Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)

Lots of women experience premenstrual syndrome (PMS) before or during menstruation. However it is always difficult to define whether woman needs professional medical assistance for relieving PMS symptoms that become more and more severe.

Here are a few cases that definitely require doctor consultation:

- PMS regularly impacts your everyday life and make you unable to do your usual jobs and activities

- You feel like losing control under the situation with PMS symptoms.

- You already used some drugs or therapy to relief the symptoms, but it didn’t help

- Severe PMS symptoms like depression, head and muscle aches, irritability, etc. still present after menstruation started a couple of days ago.

When Is It Time?
Sometimes it is enough to use simple measures at home to relief PMS display. If you constantly experience PMS every month before periods, it is time to change your lifestyle a little to help your body to manage with unwanted symptoms.

If diet, healthy lifestyle doesn’t help or the symptoms become even worse, it is certainly the tile to visit a doctor. Most of physicians will ask you to keep a diary for at least two menstruation cycles before visit to clinic. So the earlier you start, the earlier he will be able to help you with correct treatment.

It is reasonable to keep a menstrual diary if you feel problems with PMS. As a rule, such diary includes the following information:

- The symptoms you experience and their display

- Dates when the symptoms start and finish

- The date of ovulation (if you can define this)

- The menstruation start and finish dates

Whom to Ask for Help
Your attending medical doctor can define the reason of symptoms you experience and make a diagnosis of PMS. Anyway you can consult your doctor, and if he or she is qualified in other area of medicine, you will be referred to one of other specialists.

The list of specialists you can go for help include:

- Nurses

- Physicians

- Therapeutists

- Family doctors

- Interns specialized at women’s health care

- Gynaecologists

If the situation with PMS is too difficult, it is better to consult direct specialist, gynecologist, who will prescribe you correct treatment therapy schedule. In case if symptoms have more emotional character or in case of PMDD (premenstrual dysphoric disorder), you will need additional help of psychologist or psychiater, who will help to manage with stresses.

One of the most popular treatments of menopause symptoms is estrogen therapy. One of its side effects occurring in big number of cases is weight gain. As the reason of weight increase is estrogen that is required for relieving menopausal symptoms, it is impossible to stop taking it and reduce the weight fast. In this case the regulation of body weight requires much knowledge and time.

If the problem of excessive weight becomes urgent, the best way of its solution is consulting a doctor for prescription of non-estrogen therapy for menopause treatment. In such a way you will be able to fight hormone-related weight gain and come to norm with diet and lifestyle correction. According to modern variety of medications it is fully possible to select the treatment that suits your body with minimum side effects.

Scientists have different opinions
The controversial results of various studies do not lead to one certain conclusion of estrogen influence on body weight. Some of them say that there is definite connection between hormone concentration and the weight increase, while other connect weight gain to age changes. In the age around 40 human body gain weight more intensively. To prevent obesity or unwanted kilos it is better to reduce food intake and use physical exercises.

It is fully possible to control your body weight using the combination of diet + physical training + non-estrogen treatment. You can even improve your body shape during menopause paying more attention on your appearance. The reaction on hormones is very individual, but it is one common effect occurring during the course of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) – most of women gain extra weight.

The effect of HRT
Hormone replacement therapy results in extra weight for most of women, but each case is very individual. Some women can manage with weight loss easily, using little physical exercises and limitations in diet, while other need strict long-term diet and everyday exhausting training. For better results it is necessary to study your own type of body, habits in lifestyle and diet to see what is preferable to change. Using correct changes it is possible to gain great results in fight again excess weight.

When using hormone replacement therapy the concentration of estrogen in the body is constantly increased that lead to intensification of weight gain. If it is impossible to refuse from HRT, the only solution is to reduce its dosing.

In addition to HRT limitation it is highly recommended to follow the balanced diet and select the type of physical exercises that will help to gain the best body shape. By the way, such changes of the lifestyle will help not only to control body shape but also to relieve other hormone-related symptoms of menopause and its therapy.

Don’t think that you are lonely with your body weight problem: millions of women worldwide experience the same impact to their shape from hormone replacement therapy. Obesity will never become your problem if you will do exercises, follow diet and pay more attention on this problem.

