You Don’t Have To Suffer With PMS
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Chart the Pattern
You don’t have to suffer. By keeping a chart of your symptoms, you can often begin to see a pattern emerge and predict when the symptoms will start. Keeping a daily symptom journal can be a valuable tool when trying to uncover your premenstrual symptom triggers and the issues associated with them. Many events and other factors can contribute to or trigger your PMS by resulting in hormonal changes in the body, including:
- Onset of menses
- Perimenopause
- Discontinuing birth control pills
- Amenorrhea
- Childbirth, or termination of pregnancy
- Toxemia during pregnancy
- Tubal ligation
- Unusual trauma
- Decreased light associated with autumn and winter
- Family history of alcoholism; parent or grandparent who is an alcoholic
- High consumption of dairy products
- Excessive consumption of caffeine (soft drinks, coffee, chocolate)
- High blood levels of estrogen
- Low blood levels of progesterone, either due to lack of production or excessive breakdown
- Diet that leads to increased levels of the hormone prostaglandin F2
- Excess body weight which can increase you levels of estrogen
- Low levels of vitamins B, C and/or E
- Selenium deficiency
- Magnesium deficiency causing chocolate cravings
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