Guest guest Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 My wife is suffering from PMDD (premenstrual dysphoric disorder), and has been for some time now. She's recently found a support group to share stories, etc. but about a week before her period every month she has the worst thoughts, anxiety, she argues over simple things, she gets angry really easy, etc. and then once her period arrives she's back to living a happy life. Most stories she hears about lead to prescriptions of zoloft, hormone supplementation/replacemnet, SSRI treatments, or in the worst cases hysterectomy. We're wondering if there is any room for a natural way to mitigate or get rid of these symptoms before her OB pushes more drugs. She's a really healthy eater, exercises 5 days a week so the first advice to improve diet seems to leave little room. She's does not consume VCO like I do, nor does she take whey protein/selenuim, things I've tried to get her to eat on a regular basis. Does anyone on the forum have any experience with this syndrome? From reading about it, it would seem that 8-10 days a month her body is not getting enough serotonin, or it's pre-cursor tryptophan, but many of the fruits and vegetables she eats contain a lot of tryptophan. I suggested she start with VCO and a tsp of inulin to make sure her gut ecology is healthy and she's absorbing everything she eats, but then why wouldn't her hormones go out of whack the whole month? Anyways, just wondering if anyone could share insights. Thanks, yg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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