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hi i am having a really bad time with my pms at the minute. i keep having uncontrolable panic attacks and spacey feelings about 5 days before my period. does anybody else have these feelings or is it just me.. i have been to the docs and tried all meds but i am worried that i am going to have to deal with this for the rest of my life.. i seem to be able to control my anxiety at other times but this has me beaten.. please help!! any ideas?..

I don't really have any ideas to offer but I can offer you empathy! The week before my period is always when my anxiety hits its peak. To counter it, I watch what I eat and don't plan any major social outings during that week. When I start to feel anxious I tell myself that it's okay, it's just PMS and in a few days I will feel better.

I use bio-identical progesterone to even out my hormone levels and it's made a world of difference for me in my anxiety.

thank you for the posts and i will take on board what you have mentioned again thank you..

poppy I do believe if you learn how to handle the panic attacks you'll be fine. What is happening is you are having pms symptoms, which sure is bad enough in itself, but it's triggering the panic attack. So get ahold of those panic attacks and it will alleviate at least half those symptoms.

Then at the least you can tackle your PMS symptoms a number of ways through diet, exercise, hebs, etc.

Hope that helps.

It helps me just to remind myself it's just PMS. I also take Zoloft. However my PMS was so bad that I felt that wasn't even helping during PMS time! So my doc lets me up my dosage the week before my period and then go back down when I feel better. That helps alot. These past few days have been hard despite the meds. I'm just one of those "lucky" ladies who like yourself, just has REALLY bad PMS.LOL

thank you i am trying to remind myself that it is just my anxiety but it just seems hard sometimes. i really need to start thinking about taking some kind of med.. i dont really want to but im feeling awfully low at the min so need something to kick start me again..kind regards to you all..