POST-Menstrual Syndrome?

[herefishie.livejournal.com]

Ok... I don't get all pissy and whiny and all that before my period. But AFTER??? Holy hell. Avoid me like the plague. I am a bitch on wheels. Every tiny little thing drives me through the roof.

FOR EXAMPLE TODAY 2 of the many things....


Receptionist received our supplies order in from Grand and Toy. As I am passing the doors headed to the bathroom, she tries to stop me to give me my dryline white out. WTF do I need that in the bathroom for??? Deliver it to my desk like you are delivering all the rest of the stuff to the other people in my department!


I recieved a phone call from my aunt. Asking for my brother's address.
WHY WOULDN'T YOU CALL MY BROTHER TO ASK HIM FOR HIS ADDRESS????



oy... I think I need a drink but I already had all my starches for the day >:|



Does anyone else get like this?? What can I do about it?

ps I am not on hormonal bc

Comments

[mercy-rain.livejournal.com]

Evening primrose oil does a fine job evening out my hormonal mood swings.

[herefishie.livejournal.com]

do you have to take it all the time?

[mercy-rain.livejournal.com]

No, I don't. I take it 3x/day during menstruation and ovulation, and usually 1x/day the rest of the time (but I have depression, so I'm taking it for that as well).

[herefishie.livejournal.com]

I'll look into it... thanks

[pinkgatorgirl06.livejournal.com]

Where do you get something like that?

[mercy-rain.livejournal.com]

Target, Walmart, Vitamine Shoppe, GNC...

[bertismyhomie.livejournal.com]

I agree.

[stenodork.livejournal.com]

i have those too.
like post or end of the period bitchiness.

[herefishie.livejournal.com]

do you do anything about it? or just let it run its course?

[stenodork.livejournal.com]

yeah.
i acknowledge so that i know it's why i'm mad or upset all day. and it's usually only one or two days.

[esme.livejournal.com]

Ugh. No fun. I get pre- and post- irritability. For me, it has been helpful to let myself get irritated, but to remember it'll pass soon enough.

Sorry it's not very helpful. I understand the aggravation, though.

[herefishie.livejournal.com]

I KNOW that I do it but I can't seem to stop myself from flipping out over something that normally wouldn't bother me any other day of the month

[esme.livejournal.com]

Uh. I wasn't trying to be a condescending ass. Sorry if you took it that way.

I personally don't use anything because nothing has really worked for me. It's just accepting I'm gonna freak out, telling people I'm gonna freak out and moving on.

There is Cyclease by Boiron that might help. It was recommended by an associate at Whole Foods. I could never tell if it did anything, though. I was still hyper-bitchy even using it.

Good luck.

[herefishie.livejournal.com]

I never took it that way, I was agreeing with you!

The CAPS were purely for emphasis...perhaps I should I have said "I *know* I do it"?

[esme.livejournal.com]

My misunderstanding. :)

[sugarini.livejournal.com]

I am definately like that. I don't get cramps or irritability before my period, but I do for a couple days after.

It's not unheard of.

[alliemolloy.livejournal.com]

Ahhh! You know, this is the first time I've made that connection. I've been SO edgy and irritable for the past few days, which happens to coincide with the end of my period.

[herefishie.livejournal.com]

Ya I noticed it months ago.. my manager knows when to expect me to ask for a day off now... lol. last month when I stomped into her office and said I needed to take tomorrow off she said, "its been about a month since you asked last..."

hahaha

[rearrangedfaith.livejournal.com]

i don't think menstration has anything to do with getting angry at either of those.


they are stupid requests and would logically annoy anyone. :)

[rearrangedfaith.livejournal.com]

i'd still be annoyed..

especially about the white out..

but then again, i'm pretty bitchy year round.

[soda-raison.livejournal.com]

I'd get angry at that no matter what time of the month it is. That is ridiculous!

If you really think it's your hormones talk to your doctor about going on the pill. The pill helps with my moodiness so I only want to kill myself and everyone else 3 or 4 days a month. Evening primrose like st johns wort did absolutely nothing. I have a feeling that most herbal mood treatments and depression treatments are just placebos and that's why they work for the midly depressed and moody. Don't even get me started on the miracles of antidepressant medication. Ugh.

[herefishie.livejournal.com]

hell no... hormones are the devil! I want a non hormonal fix to this!

Thanks :)

[soda-raison.livejournal.com]

Just curious, why do you think horomones are so terrible? I think antidepressants and ineffective herbal treatments are the devil!

[herefishie.livejournal.com]

I did the hormonal route for 12 years. The only thing I got out of it was no libido, fat & despressed.

[scien.livejournal.com]

Well, there are lots of different types of hormonal methods, which have wildly difficult effects on any one person. For example, the first pill I tried was indeed the devil for me (my sister's perfectly happy on it) but the second one's worked just fine. It's entirely possible that there's a hormonal route out there that would work for you - and equally possible that you've tried everything out there, but you didn't mention doing so.

Anyway, there's a difference between saying something didn't work for you and calling it satanic ;)

[herefishie.livejournal.com]

You name it... I've been on it! Over the years the dose had to get stronger and stronger because I would get mid cycle spotting. I've tried everything from Tricyclene to Depo... they all made me extremely depressed. To me it was satanic since the depression made me want to slit my wrists. Hormones simply aren't for me. They made me a very very different person.