0n (28 Jun 05) WAYNE CHIRNSIDE wrote to CINDY HAGLUND...

->  GP> On (27 Jun 05) Cindy Haglund wrote to George Pope...
->  CH>  GP> Who says women would've found any treatment for PMS either?
->  GP>  CH>
->  CH>  They have George.

->  GP> Which women?  & what treatments/cures?
->  GP> And were there NO males involved in it at all?

->  Do a Google Search okay? I'm not sure Discussion of Woman's Problems
-> is allowed in this echo. Last time I did this elsewhere I got my head
-> taken off. Even though we're all adults some adults can't handle such
-> topics.

 WC> Been in the news that hormone therapy in the form of specific
 WC> strengths and combination can stop most woman from having a period.

Where was that when I needed it? One problem with effective treament a
lot of the 'work' is up to the patient. You can't just pop a pill and
expect all to be well. You hve to try to eat right, exercise, get
enough sleep, fluids, avoid salt and caffeine, and CONTROL your temper.

No pill is going to do all that for you. It might make it easier but
it isn't gonna do it all. SO women who don't bother to make an effort
to contorl their moods and appitite luck out of the program.

And Wayne, some of us know some women who ENJOY being pms'y :) (wink)

 WC> It's still quite controversial as it carries many of the same risks
 WC> as birth control pills.

  Yeah.. most new things are iffy. Wait to see what happens to the
guinea pigs before trying it. For now prozack can help with the
management of mood and appiite, patient willing to cooperate. It helps
to manage diet as you want to avoid what aggrevates the hormonal
caused tendancy to retain fluids. While caffeine can help get rid of
excess fluids it can also aggrevate what it is that makes us moodier.

I got a book on the hormone balance thing and it's enough to give you
a headache. The symptoms of an excess amt of estrogen for example may
well be the same as for too low of progesterone and vice versa.

Its so complicated which is why it's so hard to treat pms and related
menestrual problems.

Cindy

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