Jokes abound about premenstrual syndrome, of PMS. But for those close to someone with the disorder, it is no laughing matter. It is hard to be sympathetic with someone who is biting your head off. The lack of control over one’s emotions, just one of many symptoms, have sufferers screaming in frustration and growling for help.
Today, PMS is one of the most talked about maladies in the world. It is about time. For hundreds of years this debilitating condition affecting millions of women went unrecognized, not to mention undiagnosed and untreated. Even more, women suffering from it were made to feel like it was their fault. Since men do not experience PMS, without doubt it has contributed toward a belief that women are “the weaker sex.â€
Meanwhile women-ever since Eve-have suffered and incredible array of patience-taxing physical and emotional symptoms. They include anxiety, anti-social and emotional symptoms. They include anxiety, anti-social behavior, bloating, breat swelling and sensitivity, confusion, cramps, cravings for certain foods, crying spells, depression, dizziness, exhaustion, fluid retention-especially in the legs-headaches, irritability, sleeplessness, and, among others, wide mood swings. Continue reading ‘Premenstrual syndrome’ »