If you are afraid that your body weight became out of control, it is better to consult a physician to define whether it is the side effect of HRT and it is normal or it was caused by other disorders. Anyway there is a therapy that will help you to come to norm.

The modern medicine defines premenstrual syndrome (PMS) as one of the most multi-symptomatic disorders that impact women’s physical and mental health during the time before periods. This can be a few hours or a few days, up to weeks before menstruation starts.
One of the most popular PMS symptoms is excessive liquid retention that is the consequence of disorder in urinary system, when urine formation is decreased.

As a result of excessive liquid storage women can experience swelling and weight gain. Furthermore, it can increase the breast tenderness. The rapid weight gain can cause various heart and vascular disorders due to increased weight load.

If you experience such a problem as fluid retention, consult a doctor who will prescribe you the correct diuretic for increasing the urine formation. If you have experience in taking these meds, you can use over-the-counter pills that suit your organism. Also urinary disorders during PMS can be alleviated by the changes of lifestyle, diet, normalized vitamin balance.

According to various studies, vitamin B6 seems to be the most important for PMS character. Its deficiency can cause various symptoms. But, extra doses of B6 are not digested, they are removed from the body with urine.

If vitamins intake, improved lifestyle and diet rules have no relieving effect on PMS symptoms, it is recommended to consult a doctor for qualified assistance and therapy. He will define the initial reason of symptoms and prescribe correct medication for its removal.

Loss of sexual desire is one of the most harmful symptoms of menopause, as it touches not only the physiological sphere, but has a great impact on relationship. Loss of libido is a common menopause ‘side effect’ that covers about 20 – 40 % or all women at the period of menopause. It is important to understand that such changes usually have complex reasons, like hormonal imbalance, psychological disorders and age-related changes.

If you want to manage with loss of libido, as well as other menopause symptoms, you should study the causes and potential remedies of this disorder. By understanding its origin you will be able to find appropriate solution to remove the source of the problem and return to a stable healthy lifestyle.

Loss of Libido in Details
Loss of libido is a complex disorder that relies on various psychological, physical and hormonal reasons. It has highly individual character, different for each woman.

Traditionally the term ‘libido’ is associated with sexual desire, describing the level of person’s sexual activity. In medical sense loss of libido is a disorder displaying in reduce of interest to sexual activity, lack of desire to have sex.

Women experiencing libido loss admit that they become less sensitive to sexual caress, they are not aroused or it takes too long to get aroused during sexual contact. Also they have no energy for sex, they lose the feeling of their own sexuality. When having sex, women with loss of libido experience vaginal dryness and painful feelings during intercourse.

Some women during menopause become unable to achieve orgasm or even arouse enough for sex. These symptoms are also associated with loss of libido, although such women didn’t lose the physiological ability to have sex. These symptoms mostly caused by hormonal imbalance and psychological problems.

Reasons of Loss of Libido
Loss of libido is one of menopause symptoms that occur mostly because of hormonal changes in female organism. Besides endocrine disorders, libido is very sensitive to various psychological problems, like stresses and conflicts, especially if they are caused by sexual partner.

Hormonal Aspects of Loss of Libido
As was said before, hormones are the root source of libido changes in female body. The imbalance of three main hormones levels can reduce the desire to have sex and ability to get sexual satisfaction.

Estrogen
Estrogen is a female hormone responsible for female sexual sensitivity and influencing on the process of vaginal lubrication output. It influences greatly on the normal state of vaginal tissue.

During menopause, female body produces less natural estrogen. As a result, it causes various unwanted symptoms like night sweats, vaginal dryness, irregular menstruation, and of course it has much impact on libido.

Progesterone
Progesterone hormone is acting in female organism in pair with estrogen. Any imbalance between these two hormones leads to various health problems, like irregular menstruation, lack of energy, constant tiredness. All these effects may cause loss of libido.

Androgens/ Testosterone
Androgens are naturally produced in less concentration within the age-related changes. The balance between estrogen and estrogen hormones (like testosterone) is very important to female organism, as only the normal levels of all hormones provide stable operation of reproductive, immune and circulatory systems. Less testosterone in female body can also mean the decreased sexual desires and discomfort during the sex.

