PMS PMDD Information

PMS or Premenstrual Syndrome, and PMDD afflict millions of women as young as 18. The medical establishment has proven they can't be trusted because they have foisted dangerous drugs on unsuspecting, trusting women.

That trust has been broken and will take a generation of proven help before drug companies will be taken seriously again. In the mean time, there are proven herbal and natural hormone replacement technologies with decades of use to help relieve the trauma that has become known as PMS.

PMS

PMS and Progesterone

Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) is by far the single most common complaint of premenopausal women.

Current estimates are that severe PMS occurs in 2.5 to 5 percent of women, and mild PMS occurs in 33 percent of women. PMS was first described in 1931 as a "state of unbearable tension," a description most women can understand to a certain degree.

PMS Starts

Some women have PMS from the time they begin having menstrual cycles but for most, PMS begins in the premenopausal years, around the mid-thirties, and becomes increasingly severe as the years go on. Although it's possible to create a list of dozens and dozens of PMS symptoms, the most common are: PMS

Dysphoric Disorder, PMDD, Extreme Premenstrual Syndrome

Dysphoric disorder has been described as extreme PMS. Millions of American women experience disturbing emotional and physical symptoms before your monthly menstrual periods? Do these symptoms disrupt your life and interfere with your usual activities and your relationships with others? Do the symptoms go away when your flow begins or shortly thereafter, only to return before your next period?

If this description sounds like you, you may have a condition known as premenstrual dysphoric disorder or PMDD. To find out more about PMDD -- what it is, what it is not, how common it is, how it is diagnosed, what may cause it, and how it can be treated successfully -- please read on. We know a lot about PMDD and you should find the information here quite helpful to you or someone you know.