Like so many aspects of the menstrual cycle, premenstrual mood symptoms are an expression of general health, so anything you do to improve general health will also improve premenstrual mood. Third, these six treatments are by no means the only natural treatments. Second, the same treatments can relieve physical premenstrual symptoms such as headaches and breast pain. Mood symptoms on hormonal birth control are side effects of hormonal birth control and a separate topic. Before I do that, however, I want to get a few things out of the way.įirst, these are treatments for mood symptoms that occur in the second half of a natural menstrual cycle. And today, I’ll share the six treatments I’ve found to be most effective. In my 25 years with patients, I’ve had a chance to try a lot of premenstrual treatments. So, you might just need to just try a few treatments, or combination of treatments, until you find the one that works for you. Which means that different treatments work for different people and I’ve definitely found that to be true with my patients. Instead, there are probably at least several different things going on with different women. ![]() Probably because of inflammation.Īnd, importantly, what little science there is suggests there is not one single mechanism to explain premenstrual mood symptoms in all women. What little science there is points to an abnormal response of the brain to the normal fluctuations in estrogen and progesterone. For example, there is still no clear understanding of what causes premenstrual mood symptoms. Some of the treatments I’ll discuss today have been clinically trialled, but some have not and that’s largely because of the rather startling lack of research on this topic. And if that has not been your experience with the conventional treatments of SSRIs and hormonal birth control, I encourage you to keep listening because there are other options. I’ll start by saying that premenstrual mood is my favourite thing to treat because in most cases, it responds so well and so quickly to some pretty basic strategies. Onto the topic of premenstrual mood symptoms. For more info, make sure you’re on my mailing list, which you can join from the link in the show notes. I’m currently still in Christchurch, New Zealand where I live but I’m gearing up to go over to Canada where I’m from, and one of my first stops will be Vancouver where I hope to give a little public presentation and book signing. ![]() I’m your host Lara Briden, a naturopathic doctor and author of the books Period Repair Manual and Hormone Repair Manual. TranscriptĪre premenstrual mood symptoms caused by progesterone or helped by progesterone? And why do antihistamines give such relief? Join me today for some new treatment ideas for the irritability, sensitivity, sleep disturbance, and even rage you might experience leading up to your period. Also available wherever you get your podcasts.
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