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Dear Elizabeth: PLEASE, do yourself a favor (and your counterpart) … check out the following web site, type it exactly the way I am typing it here; http://members.AOL.COM/dearest Ask them for an information packet about their products and services, it is quite informative and very extensive with lots of great info about PMS, Menopause, etc.   Speaking from experience, the symptoms you describe, could actually be perimenopausal symptoms, NOT PMS, although PMS is certainly also a possibility.  I have names and addresses of many other places, people with regards to womens health.  If interested, please email me and we’ll talk some more.  I am not selling anything, I am simply a women who has been down the rocky road of raging hormones and have tried just about EVERYTHING under the sun.  Now, for the first time in 13 years, I feel wonderfully normal.  (I’d rather not get into my private regime over the news group however). Hope to hear from you.  Do check out the dearest web site!!!! Health and Healing Susan Renkel, RN

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Dear Elisabeth: I use a product put out by Rexall which is a nautral homeopathic medicine.  It truly helps activate the body’s own process to work naturally to help balance the many symptoms.  If you like I will send you my catalogue and you can call Rexall and order.  100% guaranteed.  If it doesn’t work for you they refund your $$$.  Send me your mailing address by e-mailing it to me.  This e-mail address is okay or my personal e-mail is:

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> I have a problem with PMS and it really annoys me (and my spouse…). Please help me!

Elisabeth, What I have experienced as the best thing for PMS is applying wild yam cream to your body everyday in the last 13 days of your menstrual cycle (post-ovulation) It is good for evening out mood swings and rages. It has hormones that create balance (progesterone) in a natural compound. Good luck, Shannon Brophy, Midwife  For information on Yoga, Massage and Bodywork, and Natural Healing                  or to browse Holistic Products to order       visit the Roots & Wings Website at http://www.yoga.com

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Dear Elisabeth,    There are two books which could help you. They are published in the US, and I don’t know how available they would be in Europe. One is "Herbal Healing for Women" by Rosemary Gladstar, published by Simon & Schuster, and the other is "Menopausal Years: The Wise Woman Way" by Susun Weed, published by Ash Tree Publishing, phone (914)246-8081. The second book has a great deal of information for young women as well as menopausal women, with a good section on PMS.     Pardon me for being blunt, but it sounds like your boyfriend is a bigger problem than your PMS. He needs to learn that you are not obligated to provide him with sex, and he sould stop pressuring you to have sex when you don’t want to. Maybe some counseling would help. -Annika — -Annika

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Try taking Royal Jelly pills Worked for my wife. And me. Bruce

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Check out the following web site and follow the link to the Recommended Nutrition Guide – there are sections for menopause and related conditions. http://members.tripod.com/~lifeplus/index.htm Joanne

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> Dear Elizabeth: > [info about PMS website snipped]

