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Re:Lady issues and depression
(Date Posted:28/07/2011 1:57 PM)
Hey sofie2,
Have just PM'd you about this. All very familiar!
All best, Fliss :-)
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Re:Lady issues and depression
(Date Posted:28/07/2011 2:05 PM)
Saw that. Thank you. :)
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Re:Lady issues and depression
(Date Posted:28/07/2011 2:29 PM)
Sofie i am absolutely dire in the 3 days preceding mine and its only afterwards that I realised oh its the curse again- I think that is what the victorians called it - how very true
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Re:Lady issues and depression
(Date Posted:28/07/2011 5:55 PM)
Talk to your doctor about this pattern, you may need some endocrine tests to check for abnormalities. Some women find a B vit complex helps with these kinds of symptoms and some take stuff like evening primrose oil
regards, Deb
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Re:Lady issues and depression
(Date Posted:29/07/2011 4:56 AM)
Thanks.
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RE:Lady issues and depression
(Date Posted:29/07/2011 1:49 PM)
lol I would not like to live with myself a few days before my period let alone poor Graham!!. I am in a bad mood and Graham can't speak to my without me snapping his head off then the day of my period I am all better and it seems to get worse with age!! Shaz
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Re:Lady issues and depression
(Date Posted:29/07/2011 4:44 PM)
Hey Shaz, hope all well...
Yes, sometimes it's hard to be a woman. Very hard indeed. I lost so much weight in hospital that my periods stopped altogether, and when they returned it was with a true vengeance! I was up and down like a yoyo, and I felt thoroughly misunderstood. But I had a chat with a friend and we developed some coping strategies. Basically, be kind to yourself when you're at your most vulnerable. Don't take on more than strictly necessary and make sure your loved ones have adequate warning. Eat a lot of chocolate and have a lot of cuddles etc. And always remember, the mood will pass. There's a lot of good advice on this thread: Deb's brilliant as always, and I like the nod to 'the curse' from e/c. The truth is, life for us all is full of ups and downs. But if we know ourselves, we'll pull through. And there is nothing more important than compassion.
Peace, Fliss
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Re:Lady issues and depression
(Date Posted:30/07/2011 5:42 AM)
 We call that PMS (pre menstrul stress) and I've always got it badly the week before I'm due. At least it has eased of some these days (possibly a side effect of different meds? not sure, but glad it has!) it used to be so bad that for a week each month the tinest thing would have me in uncontrollable tears, half the time I couldn't even work out what had set it off if someone asked! It's not fun, and I hope it eases soon (Message edited by CrazyKim On 30/07/2011 5:43 AM)
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Re:Lady issues and depression
(Date Posted:31/07/2011 12:57 PM)
Since my operation I have not seen my period apart from a very light show, hope it's called going though the chranged rather then the operation!!
Shaz
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Re:Lady issues and depression
(Date Posted:01/08/2011 7:59 AM)
Hey CrazyKim (nice name!), hi again Shaz...
Yes, no fun having PMS! But lately I've tried evening primrose oil and that's helped a bit (cheers, Deb!). And as for the no-show, Shaz, perhaps that's just your body's response to stress? When I first started work I'd sometimes go for a couple of months without; a bit worrying at the time, of course, but nothing sinister. Any worries, a quick work with the GP should put you to rights. But plenty of support here too!
Best, Fliss
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Re:Lady issues and depression
(Date Posted:01/08/2011 2:58 PM)
Hermes
I'm not at all worried by a none show!!, I hope I'm going though the change and I know I can't be pregnant unless I'm to be another Virgin Mary lol
Shaz x
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Re:Lady issues and depression
(Date Posted:01/08/2011 3:44 PM)
Ah, the change...
Bless you, Shaz! I may PM you later this evening...
Fliss :-)
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RE:Lady issues and depression
(Date Posted:01/08/2011 4:55 PM)
When I have PMS it is as though I see the world in a new light - the correct way of seeing it. Afterwards, luckily, I forget!
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Re:Lady issues and depression
(Date Posted:01/08/2011 5:10 PM)
Ahem.
Good evening, dear auntie; I trust I see you well... I PM'd our friend Shaz as I had an interesting story to tell her, which some of a more delicate constitution may have found a little disturbing... Not about myself, mind. I am all equilibrium! Hmm... And there may be something in forgetting...
Well, I'm off to bed shortly, to dream of many interesting things...
