Jilli, I have no useful suggestions for you, but a wish that you can get relief and not have to suffer.
Also, I have some chocolate and salty snacks I can pour through the internet, if you like.
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WindSparrow - Nov 08, 2006 12:17:53 pm PST #565 of 10004
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
SuziQ - Nov 08, 2006 12:24:41 pm PST #566 of 10004
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Yays! Just got my seeekrit santa info. Can I say BOUNCE? Cause, well, yeah!
It appears that K-Bug has earned a 3.75 unweighted/4.25 weighted for her first quarter of her junior year. That includes 1 HP and 2 AP courses.
Atropa - Nov 08, 2006 12:24:43 pm PST #567 of 10004
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
There are drugs they can give you to lessen the PMS symptoms if it's becoming a big problem.
I've talked to my GYN and my GP about this, and apparently the drugs that are available to help with PMS symptoms are anti-depressants that have to be taken all the time. Which is a route I'd rather not go down; it seems like overkill for something that happens infrequently.
Also, I have some chocolate and salty snacks I can pour through the internet, if you like.
Tempting, tempting. Pete has offered to take me out later for cupcakes and thrift shopping.
Trudy, I would try your suggestion except (1) I don't know who of my friends I would need to talk to to get some, and (2) Pete would be SO very not thrilled at the notion.
WindSparrow - Nov 08, 2006 12:28:18 pm PST #568 of 10004
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Go, K-Bug!
Topic!Cindy - Nov 08, 2006 12:32:35 pm PST #569 of 10004
What is even happening?
Jilli, I used to work with a woman who had the worst PMS I've ever seen. She had to drastically cut back on her caffeine. It was a lifestyle change thing. She may even have had to eliminate it, altogether, because I remember knowing she'd fallen off the caffeine wagon, by just the look on her face.
If you have much caffeine, you might want to reduce it. I'm sorry. I feel ugly even suggesting this, because caffeine is my heart's blood.
Trudy Booth - Nov 08, 2006 12:36:08 pm PST #570 of 10004
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I believe in benefits for same sex partners, but I also believe in benefits for others with non-traditional arrangements (like two divorced sisters living together with one working outside of the home and the other taking care of all of the kids). I hope that's next.
Commie.
Scrappy - Nov 08, 2006 12:37:00 pm PST #571 of 10004
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I am on a low dose of Lexapro, which is used for PMS. It helped a lot with that and with insomnia.
vw bug - Nov 08, 2006 12:51:07 pm PST #572 of 10004
Mostly lurking...
I've talked to my GYN and my GP about this, and apparently the drugs that are available to help with PMS symptoms are anti-depressants that have to be taken all the time.
Really? They gave me Naproxen and had me start it the day before my period started, and I took it through day three.
Go K-Bug!!!
Sparky1 - Nov 08, 2006 12:51:14 pm PST #573 of 10004
Librarian Warlord
If you have much caffeine, you might want to reduce it. I'm sorry. I feel ugly even suggesting this, because caffeine is my heart's blood.
Reducing caffeine and increasing calcium seems to be the common wisdom these days for self-care. Also, I know that you take walks at work, and you shouldn't stop that bit of exercise even if you are at home. {{Jilli}} Feel better.
GO K-BUG!
Aims - Nov 08, 2006 1:02:50 pm PST #574 of 10004
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Ok, I had no idea that my uterus was so suceptible to the power of suggestion.
My cramps just hit like, whoa.
Effing Commie-Bastards.*
- Excepting Buffistas who are effing Commie Bastards.