To gwilson38: I do not drink caffeinated coffee …I’ll have 1 cup of decaf (usually) a day. Along with my other supplements, I take a capsule of 3-6-9 essential fatty acid which contains cold water fish oil, flax oil, and & borage oil. However, I only take 1 / day (it calls for 1 or 2 -3Xdaily) since it repeats on me so badly (blah!) Maybe I should be taking in more anyway? Maybe I should concentrate of evening primrose oil more instead of the blend? I am not hypoglycemic, but I am hypothryroid (for over 16 years). From different books I’ve been reading, hypothyroids & hypoblycemics share some very similar symptoms.

To Janice: Thanx for telling me of the “Women’s PMS” thread …I will definitely look it up. So …according to you, there could be hope that this may settle down for me? Wouldn’t that be a nice dream to look forward to. I only can hope you’re right. And as for those 100 lb bags in your basement –thanx for the offer. I think I have some old bags around here that might do the trick (and they’re not even human ones either!)

To Karen: Yes …I used to carb myself through this time of cycle before I started LCing. A loaf of bread couldn’t even fill me up …I always felt hungry. Since LCing, I’ve recently resorted to cheese & nuts to ‘fill the gap’ just to keep myself out of the sweets & breads (usually I don’t eat cheese & nuts ‘cuz they stall me, but during PMS, I’m stalled anyway) You’re probably right about carbs numbing what I’m feeling …I guess it was the seratonin effect, right? I’d love to find out more positive ways of dealing with emotional turmoils than using food. Usually I don’t resort to food when down (I try to do something active or constructive instead), but when I’m in the PMS stage, I find myself so hungry in my emotional state.


I realize that PMS is a hormonal situation. We females always seem to have to wrestle in the hormonal arena …some more than others. But since there’s likely many females out there who have found ways to help themselves during this time of month, I figured I’d only be that much smarter asking for everyone’s input.

This LC forum is such a wonderful support network. I hope I can be of encouragement to others in time to come as I’ve already been encouraged by so many in the few short weeks I’ve been with you.