PDAMS (Pre, During and After Menstrual Sydrome, my dad calls it...)

[beandelphiki]

Is it just me, or are there quite a few people dealing with PMS and/or that time of the month today?

This phenomenon mystifies me, always has. I don't get PMS, never did. The first day I'm cranky if I don't get painkillers, but that's because it hurts like a bitch without drugs. That's it.

Now, I don't want to give anyone the impression that I don't think PMS is "real." I do. Both my mother and my sister get it, I'm not going to say any B.S like "oh, it's all in your head," because my mother lectured me quite sternly about that when I was 12. She told me all kinds of horror stories about puking in gym class and so on, and generally managed to convince me of it's existence. PMS is just an alien thing to me. (In a way, that's a relief, but on the other hand, it would be nice to have a heads-up. I don't keep very good track of the days, and it might help sometimes if I WASN'T a chipper boy beforehand.)

I was just discussing this with my mother last night actually, and asked her why so many women get PMS and I do not, despite my annoying femaleness. (Yes, I expect my mother to have all the answers.) She told me that some women do, some don't. It all depends on levels of hormones.

Which got me thinking...

I wonder if there's any connection at all to my being trans? I mean, obviously that is not the case in all or even most tranny boys. I'm pretty sure most of the guys I know get PMS. Still...it would be interesting to know if you are more likely not to PMS if you're trans, lez or bi.

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[aerindipity.livejournal.com]

Is it just me, or are there quite a few people dealing with PMS and/or that time of the month today?

Oh, yes. Fuckdammit.

I don't notice myself getting PMS. Maybe just because I'm in a pissy mood most of the time. ;-)

[poopsmoothie.livejournal.com]

I don't have a period often (I average 2-3 times a year), but I notice myself having PMS every month anyway. Cramps, mood swings, bloating, nausea, horniness, baby lust, etc. It's moved glitterdyke to refer to me as 'the little period that couldn't'. =)

[beandelphiki.livejournal.com]

Um, have you seen a doctor? 2-3 periods a year sounds like great fun to me, but it might be a bad sign.

[poopsmoothie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we know why. I had some physical trauma to the relevant bits when I was a tiny person.

[techiegirlj.livejournal.com]

yes me oh god me i am so pmsing today its not even funny my boyfriend was like its the pms talking isnt it lol

[beandelphiki.livejournal.com]

Oh. :( I'm sorry. But it's good it's not an emergency.

[ex-indistinc653.livejournal.com]

Did you know that people that are around each other usually have their cycles at the same time? Me and my ex had ours the same time of the month when we were dating, and that also happened with my best friend in high school. And my mom. Weird.

I don't know if I "believe" in PMS, I do notice that I'm very ornory (sp?) and HUNGRY! before my period. Perhaps it's all coincidence and it's all sociology - making two unrelated events corelate.

*in a weird mood*

[beandelphiki.livejournal.com]

Yeah, me, my mom and my sister all have ours at the same time.

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[ex-indistinc653.livejournal.com]

I'm just imagining what it would be like to say, "yeah, my brother has his period." *giggle*

[beandelphiki.livejournal.com]

Right. I wish. *sigh* They won't do that. Oh, well...

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[ex-indistinc653.livejournal.com]

*hug* I'm sorry babe, didn't mean to touch a sore spot.

[prettyboi.livejournal.com]

Same here dude*hates talking about this subject* I also jsut took a shit load of pain killers

[beandelphiki.livejournal.com]

I didn't take painkillers until I was 15 (first got it when I was 12) because I didn't want to be weak and succumb to pain. I wanted to take it like a man.

Of course, I've now realized the error of my ways because painkillers are a godsend...so to speak. (Sez the atheist, ha.)

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[prettyboi.livejournal.com]

lol ^_^

I didn't take painkillers until about when I was 15 because my mom didn't want me to. She didn't know why I had such horrible craps but she didn't want me to take em. she also objected to tampons >_< I furst got mine when I was in 5th grade.....
it was fucking horrible..

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[prettyboi.livejournal.com]

OMG!!1 I jsut typed Craps!!! not cramps!!!!!!!
*cries*

[one48am.livejournal.com]

There's no correlation between PMS and sexual preference :) Men actually also experience something like PMS every month without actually menstrating. All it is is a change in hormone levels. For women, it's quite a bit more noticeable. To treat cramps, I would say take asprin, motrin, pamprin or midol at the first sign of cramps and take them any time they start to wear off. This doesn't really have much to do with your mood other than make you uncomfortable, but at least you can be irritated in relative comfort ;)

[beandelphiki.livejournal.com]

I knew about men, actually. :)

But I meant, if it depends on hormones...I believe I remember reading something that said lesbian women are more likely to have more testosterone than straight women, although I'm not sure if it's true or not. But, supposing it was, could that have something to do with it? It was just an idea I had.

Anyway, could you tell me WHY, exactly, you said no to the idea? I'm just curious.

-Dan

P.S. Cute as hell icon. :)

[macai.livejournal.com]

I'm actually not sure if I get PMS. Hmmm, must go back though journal and see if my mood changed at all. Besides my annyoing depression strikes... What do you think?