Getting Relief From PMS Though Progesterone Therapy Part 1

No woman wants to suffer every month when she gets Pre-Menstrual Syndrome (PMS). There are various physical symptoms that come with PMS including bloating, acne, fatigue, headaches and breast tenderness. The emotional symptoms of PMS are even worse and they might include sadness, depression, anger, irritability, becoming overly sensitive to little things and of course, irritability. Over the years, progesterone cream has been the treatment of choice for the majority of women. One product that has been receiving huge acclaim is Natpro Natural Progesterone.

Different women experience different types of specific symptoms, so finding relief for PMS can often be very difficult to achieve for most women due to the different intensities and severities of each case of PMS. Effective treatment will usually entail a combination of the following: exercise, healthy nutritional intake, emotional guidance and specific changes to one’s lifestyle.

Keeping a PMS diary will help you establish which treatment works best for you. In your diary you should keep tabs on specific symptoms you experience each month and note all the activities you do to successfully relieve them. A PMS diary will help you determine with specific treatment works to treat a specific symptom. Before we take a further look at Natpro’s natural progesterone cream for effective PMS relief, let’s look at some other commonly used options.

Commonly used traditional options include:

-Exercise

-Quitting smoking(social and frequent)

-Reducing or quitting alcoholic intake

-Eliminating salt from one’s diet prior to menstrual time

-Take supplements daily. These might include vitamins B6,vitamin E, magnesium and calcium

-Reduction of sugar intake. Especially refined sugar.

Medications are also often prescribed to help lessen the effects of PMS. Such medications might include:

Antidepressants- This treatment option can help with relief from sadness and mood disturbances. The antidepressant serves as a means to balance hormonal changes within the body that might affect mood negatively. Antidepressants work by increasing “feel-good” brain chemicals, such as serotonin. The brain chemical levels are often affected negatively by the rapidly changing ovarian hormonal levels during PMS.

Ovarian suppressors- Medications such as Danazol (Danocrine) are used in suppressing ovarian hormone production. However, they cannot be used for a long time as the side effects can be pretty severe when used for a prolonged period of time. Another choice of effective treatment include gonadotropin-releasing hormones. This class of drugs can often bring relief to many women suffering from PMS. Unfortunately, this type of treatment cannot be given for long periods of time due to the severity of side effects when taken for a longer period. They can, in fact, have an adverse effect on bone density and can also increase the risk for bone thinning. These types of hormones may be prescribed in combination with other hormone supplements for even greater PMS relief.


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Finding Relief For PMS

A woman suffers greatly every month when she has Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS). The physical symptoms of PMS are: acne, bloating, breast tenderness and fatigue. The emotional symptoms of PMS are: anger alternating with sadness, crying, depression, irritability, mood swings and being overly sensitive. There is no cookie-cutter treatment for PMS. Just like different women experience different symptoms and different intensities of these symptoms, finding relief for PMS can be very different. Treatment is usually a combination of exercise, emotional support, nutritional guidelines and lifestyle changes.

It is important for women diagnosed with PMS to keep a PMS diary of symptoms they experience each month and the activities they do to help relieve them. It is just as important to document the results of the treatment as it is to document the PMS symptoms.

Treatments that women may be asked to try by the medical personnel treating them may include:

* Quitting smoking

* Quitting or reducing intake of alcohol

* Exercise

* Avoiding salt intake prior to the menstrual time

* Reduce caffeine intake

* Reduce the intake of sugar especially refined sugar.

* Take supplements that include vitamins B6, E, calcium and magnesium.

A doctor may also prescribe medications to help bring relief to a woman suffering from PMS. These medications may include:

Analgesics (pain relievers) – to bring relief from headaches, menstrual cramps, and also pelvic discomfort. Analgesics prescribed may be nonsteroidal antiinflammatory medications (NSAIDs such as ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), naproxen (Aleve, Anaprox) or mefenamic acid (Ponstel).

Antidepressants – for mood disturbances including periods of extreme saddness. Because antidepressants work on increasing brain chemicals (opioids, serotonin) levels that can be affected by the shift in ovarian hormonal levels. Antidepressants that may be prescribed are fluoxetine (Prozac) and paroxetine (Paxil).

Oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) may be prescribed to even out the ovarian hormones as especially the newer birth control pills have shown to improve hormonal fluctuations.

Ovarian suppressors – these medications such as danazol (Danocrine) are used to suppress ovarian hormone production. They cannot be used for long periods of time though due to side effects. A group of drugs called gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) have been used to bring relief to some women with PMS. These also cannot be given long-term because they can have an adverse effect on bone density and also an increased risk for bone thinning (osteoporosis). The GnRH drugs may be prescribed along with other hormone supplements.

Since treatment is symptomatic, the woman being treated for PMS is instrumental in designing the treatment plan.

Exercise has been found to reduce stress and also to reduce anger and depression. Exercise may also have a positive effect on hormones

There have been some studies that show that drinking tea and increasing dietary carbohydrates during the weeks before the menstrual period can reduce PMS symptoms. Carbohydrates are known to increase the level of neurotransmitter serotonin. Nutritionists recommend using vitamin B6, reducing alcohol, caffeine, refined sugar, salt, dairy products and also the amount of animal fats consumed in the weeks prior to menstrual flow.

It has been shown that reducing the amount of stress can have a beneficial result on the symptoms of PMS.

Natural progesterone is also a reliable treatment for PMS because it has been shown to get rid of the estrogen dominance that may be the cause of PMS. Natural progesterone comes in either vaginal or rectal form. Natural progesterone cream is not messy or drippy and the body can absorb it within minutes of application. Natural progesterone can relive PMS symptoms such as: bloating, cramping, depression, fatigue, headaches, irritability, and also weight gain.

A woman suffering from PMS has many treatment alternatives and many combinations to explore so that she can find the right one for her PMS symptom relief.


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