PMS + PMDD, Causes and 5 Tips to Reduce Symptoms

PMS (premenstrual syndrome) affects most women, around 50%. While some symptoms are mild, most women experience a disruption in their work, home, and relationships due to these symptoms. But this does not have to happen.

Symptoms that significantly impact a woman’s life quality include psychological symptoms (irritation, anxiety, and depressed mood) or physical symptoms (headaches, fluid retention, breast tenderness, abdominal pains, or cramps). The diagnosis of PMS occurs when a woman has persistent symptoms that occur in the luteal phase of a cycle.

Severe PMS forms may meet the Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) criteria. PMDD is characterized by emotional lability or dysregulation, which may include outbursts of anger, depressed mood, anxiety, and interference with functioning at home, school, and/or work. It affects about 8% of women with PMS.

The conventional treatment by most doctors is to treat the symptom:

–you get headaches, here is a migraine medicine.

–you have depression, here is an anti-depressant.

–you have breast tenderness and swelling; here is a diuretic.

But this does not reverse the cause of your PMS/PMDD. It just treats the symptoms.

Women do not need to suffer each month; they can get relief by looking for the underlying cause of their symptoms.

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