Is it normal for PMS to get worse as you get older?????

For the last maybe year I guess, I keep thinking I'm pregnant rite around my period, of course I wasn't but it turns out to just be PMS every time.

But, I'm like psycho bitch. I get all pissy about any kind of mess in the house, this morning I was outside a half hour beofre I had to leave for work hosing down windows and scrubbing siding, like a mad woman.

I'm completely nauseas for like 2 weeks before getting, it, hence the thinking I'm pregnant, it's equivalent to morning sickness.

My titts are F'in KILLING me and get 2 times bigger than they would with REGULAR PMS, and I eat like a cow for 2 weeks straight to the point where my regular clothes don't fit.

I'm a mega bitch to everyone around me, and I don't know how anyone can stand me.

Then my rag lasts like 3 days and is really really lite. Then I'm back to my normal cheery self.

Ohhhhhh plus I'm so freekin tired, and like I said this lasts 2 FULL WEEKS of every month!!!! WTF??? I thought your rag was supposed to calm down after you had babies and stuff.

I go through phases. It will be really bad for a while and then it will be almost non-existent for a while. Like, I rarely get cramps anymore but every once in a while they’ll hit me HARD. And I usually get all depressed and weepy for a couple of days but a few times a year I’ll get all irritable and crabby instead (which is normally not like me at ALL).

Oh - and sometimes I get the TIRED ALL THE TIME too.

So to sum up, no, it hasn't gotten "better" as I've gotten older, the symptoms just change from time to time.

CarrieMpls said:

I go through phases. It will be really bad for a while and then it will be almost non-existent for a while. Like, I rarely get cramps anymore but every once in a while they’ll hit me HARD. And I usually get all depressed and weepy for a couple of days but a few times a year I’ll get all irritable and crabby instead (which is normally not like me at ALL).

Oh - and sometimes I get the TIRED ALL THE TIME too.

So to sum up, no, it hasn't gotten "better" as I've gotten older, the symptoms just change from time to time.

Yeah, mine the whole time I was in my teens and early twents was always super heavy with super bad cramps. That got a lot better after I had my kids, but my PMS is F'ing NUTTS!!!!! I have like every symptom you could possible have times 200. I think I need some kinda meds or something......I've never been on birth control and I know that regulates it, but thats only your actual cycle rite? Not PMS symptoms, or is it???

Girrrllll!

Ever since I have the baby and got my period back (4 months later ) it ihas been SOOOO bad!

Emotionally, physically and every thing else!

It sucks.

I keep thinking since I am approaching 40 very quickly that maybe I am close to menopause and that is why this shit sucks right now.

Who knows.

I woke with the worse freaking headache this morning because of my period.

We must be on the same cycle.

If I find a cure, I will share it.

Though I think I will hit menopause first.

MrsMdiver said:

Girrrllll!

Ever since I have the baby and got my period back (4 months later ) it ihas been SOOOO bad!

Emotionally, physically and every thing else!

It sucks.

I keep thinking since I am approaching 40 very quickly that maybe I am close to menopause and that is why this shit sucks right now.

Who knows.

I woke with the worse freaking headache this morning because of my period.

We must be on the same cycle.

If I find a cure, I will share it.

Though I think I will hit menopause first.

Awwwww.

Maybe I'm going thru early menapause?????? It happens.......

TotalANXiousNESS said:

MrsMdiver said:

Girrrllll!

Ever since I have the baby and got my period back (4 months later ) it ihas been SOOOO bad!

Emotionally, physically and every thing else!

It sucks.

I keep thinking since I am approaching 40 very quickly that maybe I am close to menopause and that is why this shit sucks right now.

Who knows.

I woke with the worse freaking headache this morning because of my period.

We must be on the same cycle.

If I find a cure, I will share it.

Though I think I will hit menopause first.

Awwwww.

Maybe I'm going thru early menapause?????? It happens.......

It sure does happen. I keep praying I go through it soon. My mom did not go through it until she was 50.

Who knows...men are lucky.

MrsMdiver said:

TotalANXiousNESS said:

Awwwww.

Maybe I'm going thru early menapause?????? It happens.......

It sure does happen. I keep praying I go through it soon. My mom did not go through it until she was 50.

Who knows...men are lucky.

You WANT to go thru it????? I thought it was a BAD thing??? I really don't even know what it is, but I think my moms been going thru it my whole life.

Orrrrr maybe it's the fact that I've changed my diet a lot in the last year. Like, I've been eating so much junk and for the 2 years prior to that I didn't eat any sugar, only protein veggies, and some fruit from time to time. Then, I haven't been working out anywhere near as regularly as I did the 2 years proir which is a huge stress reliever, PLUS I started smoking again last year. So maybe that has a lot to do with it......

TotalANXiousNESS said:

MrsMdiver said:

It sure does happen. I keep praying I go through it soon. My mom did not go through it until she was 50.

Who knows...men are lucky.

You WANT to go thru it????? I thought it was a BAD thing??? I really don't even know what it is, but I think my moms been going thru it my whole life.