Besides hormonal reasons, there are some other causes of loss of libido that also deserve attention if you want to get rid of this problem. There is a list of potential non-hormonal reasons of loss of libido.

What Else May Cause Loss of Libido?

For better convenience alternative causes are divided into three groups: physical, emotional and relational.

Physical causes include the following:
-Various pains during the sex

-Sexual dysfunction

-Using medicines with side-effect of decreased libido

-Surgery (hysterectomy)

-Vaginal dryness

-Diabetes and other chronic diseases

-Heart disorders

-Anemia

Emotional reasons usually include this:

-Stresses, depression

-Tiredness

-Changes self-appraisal due to weight problems and other visual changes

-Age concerns

-Conflicts

-Feel of anxiety and other psychological disorders

Relational reasons touch the following spheres:
-Conflicts with sexual partner

-The changes in intimate relationship

-Partings

-Changes in social status

-Other life changes

-Lack of communication with partner

-Changing the sexual partner or divorcing

-As a rule a combination of these causes may lead to loss of libido and problems in sexual sphere.

Therapy for Fighting The Loss of Libido
There is variety of available approaches for loss of libido treatment. Usually the choice of remedies is made according to the cause of the problem. If it is a psychological problem, you should take care of your emotions and try to normalize your state by relaxation practice, psychologist consultations, changing the lifestyle.

Correct your diet to exclude possible food impact on your libido, orient your ration to soy products, protein-comprising foods, magnesium sources like leafy greens, buckwheat etc. Also it will be useful to include liver, oysters, red meat and other products that contain zync.
Physical activity is also helpful for both physical and emotional causes of loss of libido. It is recommended to use aerobics, yoga practices, Kegel exercises to maintain your vaginal tone. Stretching is also helpful for improving body shape and tone.

Most of menopausal problems of loss of libido is directly connected with hormone changes that should be removed by using natural herbs that will help to adjust endocrine system to a normal state. The hormone problems can be solved by other therapies like chemical drugs or surgery, if they become too severe and don’t react on homeopathic treatment.

Breast pain and tenderness is a usual symptom that accompanies menopause period. It is caused by instable balance of hormones, such as estrogen and progesterone. Breast pain can be experienced by women after menopause, but it is more common for women of pre- and perimenopausal periods.

Breast pain is very popular symptom among women of almost all ages. Statistic shows that about 70% of women experience pain in breast during the life time. 10% of women feel severe pains in breast that bring much discomfort in everyday life, relationships and professional activities.

The only way to prevent yourself from painful symptoms during menopause is to study the problem and understand its nature. This article is aimed to help women that struggle from breast pain.

Breast Pain in Details
Breast pain has many scientific names, like mammalgia, mazodynia or mastalgia. All these terms mean the same – increased breast tenderness, pains in breasts of different strength and discomfort due to abnormal feelings in mammary glands.

Breast pains can be cyclical (regular) or acyclic. The first type of pains is usually caused by hormonal changes, it is typical for women during menopause or before it. Acyclic breast pain has nothing with hormonal misbalance, and it is more common for postmenopausal period. Besides two aforementioned breast pain types there is a third kind of breast discomfort – extramammary pain that occurs outside the breast.

The breast pain display is different among women, it depends on individual characteristics of each woman. As a rule, breast pain symptoms include increased tenderness, painful feelings in the breasts area (one or both), swelling, and the feel of burning. Sometimes it is accompanied with breasts hardening.

What is the reason of Breast Pain?
The most widespread reason of breast pains is age-related hormonal changes during menopause. Such stages as pregnancy, menstruation and menopause cause the changes of estrogen and progesterone hormones level that influence on female organism causing various disorders. The result of such changes is breast pain.

Hormones are not the only reason for breast discomfort. Other less common reasons also can take place.

These are:

-Breast tumors and cyst

-Past breast surgeries

-Various traumas

-Emotional instability and stresses

-Breast size

-Birth control pills intake

-Mastitis

-Various medicines like antidepressants, hormone replacement therapy and heart medicines.