Sleep well, all! Fliss ;-)
*hermes chortleth*
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Re:Lady issues and depression
(Date Posted:02/08/2011 7:06 AM)
:) Thanks Hermes
"unless I'm to be another Virgin Mary lol"
lol, I still remember a few years back now trying to convince an idiot ER doc (having come in with stomach pains, after a car accident the previous day) that I was most definately not pregnant, having done none of the neccessary actions to get there!! Much to my annoyance he refused to believe me and check for other causes till I took a pregnancy test!
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Re:Lady issues and depression
(Date Posted:02/08/2011 7:38 AM)
No probs, Kim! Sorry about your bad experience in ER. It's a difficult environment: people bustling about and making a racket. And of course back in February they asked me whether I might be pregnant, seemingly oblivious to my physical frailty. Let's just say, if I'd attempted anything of that nature at that time I probably would have ended up in hospital! Acute care indeed...
Well, gotta laugh... Hope you're doing okay today :-)
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Re:Lady issues and depression
(Date Posted:02/08/2011 9:30 AM)
When I had appendicitis they insisited on doing a pregnancy test even though I hadn't been doing the relevant activity.
When I have PMS I'm fine, it's the rest of the world which is being unreasonable.
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Re:Lady issues and depression
(Date Posted:02/08/2011 4:43 PM)
Yes, it's not easy, is it? Not easy at all... But despite everything I'm happy to be a woman. With the return of my periods came the curse of PMS, but also the blessing of getting my curves back and feeling a lot more confident in myself. A friend lately told me I reminded him a little of J-Lo, and I'm okay with that!
Best, Fliss
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Re:Lady issues and depression
(Date Posted:03/08/2011 1:38 AM)
A friend works on a gynae ward and tells me that in A & E they have to do pregnancy tests because some people are convinced they can't be pregnant (denial) or if they go out drinking they forget that they had sex, or sometimes people just lie about it for whatever reasons of their own.
They can't tell who is telling the truth so everyone has to have a pregnancy test so the hospital can't be sued if they are given treatment which is not good for a pregnancy.
It is a watch your back scenario nowadays.
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Re:Lady issues and depression
(Date Posted:03/08/2011 5:41 AM)
Hello Yvette, hi all...
Well, that makes sense! Just self-preservation for the hospital really.
Hope everyone's hormones are under control today!
Fliss
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Re:Lady issues and depression
(Date Posted:03/08/2011 6:18 AM)
I can understand that they would want to watch their back, but the fact that he refused to believe it was anything else, dispite the recent involvement in a car accident, was what annoyed me. I could have dealt with, 'look we have to ask you to take a pregnancy test just in case' no problem!
"When I have PMS I'm fine, it's the rest of the world which is being unreasonable."
So true!
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Re:Lady issues and depression
(Date Posted:03/08/2011 6:23 AM)
Whilst this thread is flagged up as a "lady" issue I just want to iterject that as a man I suffered terribly from PMS for 20 years and especially during the divorce that followed. LOL
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Re:Lady issues and depression
(Date Posted:03/08/2011 7:13 AM)
Well, Sociable Peter...
Ahem. Now, rest assured, I do not wish to imply that your, er, good lady ex-wife is any sort of bitch. Nor that I am myself. I simply alert you to the second Top Comment...
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Re:Lady issues and depression
(Date Posted:03/08/2011 7:58 AM)
lol, Peter!
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Re:Lady issues and depression
(Date Posted:03/08/2011 8:31 AM)
Thanks guys that has really brought a much needed grin to my somewhat swollen and very achey broken-toothed face. :)
(Message edited by Peter_aka_Sociable On 03/08/2011 8:33 AM)
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Re:Lady issues and depression
(Date Posted:03/08/2011 4:56 PM)
Happy to help, Peter!
And it's my experience that injuries of whatever nature do repair in time...
As my ironic friend might remark... Soldier On! Fliss :-)
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Re:Lady issues and depression
(Date Posted:12/08/2011 8:48 AM)
Hi Sofie
sorry to hear you're having such a rough time. Have you tried a herbal treatment called 'Agnus Castus', it's avilable from Holland and Barrett, and evens out your hormonal highs and lows during your cycle.
http://www.hollandandbarrett.com
If you do decide to try it, run it passed your GP first to check it doesn't contra-indicate with any of your existing medication just to be on the safe side.
Cheers, Pen.
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Re:Lady issues and depression
(Date Posted:12/08/2011 10:14 AM)
Thanks Pen.
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Re:Lady issues and depression
(Date Posted:20/08/2011 6:20 AM)
Hello ladies (and Sociable Peter!),
Hope all doing well. This sounds good, Pen; best check with my GP first, mind.
Thanks very much!
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