Orrrrr maybe it's the fact that I've changed my diet a lot in the last year. Like, I've been eating so much junk and for the 2 years prior to that I didn't eat any sugar, only protein veggies, and some fruit from time to time. Then, I haven't been working out anywhere near as regularly as I did the 2 years proir which is a huge stress reliever, PLUS I started smoking again last year. So maybe that has a lot to do with it......

I just want to be done with my periods. Also my acne has come back because I am not back on the pill.

That is the only thing that kept my periods short and my skin clear.

Who knows..hormones are complicated things.

MrsMdiver said:

TotalANXiousNESS said:

You WANT to go thru it????? I thought it was a BAD thing??? I really don't even know what it is, but I think my moms been going thru it my whole life.

Orrrrr maybe it's the fact that I've changed my diet a lot in the last year. Like, I've been eating so much junk and for the 2 years prior to that I didn't eat any sugar, only protein veggies, and some fruit from time to time. Then, I haven't been working out anywhere near as regularly as I did the 2 years proir which is a huge stress reliever, PLUS I started smoking again last year. So maybe that has a lot to do with it......

I just want to be done with my periods. Also my acne has come back because I am not back on the pill.

That is the only thing that kept my periods short and my skin clear.

Who knows..hormones are complicated things.

Ohhhhh I see. So what is the standard wait time to go back on it after having a baby?? See I don't know anything about the pill. The gyno has given me a so many prescriptions of birth control but I've never filled them, cuz I'm a baby about medicine.

TotalANXiousNESS said:

MrsMdiver said:

I just want to be done with my periods. Also my acne has come back because I am not back on the pill.

That is the only thing that kept my periods short and my skin clear.

Who knows..hormones are complicated things.

Ohhhhh I see. So what is the standard wait time to go back on it after having a baby?? See I don't know anything about the pill. The gyno has given me a so many prescriptions of birth control but I've never filled them, cuz I'm a baby about medicine.

I have too many health issues (family history stuff) to go back on the pill.

Don't need to be on the pill anymore.

I will just have to live with having acne and gray hair.

good thing you are not on the pill if you are smoking.

TotalANXiousNESS said:

Is it normal for PMS to get worse as you get older?????

For the last maybe year I guess, I keep thinking I'm pregnant rite around my period, of course I wasn't but it turns out to just be PMS every time.

But, I'm like psycho bitch. I get all pissy about any kind of mess in the house, this morning I was outside a half hour beofre I had to leave for work hosing down windows and scrubbing siding, like a mad woman.

I'm completely nauseas for like 2 weeks before getting, it, hence the thinking I'm pregnant, it's equivalent to morning sickness.

My titts are F'in KILLING me and get 2 times bigger than they would with REGULAR PMS, and I eat like a cow for 2 weeks straight to the point where my regular clothes don't fit.

I'm a mega bitch to everyone around me, and I don't know how anyone can stand me.

Then my rag lasts like 3 days and is really really lite. Then I'm back to my normal cheery self.

Ohhhhhh plus I'm so freekin tired, and like I said this lasts 2 FULL WEEKS of every month!!!! WTF??? I thought your rag was supposed to calm down after you had babies and stuff.

Honestly...maybe you should talk to your Dr. about this....maybe they can help with some hormones or something...

I wish I could say I understood, but when things started getting like this for me, I ended up needing a hysterectomy.

I was like this until my OBGYN put me on a low estrogen BC pill. I take Elise now (used to be on Yaz) and it really evened me out. Maybe this will help you too.

OMG! You are soooooooooo not alone! Mine seem to get worse EVERY fricken month since I turned 40!

Except my days are not light... Its like niagra falls!! Sometimes I have to change every hour or less for one whole day!

Running doesnt help cramps, someone told me orgasms helped cramps... They lied...

My boobs get so tender I dont even like to wash them in the shower...

being a woman SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!

And I forgot to mention my mood swings... from zero to COMPLETE BITCH in 2 seconds!

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tinaz said:

OMG! You are soooooooooo not alone! Mine seem to get worse EVERY fricken month since I turned 40!

Except my days are not light... Its like niagra falls!! Sometimes I have to change every hour or less for one whole day!

Running doesnt help cramps, someone told me orgasms helped cramps... They lied...

My boobs get so tender I dont even like to wash them in the shower...

being a woman SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!

And I forgot to mention my mood swings... from zero to COMPLETE BITCH in 2 seconds!

.

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Boy I thought it was me...first I had to get a drawer for my period undies...NOW I had to purchase peroid BRAS! Let me tell you guys something...I HATE being a women for this one thing....when my mother told me this was going to happen I immediately ask..so what do men get? UGH to my surprise all they have to deal with is an uncomfortable pee stiffy in the am...WTF is that all about.

I got worse after 40 I have one child and one operation to remove a tumor off of my right ovary......I have lil fibroids and endometriosis to boot! I'm making ALWAYS millions cuz I buy the purple pad "super overnite" by bulk.....so I hear ya on the frequency of the change.....Moody...fatigue like a mofo....and just feel dirty the whole week it last...yes that right a WHOLE WEEK!!!!!!! fun fun fun

And if a man is reading my lovely description of monthly demise and gets all ewwwy about it.....