-Alcohol and drugs

Potential Diagnosis for Breast Pain
Breast pain is a symptom that should be discussed with a doctor, because it can be caused not only by menopause, which is the most common reason. Also it may be a symptom of other disorders, in rare cases it can indicate a cancer. To eliminate these potential diagnoses, consult a doctor. He also will help to find helpful treatment to relief pains and breast tenderness.

Sometimes it is impossible to set an exact diagnosis without additional tests available only at clinic. The detailed diagnostics gives the best changes for correct diagnosis and treatment. Sometimes a doctor can prescribe medications after a common physical examination and a few questions. Anyway, don’t use self-treatment, it is better to consult a professional.

Breast Pain Therapy
Currently a wide range of natural therapies are available for treating breast pains during menopausal period. Natural medicines are good for having no side effects, while some measures like diets or physical exercises, relaxation practices can significantly improve menopausal course.

The measures described above can significantly relief pains but they don’t remove the cause of brain pains, like hormonal imbalance. Natural therapies may help in this, by normalizing the level of hormones in female organism. They are safe and reliable methods of treatment that combined with self-care measures can bring successful results in fighting menopausal breast pains.

Most of medics recommend first try all these measures and only if they don’t bring expected pain relief, a patient can use chemical medications for stronger effect. Don’t use chemicals before trying natural therapy, as it is rather risky way of treatment that should be used only when there is no alternative.

For more effective results, you should change your lifestyle properly, start doing exercises, aerobics, and make some diet changes. All this is very helpful in combination with herbals and other therapies. Ask your doctor what is the most useful in your case.

Q: I experience unexpected and rapid mood changes before menstruation, a few days before it starts. Can I somehow control them to avoid troubles at work and home? Such emotional drops really affect my life and relations with colleagues and family.

A: It is typical display of premenstrual syndrome (PMS). Some psychiatrists call it Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD), but it means pretty the same in your case.

Premenstrual syndrome is rather popular disorder experienced by more than 30% of woman worldwide. It reveals in various emotional and physical symptoms, and mood swings is one of the most typical symptoms. The problem is that PMS is not properly studied yet, the connection between PMS and emotional state is still unclear, so there is no definite treatment suitable for all. However a lot of patients find some therapies effective, such as taking magnesium mineral, calcium pills, St. John’s wort medicines or Prozac. These medicines have already shown its effectiveness and were clinically tested, that gives some guarantee for successful treatment. The rest of therapies mostly built on beliefs with no medical ground.

As for the vitamins and minerals, there are a few that can help:

-Vitamin E  for daily intake of 400-800 UI dose;

-Vitamin B6 – 50 mg daily or twice a day;

- for 1,000 – 1,500 mg daily;

-Zinc – 15-25 mg per day;

-Magnesium (325-750 mg daily according to doctor’s recommendations).

The herbs useful for treating PMS are flaxseed or borage oil, usually supplied in capsules. These oils give special fatty acids that can relief various pains and emotional PMS symptoms. Evening primrose oil is a popular treatment for increased breast tenderness. Chamomile or valerian root act as a sedative medicines that can remove aggressive mood or anxiety, but be careful and don’t take them at morning or daytime, as they reduce concentration. Dandelion leaves are effective for excess fluid excretion.

In Europe PMS is often treated by St. John’s wort (Hypericum) that already proved its effectiveness. The medical practice shows that the most helpful regime of its intake is 300 mg daily. From 10th cycle day till the periods start, increase the dose to 300 mg three times per day. Each cycle begins from the first day of menstruation. Sometimes it is enough to take less or increasing the dose only before ovulation (about 14th cycle day). It is individual in each case.

Remember that there are also non-medicine therapies that can help to reduce PMS symptoms. Exercises and diet are among such methods. Aerobics increases the output of endorphins and reliefs mood swings and depression, having positive effect on the whole organism. Replace simple carbohydrates (cookies or candies) by complex carbohydrates (vegetables), eat more frequently but by less dosing. You can use special “PMS Escape” drink with complex carbohydrates, but it more expensive than vegetables and grains. Try to limit alcohol intake, simple sugars or fattening foods also should be avoided.

