If you could change just one thing about yourself, what would it be?

It's okay my friend

I never used to believe in PMS until one day I cried during a sad TV show. I never cry about shows or movies that aren't true stories. I wondered what the heck was going on with me, until later that day my period started.

OMG I have horrible pms. I can tell. Everything will piss me off from a phone ringing to long , someone taking to long to answer my question, if the bus is a minute late. I also get a horrible migraine etc. I honestly think I should have FMLA during that time bc I get so grouchy and snap at everyone that one day I'm going to piss the wrong person off and get fired lol. I also gain a lot of water weight ( up to 8 pounds ). It's awful

Yeah, it might be good to get a day or two off during that time. I don't know if any company would be understanding enough to allow that, unless you got really sick and started throwing up. I used to always throw up during my period, and I was almost always told to go home. But the emotional stuff can be just as bad as the physical, if not worse. I wonder if any employers will ever be enlightened enough to understand that. They may just tell you to take something for it, like ibuprofen, which may or may not help.

I use to throw up every month too ! That stopped. It really is an issue and no I don't think any company cares about a woman's hormonal imbalance. Like you said , they just expect us to take something. Some women don't have it near as bad though.

No, not everyone does. I used to think that everyone had as much as pain as I had and I was just being a big baby about it, until I found out that more women had some cramps, but not like I had. It has gotten better for me, physically, too. I wonder if there's any prescription that helps with the emotional side of it, as well as the physical.

Hmmm. I never went to my doctor to complain about it. I don't get cramps at all. The migraine , bloating and pure bitchiness get me every time.

I remember when I was in high school, my mom took me to see a doctor about it because it was causing me to miss at least one day of school each month. The doctor prescribed something very powerful (probably a high dose of ibuprofen) for the pain. It relaxed my muscles so much that I almost felt like I was walking on air. In fact, it was a little bit too much. Because it was so powerful, I didn't keep taking it for very long. So I'm not too sure if it would take care of the emotional side of it or not. They said that it acted on a certain hormone my body was producing, which they said was the same hormone that a woman's body produces when she's giving birth! I don't know if that hormone causes emotional upsets or not. It would be interesting to know.