PMS help! ( females)?

Hey, I have major pms problems, it is not so much the cramps that bother me or bloating or nausia it is how moody I am. I try to control it and it just seems impossible. I am snapping at people everywhere and I know that it is good that I realize that it is because of PMS but seriosly this needs to stop. I know that there are mediications like midol nd advil that can help but I want a way to just breath relax nd control it but I cant seem to figure out how! I know that I should talk to my parents or something but we are NOT at all really close we always butt heads nd yell at eachother nd stuff even not during pms but it is MUCH worse during pms nd now we are not even talking I was so mean to them. So please please please help me figure out what to do! auuugh nd hurry cuz I dont think I can take being a ***** much longer! MUCHOS gracias!

Since you did mention breathing exercises, why not try just lying down and inhaling and exhaling slowly. Just try to focus on your breathing and shut out any other thoughts, and hopefully you'll feel more relaxed.

For the long term, however, you might want to talk to a doctor if you find your pms symptoms are really out of hand. Birth control can help with that, but a non-drug option is simple aerobic exercise. It'll not only make you feel better about your body (bloating and whatnot, right? :)), and will alleviate a lot of pms symptoms, such as irritability.

You can probably feel the mood swing coming on, so when you do, go by yourself and get into something that you need to solely concentrate on...it will pass...and save a lot of future apologies.

First off you do need to talk to your parents and explain to them how you are feeling. This could be PMS or somthing all together
different. If your hormone level is messed up this can affect you like this also. Have your mom take to you to the Dr's to find out exactly why you are feeling this way. Goods luck. It will not last forever.

make sure u are really nice to ur family when u do NOT have PMS. then the rest of the time just tell them its that time of the month and just to ignore u. at least that will give u a bit of time to figure things out how to control it. my daughter gets it bad. plus her teenage hormones. she can be a real cow sometimes.

Well, yes, there are over the counter meds that can help My preference was Premesyn (back in the dark ages when this grandma had such things as monthly cycles :) ). It had a mild diruetic in it to help with the bloating. I take it you are fairly young because of the refernce to your parents. Part of your problem may be just hormones associated with teenage years.

If you want the holistic approach, deep breathing and such...
Focus on a spot or thing (something not moving ie, stuffed animal, flowers, etc) take a deep breath in, blow it out in pants or sighs, keeping your focus on the object, take another breath in and repeat ten times. The extra oxyge to your brain helps lower your blood pressure and slows your heart rate and this in turn calms you down...sort of like a time out. Although this will not help with the bloating or nausea, it will help keep you from blowing your stack.

Are you on birth control pills? If you are talk to your doctor.

If you are not, you might want to try an over the counter med such as you metion above. Caffiene is a great diuretic although it may make your edginess worse.

For nausea, I always used a flat coca-cola.

my two cents worth,
GrandmaJAM