Comments on: Caveat

By: Mich

Mich — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:55:08 +0000

Speaking of Tom Cruise and PMS and rage … a few days ago I drew devil horns, missing teeth, mustaches, and tails on every single picture of the bastard that I could find in the lunchroom hodge-podge of Hollywood magazines.

By: JGS

JGS — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:51:16 +0000

My wife actually has the same kind of thing. Her PMS got so terrible for her after our Okapis were born and it was just so hard on her. Therapy actually has helped her feel a lot better. Lord knows, I’ve had enough therapy for you and me and many of your readers combined.

By: britt

britt — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:23:55 +0000

1) Vitamin B6 (50 mg, 2 x a day) really really helps my PMS mood swings.

2) Xanax is awesome. I don’t take it now, but around my wedding, I would pop half a pill in my freak out moments. it was a lifesaver.

good luck sweetie! you are an awesome mom and an AMAZING sister-in-law!

By: Brenda

Brenda — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 18:24:53 +0000

I hope Tom “If Anyone Should Be On Meds It’s Me” Cruise hasn’t made you more reluctant to medicate. Seriously, you’ve probably helped a whole lot of tired, off-kilter moms who aren’t sure what’s wrong just by writing about your experience. I’ve got to hand it to you, though, we would have never known.

I hope things get much better after your appointment.

By: Her Bad Mother

Her Bad Mother — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 17:21:12 +0000

All the meds floating around BlogHer will make it a pretty crazy drug scene. Doped up mommies! Woo hoo!

Seriously, though. I only just read your last post so I’ll comment here – I hear you so, so clearly. ANd if it’s a trend, the trend is doing right by us. We’re just all taking care.

((()))

By: Gidge

Gidge — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 16:40:21 +0000

You know that is what my PMS is like now.
RAGE.
I used to get moody, grumpy, sometimes get irrational hurt feelings…….but now it’s RAGE. About a week before I can expect a huge blowout of some sort, and I can feel the madness gripping the back of my neck and I still can’t stop it.

By: Crunchy Carpets

Crunchy Carpets — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 15:58:26 +0000

I don’t know if it is age or having kids, but my PMS is absolutely horrendous…..the rage that courses through me is terrifying.

Being aware of it helps…but what a fricken miserable way to exist!

By: Trish

Trish — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 15:20:57 +0000

I hope things start to improve for you. I was seeing a therapist for awhile then the husband lost his job. I liked my therapist but I was getting tired of just talking about how I felt. He wouldn’t even consider meds for me. I get the same way right before my period and I just blogged about it on my page. I get ridiculously angry a couple days before and it scares me and makes me so sad. I yell at the kids more often and for little stuff that, Jesus why am I yelling at them? Agh, so yeah, I meant to say that I’m right there with you. Moms need to support moms.