how to calm down!!!

[rosebud5446]

okay, i have the FUCKING WORST PMS EVER right now, i just want to fucking kill some people for no reason at all... how the fuck do i calm down???

 

[midwestyankee]

okay, i have the FUCKING WORST PMS EVER right now, i just want to fucking kill some people for no reason at all... how the fuck do i calm down???

Go to Washington DC and let your PMS run rampant. I assure you that after a few days of venting on the usual suspects there, you'll feel fine and the country will feel even better.

 

[bisexplicit]

Well, I take medication. That works for me.

 

[rosebud5446]

i took some midol earlier, but all it did was make me antsy because of the caffeine and now i just want to cry and scream and beat the shit out of something... the fact that i am UTTERLY BORED and there is nothing going on anywhere around me is driving me even more nuts! i seriously need some valium or loratabs or something! but i don't even have any weed to calm my nerves, and my boyfriend is being a space case and just ran off with my car and i tried to signal 'bring back weed!', because there were people outside, but he was just like 'there's another pack (of ciggs) in the house... GAH!

 

[bisexplicit]

i took some midol earlier, but all it did was make me antsy because of the caffeine and now i just want to cry and scream and beat the shit out of something... the fact that i am UTTERLY BORED and there is nothing going on anywhere around me is driving me even more nuts! i seriously need some valium or loratabs or something! but i don't even have any weed to calm my nerves, and my boyfriend is being a space case and just ran off with my car and i tried to signal 'bring back weed!', because there were people outside, but he was just like 'there's another pack (of ciggs) in the house... GAH!

I was with you for a while, I know what its like to be beyond ancy, I know what its like to have horrible PMS...

But you lost me when you wanted to start taking illegal drugs. And now I'm prejudice against you - sorry, but its the truth.

 

[TBKahuna123]

Chocolate! Lots and lots of chocolate!

Now, before you start throwing rocks, I'm not being facetious. I can't remember what chemical it is, but there is a chemical in DARK Chocolate which has a balancing effect ont he female hormones. My wife has some horrible mood swings wiht her hormones due to her medication, so ont he advice of a friend I took a shot and bought her some dark chocolate. What can I say, it worked to take the edge off.

It ain't gonna cure your ills, but it can't hurt. I mean, it is chocolate afterall. What I think you really need though is a hug.

 

[rosebud5446]

to be honest with you, a hug would probably help alot... but tyler went to go play FUCKING madden at a friends and he'll probably be gone for hours like always... and i already ate a huge piece of the most choclaty cake in town, and it hasn't helped a bit.

and for whoever said they're predjudice againgst me because i want some valium or loratab... it's not like i'm going to take a whole bottle, just one, and that's what theyre for, to take the edge off and relieve pain... so, w/e, if it's about the pot... i'm sorry, i'm a pothead, you can be predjudice against me for that, to each his own...

GOD I feel like i can't even... goddamnit!!! i don't know... it's so frustrating being this pissed off and sad and all these feelings and not even having a reason why... i never get terrible moodswings like this. it is driving me fucking nuts!

 

[TBKahuna123]

Not to defend your b/f but he's probably escaping because he doesn't know what to do or what not to do to keep from upsetting you further. If he's a young guy, he probably is totally lost and took the easy way out. A bit selfish and misguided, yes, but I get it, even if I don't htink it's right.

I understand what you are going through, I really do, because I watched my wife have these horrible modd swings when they put her on progesterone. Not just day to day, but hour to hour from depressed to giddy, to horny, depressed. All you can do is ride it out as best you can.

Valium, lortabs, etc. don't really help all that much because the hormones will still make you jumpy. Chocolate cake isn't the same as pure dark chocolate. The baking process hurts the chemcal composition. Try it, it'll help.

There is one other option. You could just masturbate to exhaustion and sleep it off.

Hang in there, this too shall pass.

 

[Inna]

Green tea calms me down and of course chocolate always helps.

 

[Eilan]

Valium, lortabs, etc. don't really help all that much because the hormones will still make you jumpy.

When I had my wisdom teeth pulled, my dentist wrote me a prescription for Lortabs/Loricet. I'd never taken it before, so I had no clue as to how it might affect me. The dentist cautioned me against using the Lortabs at nighttime or any time that I might want to relax. He said that while it might relax me and help me sleep, it might also have the opposite effect, causing nervousness, excitablilty, etc.

I ended up tearing up the prescription when I got home.

 

[TBKahuna123]

Green tea calms me down and of course chocolate always helps.

Oh yeah, green tea also has some chemical that helps with the release of seratonin(sp?), the brain's naturally produced euphoric.

 

[Mrs.P]

For me, it's wine and Lucia Micarelli playing the violin. Works like a charm

 

[bobsgirl]

Chocolate! Lots and lots of chocolate!

Now, before you start throwing rocks, I'm not being facetious. I can't remember what chemical it is, but there is a chemical in DARK Chocolate which has a balancing effect ont he female hormones. My wife has some horrible mood swings wiht her hormones due to her medication, so ont he advice of a friend I took a shot and bought her some dark chocolate. What can I say, it worked to take the edge off.

It ain't gonna cure your ills, but it can't hurt. I mean, it is chocolate afterall. What I think you really need though is a hug.

TBK, what a smart man you are! Chocolate and hugs? Your wife is a lucky woman.

 

[TBKahuna123]

TBK, what a smart man you are! Chocolate and hugs? Your wife is a lucky woman.

OK, I don't often blush, but that did it. Thanks.

 

[SweetErika]

There is one other option. You could just masturbate to exhaustion and sleep it off.

I don't do it for exhaustion purposes, but masturbation/orgasms DOES dramatically help the cramps, headache, anxiety, sadness, mood swings, and general ickiness.

Taking naproxen sodium (aka Aleve) or ibprofen a day or two before and through the cramps/pain works better than most narcotic painkillers, in my (and most doctors') opinions.

Other than that, I warn my husband when the first symptoms start so he knows it's not him and can give me extra affection, etc. A heating pad, herbal tea, and good chocolate are indespensible. Often I'll gather all of this, and go spend some time alone doing something mindless like watching tv.