If these measures don’t help, consult a doctor for finding another therapy including SSRI antidepressants. Some drugs like Zoloft or Prozac successfully treat PMS symptoms. They are ethical medications.

And don’t forget that PMS is not the only reason of mood swings. Some medical disorders like diabetes or endocrine system disorders, as well as psychiatric pathologies, may cause the same symptoms. If PMS therapy doesn’t help, it is better to see your doctor to find the actual reason and proper therapy.

This article was written by a nurse from one of the US clinics that wished to stay anonymous.

She shares her knowledge about emotional symptoms during PMS and how to fight them. If you found the information useful, please leave your comments.

During PMS many women experience various emotional problems like mood swings, stresses, sudden willing to cry or argue with everyone around. The most frequent emotional symptom of PMS is anxiety that causes big discomfort in everyday life.

During a long time scientists didn’t connect emotional discomfort to premenstrual syndrome, but later they realized that psychological state is directly connected to cyclic hormonal changes in the female organism, and anxiety and stress are common PMS symptoms.

Such emotional changes have various origins, not only PMS. It can be related to various problems at home or at work, conflicts in relationships, mental health disorders, etc. The environment can affect your emotional stability, causing stresses that can be regarded as PMS symptoms. Combined with hormonal changes, problems around can worsen the situation, turning woman into a deep depression.

It was found that the main reason of anxiety and other emotional changes during PMS is estrogen level changes. Perhaps severe stress is an alarm of PMDD that has a lot in common with PMS but its symptoms are much stronger and sometimes unbearable. PMDD is the most difficult case of PMS that requires medical assistance.

Every tenth woman of childbearing age suffers from PMDD in the USA. Most of them experience the same emotional problems that are typical for manic depression. As a rule patients with PMDD experience rapid mood swings from happiness in the first minute to deep sadness in the second. Such swings lead to deep emotional instability and exhaustion. Also they admit extraordinary sensitivity to things that has no matter to them before.

It is natural for women to be sensitive to different things, but the natural sensitivity has nothing in common with unbearable symptoms of PMS or PMDD especially. Stresses and feel of anxiety are only a part of possible reactions to hormones during premenstrual period, and women struggle from them each month before periods begin. The only way to fight instability is to learn how to control emotions and stresses, helping yourself to manage with PMS and return your life into the normal state.

Many specialists will advise you to take vitamins of B-group, go in for sports like aerobics, use relaxation practices like meditation and balance your diet to avoid potential impact on hormones.

Also natural progesterone creams showed effective results in treating anxiety and mood swings during premenstrual period. The alternative supplement for stabilizing emotions before periods is Kava Kava.

There are a lot of medications available today, that is why it is better to consult a doctor who can select the best treatment for your individual set of symptoms.

Don’t wonder if he will prescribe something that was not listed in this article, it is fully possible.

Do your best to tune your lifestyle on the right way and follow doctor’s advices to feel good at any period of cycle!

If you are one of those who prefer the natural route to buying some over the counter medicines helping you with the PMS weight gain and bloating that many women experience in the week before the period, below are some tips how to do that. The advice is simple and practical, making sure you get rid of PMS weight gain without taking any artificial pills.

The first step you should take is to make an effort and continue your regular exercises. It is not easy, because in some cases the hormonal fluctuations your body experiences during premenstrual syndrome make you feel a little crummy. Not feeling well is usually the main reason for women to refuse continuing exercises. But you should know that it’s a great idea to motivate yourself to keep your normal routine for many reasons.

First of all, besides experiencing weight gain during PMS, women’s self esteem can suffer at this time too. But if you don’t break your usual schedule of making exercises, you will get more endorphins produced, which are also known as the “feel-good” hormones. As you probably know, premenstrual syndrome also makes women to feel anxious or depressed. At this point, exercising during this time of the month is able to not only keep you fit, but also keep your self-image and spirits lifted naturally.

So simply remember the fact that your effort to continue exercises during PMS will help you fight PMS weight gain and keep your mood up, and it will be much easier to understand that it’s the simplest way to win the fight against PMS symptoms.