GOOD

HA! You think PMS is bad??? Wait til you PYT's go through menopause. Yeah, you get off the rag, but your emotions take a fuggin nose-dive...not to mention the hot flashes and mood swings. Sometimes I have to talk myself into being civil. There are times when I feel like absolutely knocking the shit out of some people, and I'm not a violent person. And kids and teenages bug the SHIT out of me. I used to just love them. Now I can't stand the lil mofoes...

Oh, I forgot to mention. Your libido just vanishes into thin air...

Just gone like a fart in the wind.

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tinaz said:

OMG! You are soooooooooo not alone! Mine seem to get worse EVERY fricken month since I turned 40!

Except my days are not light... Its like niagra falls!! Sometimes I have to change every hour or less for one whole day!

Running doesnt help cramps, someone told me orgasms helped cramps... They lied...

My boobs get so tender I dont even like to wash them in the shower...

being a woman SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!

And I forgot to mention my mood swings... from zero to COMPLETE BITCH in 2 seconds!

.

[Edited 6/29/10 8:43am]

Lower your intake of carbs and caffeine. It'll help.

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Genesia said:

tinaz said:

OMG! You are soooooooooo not alone! Mine seem to get worse EVERY fricken month since I turned 40!

Except my days are not light... Its like niagra falls!! Sometimes I have to change every hour or less for one whole day!

Running doesnt help cramps, someone told me orgasms helped cramps... They lied...

My boobs get so tender I dont even like to wash them in the shower...

being a woman SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!

And I forgot to mention my mood swings... from zero to COMPLETE BITCH in 2 seconds!

.

[Edited 6/29/10 8:43am]

Lower your intake of carbs and caffeine. It'll help.

This is very true, not sure of all the other symptoms but I always have sore breasts before my period however if I have taken in more caffine then usual (which is about one cup a day) you can barely touch my breasts.

I do not envy this

tinaz said:

OMG! You are soooooooooo not alone! Mine seem to get worse EVERY fricken month since I turned 40!

Except my days are not light... Its like niagra falls!! Sometimes I have to change every hour or less for one whole day!

Running doesnt help cramps, someone told me orgasms helped cramps... They lied...

My boobs get so tender I dont even like to wash them in the shower...

being a woman SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!

And I forgot to mention my mood swings... from zero to COMPLETE BITCH in 2 seconds!

.

[Edited 6/29/10 8:43am]

You just described me to a T!

It friggen sucks to go through this, I am 44 now, and pray I will be over this soon. I have also given birth 4 times, and I wonder if that adds to the mess...

can we please put a "NSFM" warning on this thread title? Anyone? Mars? Carrie?

Bueller??

For two weeks I eat like such a fucking pig! It HAS become worse.

I take St John's Wort to ease the mood swings, and my doctor put me on an appetite suppressant for the two weeks before. So I can really just eat like a regular fucking person! Before the supressants, I would eat a FULL meal and then be hungry again in 20 minutes!

It frustrated me to no end. I cut out the diet soda and a lot of caffiene. My coffee is half regular and half decaf, so it's not too bad now. After cutting the caffiene my periods aren't as bad. I would be doubled over in pain and it would last 8 days!

Also, cutting back on the salt also helps you monthly stop being an asshole too. But that's really hard!!

I don't get PMS, cramps, bloating, nothing. Yes, I'm bragging.

KatSkrizzle said:

For two weeks I eat like such a fucking pig! It HAS become worse.

I take St John's Wort to ease the mood swings, and my doctor put me on an appetite suppressant for the two weeks before. So I can really just eat like a regular fucking person! Before the supressants, I would eat a FULL meal and then be hungry again in 20 minutes!

It frustrated me to no end. I cut out the diet soda and a lot of caffiene. My coffee is half regular and half decaf, so it's not too bad now. After cutting the caffiene my periods aren't as bad. I would be doubled over in pain and it would last 8 days!

Also, cutting back on the salt also helps you monthly stop being an asshole too. But that's really hard!!

ME TOO!!!!

Im gonna try the cut back on caffeine and carbs tho... Thanks for all the good advice!!!

Vendetta1 said:

I don't get PMS, cramps, bloating, nothing. Yes, I'm bragging.

Im not talking to you....

Ok, Im done not talking to you!!

JerseyKRS said:

can we please put a "NSFM" warning on this thread title? Anyone? Mars? Carrie?

Bueller??

tinaz said:

Vendetta1 said:

I don't get PMS, cramps, bloating, nothing. Yes, I'm bragging.

Im not talking to you....

Ok, Im done not talking to you!!

You are killing me tonight!!!

Vendetta1 said:

I don't get PMS, cramps, bloating, nothing. Yes, I'm bragging.

Me neither! ..... not really, lately I've had zero energy and feel so groggy when my period is on the heavy day.

i thought sex cures pms.

BlackAdder7 said:

i thought sex cures pms.

That would depend on the woman. Some suffer worse than others, for the most part, sex does help me, not just the orgasm.