r/PMS

Just some background info before I get where Im trying to go: I (21F) have pretty variable pms symptoms that I think might border on pmdd (currently working on figuring that out...). I get everything from severe mood swings, cramping, migraines, fatigue, panic attacks, anxiety, etc. The symptoms seem to vary by month, where sometimes I'll have almost no symptoms, and other times I'll have all of them. Sometimes, even surprise, new symptoms show up. The one consistent factor that I can always rely on is timing. It's like clockwork (as it should be lol) and always starts about 2 days after ovulation, progressively gets worse until 2-3 days before my period, and then I'm back to normal by day 3.

So, the problem isn't necessarily my cycle. She's annoying sometimes, but at least I can prepare myself and change my habits to accommodate whatever changes happen that month. It's that no matter what I do, this almost always affects my relationship. I've been with my bf (23M) for 3 years, and for 3/4 of the month, we have probably an above average healthy relationship for college age couples. We don't fight, we communicate, we accommodate each other's ridiculously busy schedules, and we still manage to make time to spend time together. The minute luteal phase hits, he can't seem to understand that I'm not in control of what my brain is doing. I can't make more estrogen appear out of thin air. Believe me, I really wish I could. We both work in the sciences (I will have a whole degree in physiology next week) so it's not like he doesn't understand what's happening. I don't know how else to explain that this isn't "mind over matter" or whatever. I can't slap a smile on and suddenly feel amazing. I hate feeling like this too, so I'm not sure why it's so offensive when I say the dog is too overstimulating and I don't really want him to sit and breathe on me lol. My bf is never actually mean, and I'm also probably feeling the negative energy more than I would on any other day, but it gets old.

I'm not here just to rant about this though, I really do want to know if any one else has found a way to get through to their man, because I know this is an experience that many women have. I'm not looking for the "break up with him" answer, that isn't helpful because I really do love my relationship, and this is more of a gripe than anything else and is not truly damaging me or him in any way.

Thanks for any input, or just reading all of this.

I have severe symptoms on the first day of my periods. I vomit in almost all my cycles and sometimes I even have diarrhea. The pain gets reduced a few minutes after vomiting.

Recently, I have started having severe vomiting 3–4 times, sometimes even throwing up bile. Is there any general medicine or home remedy that help to control vomiting? Please let me know.

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Do you have months where luteal is absolutely terrible, and some where it isn’t? Also for women in their 30s did your pms get worse as you got older? My worst thing during luteal right now is extreme hunger, like such bad hunger that if I don’t eat every 3 hours I get the shakes and I sweat and get dizzy, and this causes me to gain weight and my jeans won’t fit anymore, how can this be fixed ?!

Hey ladies of reddit, I need some help trying to ease my girlfriends worries about potential pregnancy since she gets extremely anxious over things like this.

For context a day after her ovulation cycle ended (according to flo) we had intercourse. Completely safe intercourse might I add, we used a condom and I did not ejaculate at all while inside her since she gets extremely anxious if I do, even with a condom on.
That same day her breast started to hurt, at first we thought it was because of rough intercourse, but at this point it’s the second week and they hurt even worse! She says it’s like carrying two big bruises on her chest.
My mom is a Nurse Practitioner and she told my gf that it’s normal and it will be fine, and we’ve looked on Reddit and it says it’s normal and it will be fine, but she still is anxious. Like extremely anxious.

Now here comes today, so first thing I want to get clear is that according to her Flo chart her period is supposed to come in 3 days (the 6th), and this is when her normal PMS symptoms usually come into play. Well, they indeed came today. She began cramping and almost flipped the fuck out and has been a mess since they pain began. I’ve tried to give her a pregnancy test but she refuses then since she’s “too scared”. My mom even told her that cramping 3 days before the period is normal, but she’s still stressed the flip out.

My real question is, can anyone offer her some advice to calm down? We are literally the safest college students out there sexually wise and she STILL does this every time we have intercourse even when she initiates it. I can’t take it anymore because finals are soon and she will fail is she doesn’t get her head straight and focus. Anything help yall, thank you