You also should of course be particular about what you eat in order to avoid weight gain during PMS. At this time, many women can experience craving for all kinds of “naughty foods”, including salty and sweet things, which is not very good for the health. Salt and sugar are precisely the kinds of food that are able to lead to weight gain at any time, and especially during PMS. The reason for women to experience such unexplainable cravings is again the common hormonal fluctuations taking place in their body in this particular time of the month.

What you can do to resist the cravings for “junk foods”? First of all, make sure you consume enough calcium and fiber. Both of them have been scientifically proven to keep your hormone levels balanced and lower many other unpleasant symptoms of PMS simultaneously, which includes weight gain as well. Getting enough fiber like that found in fruits, vegetables and whole grains will make you feel full faster, thus causing you to eat less. In addition, fiber can make you more “regular”, thus forcing you to “flush out” toxins from your organism in a more consistent way. This will lead you to feeling more fit and energized. Also it is highly recommended not to forget consuming the necessary dosage of all minerals and vitamins all the time, especially in time of undergoing PMS.

Finally, you can always lower your stress level considerably by using natural techniques of stress reduction. There are countless relaxation techniques you may try, for example special breathing techniques, Yoga practice and meditation, which are specifically designed to calm down, relax and feel better. Statistics say that many people like to use these methods in the early mornings, as it helps them to set a positive mood for the whole day, or in the evening before going to sleep, as it helps them to relax and sleep better. As an ultimate result, relaxation and good sleep will be your best friends to counteract the weight gain, depression and anxiety caused by premenstrual syndrome.

Feeling totally exhausted during PMS is too uncomfortable for modern women who has to do a lot of daily work and duties. If you are one of those who struggle from total tiredness during premenstrual period, don’t give up! You are not alone in this problem and there are some proven methods of relieving the PMS impact.

As a big part of PMS symptoms fatigue is a result of hormonal imbalance, as well as changes of neurotransmitters levels that occur in premenstrual cycle phase. It is not general for all women who experience PMS, but those who do may feel both physical and mental discomfort caused by total tiredness, constant willing to sleep and do nothing. The best thing is that it usually lasts a few days and can be significantly relieved if to listen to your organism and really get some rest! It is a good reason to remember that you should have time for yourself and take some day-offs. Fatigue is normal reaction of female body to hormonal changes. Try not to panic or get angry because of the lack of energy, and if something from your duties can wait, put it off for the time you will feel better. A few days in a month can be “fasting days”, when you just lie on a sofa and do nothing difficult. This is the best and the safest way of treating PMS fatigue.

There are a lot of methods that may help to reduce the period of PMS tiredness. You can drink much fluid, correct your dietary regime by increased intake of complex carbohydrates and reducing fatty food. Physical exercises also may help to relieve PMS symptoms, choose the best type of activity suitable for you. Coffee and caffeinated drinks can only worsen the situation, so try not to drink them during PMS period. Coffee can cause other symptoms like insomnia and anxiety.

Women all over the world have one common problem connected with our special nature. It is almost impossible to find one that doesn’t feel discomfort, abdominal pains, emotional tension and other unwanted symptoms before and during periods. Most of us do not pay attention to premenstrual syndrome thinking that it is natural process that inevitably precedes menstruation. Spending years on studying the problem of PMS, I can definitely say that it is more natural not to bear pains, not to struggle because of bad feeling and depression during premenstrual phase. It is more natural to find the source of a problem and try to solve it by medical therapy, changes in life style, nourishment and your attitude to your health.

Not all women struggling from PMS find it reasonable to see a doctor, and even those who do know almost nothing about female organism and PMS nature. If you really want to overcome PMS and remove it from your life, first of all you need to start from studying information about this disorder to understand its action mechanism, find out about ways to relieve its symptoms. This knowledge will help you to control medical treatment and enrich it by non-medical therapies that in complex will be maximally helpful.

Relying upon my own experience, I can ensure you that it is fully possible to get rid of harmful PMS influence on your life, to make it controllable and less stern. Here are some books that led on my way to the life without PMS. Hope you will find here something helpful for yourself.

