depressed it makes them plummet and since I had so much emotionnal drainage from the PMS it make me plummet somewhere that was really scary. Had thought I never even had in my life.

The ER doc told me to take my birth control pill continously and take some vitamine B. I started all that, also gave me Paxil which I can't make my mind to take since I just discovered something called Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder(PMDD) and that sounds a lot like my story. I want to delay taking the paxil for now because I know maybe with the exercice and keeping focused I COULD get thru all of this. Also I am looking at therapy with a life coach which I WANT to figure out WHY I am this way because if I take the medicine and it will always come back I need to search why I am like this... I am just 25 years old scared of not taking the pills because it seems to be just a once a month thing I can't handle. I am just scared of not taking the pills but with the symptoms that I had and week from hell I somewhere know inside myself I can do it with the program and maybe natural aide somehow...

Maybe I'll just start the Paxil...

Today this morning was not that bad.. this afternoon I've been crying for an hour which I never used to do .. I only cry at funerals .. I'm off work and all alone here it seems to add way more stress to the situation.. I didn't want to start the meds yet because I want to find the source of all of this ..I know I have negative thinking but am so stuck with this question for the meds..


Any help would be appreciate.
I'm so discouraged..



Thanks guys,

Jess

It won't hurt you to start the meds as directed by your doctor. They may be what calms you down enough to work the program to learn the tools. After you work the program and learn the tools you'll know when it is time to go off of the meds. The thing about phobics and ocd is that you want to keep the tools fresh in your mind. Always refresh and go over high points in the program.

You don't have to figure out why you are like this. You were born this way, so stop looking and move forward with your healing. Learn the tools. Use the exercises and nurture yourself every step of the way.

Jess, I know. I'm constantly trying to figure so many things out. I'm very surprised at your reaction to xanax. It's always been very helpful to me except it makes me tired so I usually take it at night or a tiny bit if I know I can take a nap. Yes, whatever can calm you enough to focus on the program would help. Good luck.

You asked about natural remedies for PMS that might help. I went through a horrific peri-menopause between 37-45. I experimented with alot of things; discovered right quick that prozac, etc were not for me...what happened to you is called a 'paradoxical reaction' wherein the symptoms the medication is suppose to relieve are actually worsened.

Anyway, I found that taking copious amounts of powdered wild yam capsules helped me. I graduated to the wild yam tincture and that helped, too. More significantly I found that a potassium supplement helped (but better check with your doctor to make sure your potassium level is not high.) You can naturally give yourself a bam of potassium by simultaneously taking a tablespoon of cider vinegar and a tablespoon of honey: the concotion creates a potassium boost.

I found that birth control pills also made me go WAY off the wall, like I contemplated suicide. You should consider getting off of them.

There are also progesterone creams and tinctures available which alot of women report they have good results with.

Further, if there is any possibility that you have a candida albicans problem, you shoul definitely get off the birh control pills, make sure your environment is allergy-free (I mean you REALLY have to clean up dust and mold and have proper ventilation.)

Good luck!

I had really good results from a transdermal natural progesterone cream I got compounded from a local pharmacist. Used it for two weeks before my period and it was the best thing I ever did for the PMS and the emotional ups and downs.

I'm really starting to think maybe my birth control.. I've been taking them since i've been 16 years old.. I am now 25 .. .seems 5 days before my period it is literally HELL I can't control my mood.. I have several panick attacks a day I feel like I'm in another world.... My doc wants me to try Paxil .. I took Effexor and xanax and had a bad reaction.. I'm wondering if maybe it's the pill. I don't know anymore ..I've been taking it for so long I don't even remember what I was like at 15 years old... I don't know what the solution is anymore.. so confused