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Pms Mood Swings

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By Guest nini
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Guest nini
Guest nini
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Hubby just said that my pms mood swings have gotten way worse since I've been gluten-free. I have noticed this too, but didn't think it had anything to do with being gluten-free... maybe something else going on, but my pms mood swings have gotten almost violent. (not physically violent but mentally evil)... does that make sense? :(

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Ashley Enthusiast
Ashley
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It makes a lot of sense to me. Ugh I'm the same way. I still have stomach pains when I eat, even if I'm hundred percent sure the food is gluten free. My stomach and villi are still healing. I just assume that I'm more ill because I'm in such pain.

-Ash

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted

Nope--mine have gotten a bit better. I still get tired and a little 'down', but the mood swings and the grouchiness are better.

Guhlia Rising Star
Guhlia
Posted

Mine are WAY worse. I get horrible migraines for almost a week before it. I get uncontrollably angry. It makes me feel like I'm getting the flu, but I know I'm not. If you find anything that helps, please let me know because I'm ridiculously sick of losing a whole week every month.

plantime Contributor
plantime
Posted

I get migraines now right before my period, so I take Maxalt for that. For the mood swings, mine have always been bad. Lexapro evens it out for me. I don't like taking drugs for stuff, but sometimes it is the only recourse.

loraleena Contributor
loraleena
Posted

I've noticed this also. I just get mean and really irritable the week before.

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
Posted

I don't get PMS too bad at all, but I wanted to mention that low magnesium levels and low B6 levels can contribute. Many get relief from supplementing them. I would suggest getting a magnesium only (up to 1000mg) supplement if your calcium is okay as you want the ration of magnesium to calcium to increase. If you take a B6 (up to 50 mg), take a complex, too. It's not a good idea to take one B vitamin without the support of the others. I used to point this information from a nutrition book out to people I taught natural family planning to and it generally helped a lot.

Another thing is to be sure you're getting enough essential fatty acids. Oil of Evening Primrose is especially good for this.

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carriecraig Enthusiast
carriecraig
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Mine is bad, but I just went off the pill, so I think that is really triggering my mood swings, more then being gluten-free.

TinkerbellSwt Collaborator
TinkerbellSwt
Posted

My pms has gotten horrible. I always had a tough time of it. Now it is just off the board. The nastiness, the general angry feeling I get. I cant get out of my own way!

skbird Contributor
skbird
Posted

I've gotten worse. Now I'm breaking out - was just my shoulders and back (new just this past year! woo-hoo! :angry: ) and then last month, it was my chest! Lame! And then I had the worst period in a year. Everything else in my life has evened out quite a bit, but hormones and PMS keep getting worse. I have started taking Prometrium, which is a progesterone (bio-identical, not from a horse...) from day 14 until my period and that is helping (the month of the chest breakout I was taking a lower dose, transitioning between insurances. Not doing that again!) but other than that, no luck. I have tried every natural thing, begged my gyno for anything else, no luck. She wanted me back on the pill but that causes me a lot of emotional stuff, so no way.

Sorry I'm not helping, but it's nice to be validated on this - most gluten-free stuff on this topic is how much better someone is! Not us, I guess.

Stephanie

Guest nini
Guest nini
Posted

Well, I'm trying Estroven to see if it helps... I talked with the experts in the supplement section at the co op and the first product they suggested contained wheat, but Estroven is gluten-free so I'm trying it... it might take a while before I see any improvement though... if this doesn't work I'm going to try Evening Primrose Oil... has anyone had any success with either of these?

cgilsing Enthusiast
cgilsing
Posted

Mine have gotten better rather than worse....but I definatly think there is a connection! I used to fly off the handle for no real reason at all :ph34r: ....as soon as I started gluten-free I had a lot easier time keeping it together! Amazing how celiac disease can affect so many aspects of your life!

wolfie Enthusiast
wolfie
Posted

Mine have gotten worse too!! I wasn't sure if it was due to the gluten-free diet or not, but the timing sure seems to correspond. I don't really get b*tchy, but I seem to cry at the drop of a hat and that is not like me, unless I am really mad. I do take Lexapro for anxiety, but it doesn't seem to help with the PMS...LOL!!

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