The first book I read was “PMS: Solving the Puzzle – Sixteen Causes of Premenstrual Syndrome and What to Do About It” by Linaya Hahn. My mother gave it to me when found that I experience problems with the cycle. Linaya Hahn is definitely person who came through long years of PMS by herself, and everything described in her book is very close to life and clearly explained. She wrote about main reasons of PMS and tips of eliminating or relieving the symptoms in every single case. Here I found that even good sleep can be a treatment. Also there is a questionnaire that helps to define your own causes and required therapy.

I am an unlucky woman, as experience PMDD – an aggressive form of PMS that displays in harmful symptoms disturbing me every month. An anti-PMDD bible book – “The PMDD Phenomenon : Breakthrough Treatments for Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) and Extreme Premenstrual Syndrome” showed me dozens of tips of how to overcome this problem. Here I have found the full description of all medicines known and used today, as well as alternative therapies. The case studies of women that have overcome PMDD inspired me very much, as I truly realized that PMDD is not a lifelong sentence.

If you experience PMS disorder, get ready to revise your nourishment and diet rules. The book “Internal Cleansing : Rid Your Body of Toxins to Naturally and Effectively Fight Heart Disease, Chronic Pain, Fatigue, PMS and Menopause Symptoms, and More“ by Linda Berry is a good guide to your body system and principles of healthy dieting oriented on internal cleansing. It is focused on removing harmful toxins and other matters that cause various diseases, including PMS. This book is rather large, but it worth reading, as here you can find advices regarding PMS and lots of other problems that probably make you worry. By the way, by reading it you will find out lot of interesting facts of how the body actually works.

“From Hormone Hell to Hormone Well: Discover Human-Identical Hormones as a Safe & Effective Treatment for PMS, Perimenopause, Menopause or Hysterectomy“, written by C.W. Randolph Jr. and Genie James tells about aspects of hormonal treatment of various female disorders, including premenstrual syndrome, menopause, perimenopause, etc. The authors are an experienced gynecologist and a businessman in the sphere of health systems with 20 years experience. In this book you will find the explanation of hormonal medicine therapy in simple phrase. The author offers saliva test as a way to define hormonal misbalance and future treatment by natural hormones. Awesome work!

Another hormone-oriented book is “What You Must Know About Women’s Hormones: Your Guide to Natural Hormone Treatents for PMS, Menopause, Osteoporosis, PCOS, and More“ is a one more view on hormonal treating. After reading it, I have structured by knowledge of hormones’ role in female organism, of how they can be used in anti-PMS therapy. Some of the facts described here were entirely new for me. Much information is dedicated to menopause, but it is also very interesting and informative for those who faced with PMS problem.

As you probably heard, herbal therapy is widely used nowadays as a treatment of female disorders, as it helps to adjust metabolism and improve hormonal state in the body. It can be used separately or together with other methods. You may find detailed explanations of what herbals exactly may help you to cope with PMS or menopause syndrome in a book written by Mary Bove and Linda Costarella – “Herbs for Women’s Health: Herbal Help for the Female Cycle from PMS to Menopause (Good Herb Guide Series)”. It personally helped me to find out more about natural treatment, as it is the safest type of therapy. It is one of “must read” book list for women, because herbs is a cheap but effective natural medicines for curing infertility, PMS, various tumors, cysts, etc. We just need to know what species and in what way to use. Here are all the answers to such questions. It is written by professional naturopathic physicians, so it is not the amateur point of view.

“You can beat PMS” by Colette Harris and Theresa Cheung contains 12 week PMS plan that promises excellent results – major PMS symptoms will not disturb you after you follow this program. I have used it in conjunction with medicines my doctor prescribed and the result was really awesome. Medicines can help with pains, but not with insomnia, mood swings and depression. The book contains lots of nutrition information that will be very helpful even for those who has no problems like PMS.

Hope this short guide through PMS-killing books will help you to become more experienced and educated patients. Everything is in your hands, and if you really want to overcome PMS or some other disorder, start from your own today – find out more about your organism, medical therapies and diagnostic methods. Together with medical assistance you will gain impressive results in beating any health problem. Read books and become healthy!