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Pms And Glutening

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Have you girls ever gotten glutened around that time of the month and it made your PMS bad? I usually will get it a little bit but not horrible. I was supposed to start a few days ago and then got glutened. My PMS pain, lethargy, cramps have been downright awful and I'm starting late now, today instead of 3 days ago. UGH misery.

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I have not had an accidental glutening happen yet at that time, but I can tell you that before going gluten free my PMS was horrible. In addition to the symptoms to you mentioned I would cry uncontrollably for no reason a day or two before it started. I haven't had an unexplained crying session since going gluten free :)

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My PMS symptoms got really bad after I stopped breastfeeding my youngest son in 2006. That is when all my other symptoms started up also. My husband said that I was unbearable to be around that my mood swings were horrible. He also noted that I was never that bad before, just a little emotional. The back pain and cramping were bad enough that I would take three ibuprofen every 6 hours for the first two days. My symptoms came to the forefront because, without realizing it, I was gluten light for the first 10 months I was breastfeeding. I started eating stuff again after that as my son outgrew some of his intolerences. I never had a period for the 16 months I breastfed, so to say the least, when it did come it was a shocker. I never put two and two together until about 4-5 months after going gluten free, I found my mood swings were better and no more horrible back pain and cramping. Now I think I may be perimenopausal. Periods have been coming earlier than they have in the past, barely lasting 3-4 days and flow alot less. <_<

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My PMS symptoms got really bad after I stopped breastfeeding my youngest son in 2006. That is when all my other symptoms started up also. My husband said that I was unbearable to be around that my mood swings were horrible. He also noted that I was never that bad before, just a little emotional. The back pain and cramping were bad enough that I would take three ibuprofen every 6 hours for the first two days. My symptoms came to the forefront because, without realizing it, I was gluten light for the first 10 months I was breastfeeding. I started eating stuff again after that as my son outgrew some of his intolerences. I never had a period for the 16 months I breastfed, so to say the least, when it did come it was a shocker. I never put two and two together until about 4-5 months after going gluten free, I found my mood swings were better and no more horrible back pain and cramping. Now I think I may be perimenopausal. Periods have been coming earlier than they have in the past, barely lasting 3-4 days and flow alot less. <_<

You are so lucky you didn't have a period while breastfeeding. I got mine back with both babies when they were around 4 months old and I was breastfeeding exclusively, no formula whatsoever. Not fair! :lol:

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You are so lucky you didn't have a period while breastfeeding. I got mine back with both babies when they were around 4 months old and I was breastfeeding exclusively, no formula whatsoever. Not fair! :lol:

Yeah, that was a great vacation from "aunt flo". :P

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Have you girls ever gotten glutened around that time of the month and it made your PMS bad? I usually will get it a little bit but not horrible. I was supposed to start a few days ago and then got glutened. My PMS pain, lethargy, cramps have been downright awful and I'm starting late now, today instead of 3 days ago. UGH misery.

Yep. Just recently. My periods are apparently being regular now that I'm actually getting nutrition in me. So, when the PMS started just 3 weeks after my last period (which was extremely light), I started my usual baby paranoia all over again when the breasts started hurting, head spinning, mood swings, craving random food etc. Nope, AF a week earlier than I start wondering when she'll appear. Regular periods are weird.

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During my symptomatic-glutenous days, I used to get HORRIBLE cramping and abdominal pain during my periods. Curled up in the fetal position against the wall in the back room when I worked at Panera is NOT on my list of things to repeat. :) My doc even switched my birth control because of it. It helped for the most part, but I still got episodes every so often. I haven't been gluten free for long enough to know if it's made a difference in that regard, but I didn't have ANY pain or cramping with my periods before my intolerance-activating infection.

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