PMDD

[rotunderer.livejournal.com]

Does anyone have, or have any information about premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)? If so, any information on possible treatments?

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[toregone.livejournal.com]

Can anyone offer any advice please? I'm kind of unsure about what's going on with myself.

I've had friends of mine go through miscarriages and what they've described to me sounds pretty much what I'm going through now so I'm kind of scared. I thought I started my period yesterday, it was a day or so early but I didn't think anything of it. Then the super intense cramps start and I notice how different this period is. It's not the same color it usually is, it's a different consistany, it's muchheavier and I've always had really heavy periods anyway. Then I started thinking how I didn't have any of my regualr PMS symptons. No dreams (I always dream straight for a week before my period and then the night before I start I dont have one. It's the only time in the month that I dream), no bloating, no headaches, no hunger so bad I need to eat everything in my house etc.

Then the cramps for much worse. I've always had very bad cramps so that I was even on prescrition pain killers for a while and then put on Ortho tri-cyclen to regulate them which worked for the most part. After I started on BC I'd have an hour or so of cramps my first day and then everything was hunky dory except for the fact that I was bleeding. These cramps are so bad that my exact words to my boyfriend were "Oh god.. this is not human". Last night I ended up crouched up in a ball on the floor next to my bed on the phone with my boyfriend trying to get him to not freak out and assure him that I'm fine. See he lives 6 hours away from me and there's probably no way that if I was in trouble or something that he could come in to see me so I'm trying not to let on about what I'm thinking this could be because I don't want to worry him when he can't come see me.

So my question is, does this sound like maybe I'm having a miscarriage, and if so should I wait a while to see if things get better and then go to the doctor or should I go right away?

Checking the dates

[ailbhe]

So, I'm definitely late. I don't use any contraception. My cycle is 26, 27, or 28 days long (usually 27). My last period started on 15 July, and according to my handy PalmOS program, this one was due on 11 August. I had sex on 27 and 30 July, which are marked "potentially fertile" in my little program.

How late should I be before I get a little stick to pee on? I'm slightly scared to because I'd hate to do that and have it come out negative, but my cycle has definitely been regular since December, and I started recording it then because it had "felt" regular before that and I thought it might be useful to know when I was supposedly fertile.

I got all my usual PMS symptoms except cramps, but they're sort of fading now. The slight nausea (no vomiting) is still there, and the constipation, tiredness etc.

Anyone know if I'm likely to just skip a period? I was on the pill for about 2 and a half years and have been off it for 2 years now. I've had no extraordinary stresses.

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[blindy.livejournal.com]

I have a question that might not be appropriate for this community, but I figured I'd ask. Is it possible for your vagina to get "stretched out", from a lot of sex or child birth? A friend and I have opposing opinions and wanted to clear it up. Thanks!