Premenstrual Syndrome

The two natural treatments that can help surprises most women

However, what is not well known are the number of natural treatments that are available for this condition that include vitamins and minerals, as well as some herbs.

This condition is so widespread, that it is estimated that over 75 percent of all women worldwide that are menstruating suffer from some form of it without the knowledge of how to help it.

Symptoms:

Premenstrual syndrome, of all the various conditions that can affect women, has perhaps the largest variety of symptoms. These problems tend to peak in most women in their late 20’s or early 30’s but until they do, they can literally control your life.

However, there is absolutely no reason to let the symptoms that are associated with this condition control any part of your life if you understand the tactics that you can take to dramatically reduce them or even stop them in some cases.

The symptoms that do affect you will have two basic things in common; they will tend to reoccur in very predictable patterns but they will never be the same form month to month. Although this almost sounds like an oxymoron, even though the symptoms may be repetitious, some months they will be extremely intense while the next month you may hardly notice them.

They will also come in two separate grouping; emotional and behavioral, as well as physical.

Emotional and Behavioral:

Premenstrual syndrome has several emotional as well as behavioral symptoms, but by far and away the most common as well as the most severe will involve mood changes. One minute you will be perfectly fine and the next minute you may be crying for what seems like no reason at all.

You may also feel very upbeat and the next minute you may suddenly feel very tense, anxious, or even very irritable to the point of being angry.

It seems that no matter what you do, these mood changes are literally controlling you and there is absolutely nothing you can do about it.

This condition can also cause severe appetite swings where you will have absolutely no appetite at all only to crave certain foods just minutes later. You may also feel like you want absolutely nothing to do with anyone including your friends, spouse or your family, to the point that it feels like you have become socially withdrawn.

In some cases, you will also have a very difficult time sleeping and because of this, you will find in extremely difficult to concentrate on even the simplest of tasks.

Physical symptoms:

If the emotional and behavior symptoms associated with premenstrual syndrome were not bad enough, there are also several physical symptoms that will affect you. This can include joint as well as muscle pains that are so severe it feels like you have some form of arthritis some months, while other months theses same pains will be just slight irritations.

You may also suffer from mild headaches or in some cases they will be so severe that they will feel like a migraine headache. You may also feel just fine one minute only to feel completely fatigued the next minute even though you have done very little in the form of physical exertion.

Your breasts may also become so tender that any type of movement or contact with anything is extremely painful and you may also have severe acne flare-ups during your premenstrual syndrome.You may also experience extreme ranges in your bodily habits as you may have constipation one day, while the next day you have developed just the opposite; severe diarrhea.

However, with all or most all of these symptoms there will be one common theme; as soon as your menstrual period begins they will suddenly disappear.

Causes:

Premenstrual syndrome also has one other very large challenge; there is no one that fully understands what causes it. However, what is understood is that there may be several factors that contribute to it. The first of these is what is referred to as a cyclical change in your hormones that are considered to be fluctuations that will disappear when you become pregnant or with menopause.

Chemical changes in your brain are also considered to be a factor, especially with fluctuations of serotonin, which is believed to play a major role in mood changes.

If your body has insufficient amounts of this chemical, it can also cause depression, craving for food, as well as several sleeping disorders. Depression is also believed to be one of the contributing factors, as is stress and poor eating habits.

Treatments:

As overpowering as premenstrual syndrome can be, it does have some very effective natural treatments that start with a mineral that is considered to be a women’s best friend; calcium. This mineral has several benefits including preventing osteoporosis, but perhaps it has no bigger role than assisting your fight this condition.

There have been several studies including one at the Metropolitan Hospital in New York City where over 75 percent of the women that took 1,000 milligrams of calcium showed significantly reduced symptoms. They had fewer headaches, less breast tenderness, as well as fewer abdominal cramps.

No one fully understands exactly how this mineral helps, but it is believed to ease muscular contractions that can trigger several of the symptoms. The mineral magnesium has also tested to be quite effective especially when combined with calcium. A deficiency of magnesium can cause a shortage of dopamine which is also a chemical found in your brain that helps to regulate mood changes.

It is believed that in most cases a deficiency of this mineral has something to do with premenstrual activity.

There are also two vitamins that can play a very important role in helping to control the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome; Vitamin B6 and Vitamin E. Vitamin B6 has shown in several tests to help with premenstrual weight gain as well as changing the blood levels in two female hormones, estrogen and progesterone.

Vitamin E also helps prevent against mood swings, cravings, bloating as well as depression as it is extremely effective at combating free radicals and actually feeds them.

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By doing this, they will absorb the nutrients form this vitamin instead of stealing electrons from your cells, which can causes these imbalances in your system. There are also several herbs that may be helpful such as black cohosh, ginger, raspberry leaf, and evening primrose oil.

Although they have not been officially approved by the FDA, they have been used for centuries as natural remedies for this condition.

Summary:

Premenstrual syndrome can be very challenging and can literally control you until the symptoms dissipate once your cycle begins. However, if you take a preemptive approach and supply your body with these nutrients in the form of a liquid multivitamin and combine it with some herbs, you may beat it at its own game.

Natural Treatments for Premenstrual Syndrome

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