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PMS
Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS), also known as Premenstrual Tension (PMT) affects roughly 50% of women at some time in their reproductive life. It is thought to be due to an imbalance of sex hormones during the menstrual cycle between ovulation and the period. There seems to be a sudden retention of fluid throughout the body leading to breast tenderness, bloating and if it is in the brain, to distortion of the brain's architecture and consequent mood changes. Any problem that occurs regularly just before a period is likely to be of this nature.
PMS Treatments
Modern Western Medicine
Progesterone (a hormone) by suppository or pessary is often helpful as is the contraceptive pill or other hormonal preparation. Diuretics (water tablets) that reduce the body's fluid levels are often used with varying success. These drugs are not without side effects.
Complementary Therapy
Please help us to help you by letting your practitioner know about Shared Care so that they might contact us (email to:- editor(at)shared-care.com) with their evidence to add their therapy to this list.
The therapies/educational systems shown below have been noted as helpful for PMS
These are commonly available:-
| Acupuncture |
| Bowen Technique |
| Chinese Herbal Medicine |
| Homeopathy |
| Massage |
| Naturopathy |
| Reflexology |
| Traditional Chinese Medicine |
| Western Herbal Medicine |
| Yoga |
| Less so are:- |
| Autogenic Training |
Please also see Approaches Individual to the Practitioner for lists of those whose approaches don't fall into any specific category
The following practitioners have indicated that they have a special interest in PMS
Please click on the "more.." button for fuller details.
PMS Blog
Add your contributions to the blog for this page. The button is at the bottom of the page or follow this link to the blog for this page. These can be absolutely anything related to the topic of this page that needs an answer from other members of the community, or a space for you to complain about or comment on anything related to that topic.
PMS Support Groups
The home country of the group is listed. Most will provide more information, advice, contacts and help wherever you live:-
| National Association for Premenstrual Syndrome | Great Britain | National |
| P.M.S. & P.N.D Support | Great Britain | National |
| Natural Fertility NZ | New Zealand | National |
Please email editor(at)shared-care.com with the name and URL of your suggestions for additional groups.
Places to Eat and Stay, Tourist, Town and Travel Guides
These sections are designed to provide help in finding restaurants, cafes, hotels, resorts, towns, beaches, travel companies and so on that are user friendly for our communities.
Shopping Zone
Editors Choice
Not all good things come from Amazon. The following are my choices of goodies that I have come across or in which I have had some involvement. If you want to add anything please email me (editor(at)shared-care.com) with details
| Surprisingly Gluten Free | Gluten free cookbook; lots of good recipes |
| Surprisingly Gluten Free | |
| Dr Michaels New Horizons | Self help tapes from No Panic |
| No Panic | |
| Lumie Sunlamp | Sunlamp for SAD (works for me! (ed)) |
| Lumie | |
| The FISH Plan for Migraine | Free downloadable book about treating migraine |
| The FISH Plan for Migraine | |
| The FISH Plan for Irritable Bowel Syndrome | Free downloadable book about treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
| The FISH Plan for IBS | |
| Your Heart Needs the Mediterranean Diet | Necessary dietary reading for everyone |
| Your Heart Needs the Mediterranean Diet | |