Dear Susan: I couldn’t get the post from Elizabeth, so, if you would, please pass on this info to her.  Thank you! Multi-Modality Regimen for PMS Prevention & Alleviation Pre-Menstrual Syndrome is thought to be the result of hormonal imbalance of progesterone in the days prior to menstruation.  The various hormones in your body work in an integrated, synergistic manner, but each woman’s profile of hormones is different.  Consequently, the hormonal imbalance of progesterone will vary for each woman and will effect each woman differently.  Health practitioners in the various fields all have different recommendations for dealing with PMS.  This regimen is a blend of conservative recommendations from the regular medical, holistic health, massage and aromatherapy fields. Before starting any health regimen you should CONSULT WITH YOUR OWN DOCTOR.   The items starred require a prescription, so you will need to see an MD for them anyway.  Try the dietary changes first.  If that doesn’t help, add other items.  The list is in order, with the most conservative first.  Try to find the minimum change necessary to achieve results.  It helps to keep a diary or notes so you can keep track of what you’ve tried each month. Start the day preceding expected onset of symptoms.  Continue until the end of your menstrual period.                 Morning       Noon        Afternoon    Evening  Bedtime Meals(1)        Prot & Veg    Prot & Veg  Prot & Veg   Fruit         Potassium       10 mil-equiv              10 mil-equiv Magnesium       250 mg        250 mg      250 mg       250 mg Ibuprofin       200 mg        200 mg      200 mg       200 mg   600 mg Herbs(2)        1 dose                    1 dose                1 dose EvPrmrose Oil   1 capsule                 1 capsule             1 capsule Aromatherapy(3) bath/massage              massage               bath/massage Progonol(4)     1/4"                                   1/4" *Maxzide-25(5)  1/2 tablet               *Procardia(6)   10 mg                     10 mg                 10 mg *Fiorinal(7)    1 tablet                  1 tablet              1 tablet 1      Fruits:  cherries, nectarines, plums, melons, mangos, pineapple.    Vegetables:  tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, peppers, cauliflower, asparagus.       Protein:  white meat tuna/chicken packed in water or broiled fish.    Basically, you want a high protein, low fat, low salt, low fiber     diet during this time. 2  Dr. Barmakian’s Cycle Herbs or a similar herbal blend. 3  Mix rose oil, clary-sage oil, and bergamot oil in the ratio of 3-4-3.       For an aromatherapy bath, add 6 or 7 drops of this blend to running     hot bath water.  For a massage, add 30 drops of this blend to two     tablespoons of grapeseed oil and rub over your abdomen, hips, and     lower back down to the coccyx.  The massage is recommended after a     hot bath. 4  This is an OTC Natural Progesterone cream.  It has the highest amount     (3%) allowed by the FDA.  Vitamin Express has a good price on it.     If you can get a MD’s prescription then order a 10% Natural Progesterone     cream from Women’s International Pharmacy.  It is less expensive than     any OTC cream. 5  Or a similar potassium-sparing diuretic, as directed by your physician. 6  Or as directed by your physician.  Procardia acts to restore the normal    intracellular calcium/magnesium ratio.  It relaxes smooth muscles and    helps relieve cramps. 7  Or as directed by your physician. Sincerely, Paul Anacker Editor "Biological Aging Measurement" by Ward Dean, MD

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Hi! My name is Elisabeth, and I live in Europe, in Scandinavia. I have a problem with PMS and it really annoys me (and my spouse…). Please help me! It is my spouse who is now pushing me to do something about it. I’m a 34 yr old woman and I have the following symptoms. The problems start around the 20th each month. The cycle changes forward slightly every time. – Depressed, feeling "low" – Irritated and short tempered – Constipation – Sleeping problems – Feeling swollen in by body – Acne and skin problems – Need for eating candy, etc. – Does not think about or feel for having sex I get my menstruation around the 10th next month. I get "sort of" normal a few days in between but that’s all… My spouse is thinking that my PMS problems are affecting our relationship and that I really ought to do something – maybe I am to messed up in all my symptoms and not noticing what it does to our relation? I am not aware of any problems that this may cause for my relationship with my boyfriend. My partner, on the other hand, experiences the following problems because of my PMS problems: – My lack of sexual interest makes him frustrated. – He says that he is irritated because I am complaining all the time about practical things like if he is spilling out coffee etc. – My need for having everything tidy in our house and not wanting or being intereted in sex is not what he wants. Even when he tells me this I don’t agree with him, becuase I think he is not tidy and he is clumsy etc. We are both living at a high social standard and financiall well off. We live in a big house with pool etc. He is a corpoaret executive and I am a teacher. My spouse does not understand me. Every time I start to cry about somehing he starts to speak about sex and that he does not get enough sex. He always think that it’s something to do with him when I start to cry. So. if I am sad about something else, he always start an argument about sex. About that we never have sex and so on. Alhough we have sex a least once or sometimes twice a week. I am satisfied with our sexlife but in between he talks to much about sex. I don’t get sexually excited when he speaks about it and always want sex. He wants more sex. My boydfriend told me that I have to do something about my PMS problems. I don’t know when my PMS problems got worse. Now I have 6 weeks of vacation and don’t want to listen to by boyfriend complaing all that time. I have myself done the following to try to cure my PMS problems: – I have tried different pills (mini pill, 3 stage pill, and ordinary pills). I tried this during different periods. – I have also tried the "spiral". I have tried a copper spiral. Now I am trying a hormone spiral, which I think makes my PMS problems worse but I am using it anyway because it was the last alternative my doctor told me. Apart from that I haven’t done anything to cure my PMS problems. PLEASE HELP !!! Elisabeth.

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