Premenstrual tension syndrome affects 95% of women. Yet women of all ages, races and moulds have been told it is all in their heads. If premenstrual tension syndrome was in the head then all households heads have premenstrual tension syndrome. Has PMS stolen your happiness, wrecked your marriage, interfered in your relationships with your partner, children friends and family? Is PMS responsible for your lack of promotion in the work place? Or has PMS turned your loved one, friend or relation into a nasty monthly monster you wish you never had? Are you feeling on the edge right now because of premenstrual tension syndrome? What you are feeling right now is real and no one has a right to tell you otherwise.
Premenstrual tension syndrome presents differently to different women. There are four types recognized based solely on the predominant symptoms. PMS may present with anxiety, depression, bloating and weight gain or food cravings as predominating features. In the real world a mixture of these symptoms coexist in the same woman. Premenstrual tension syndrome as the name suggests will present before the menses, typically before two weeks of the onset of your menses. The condition will typically give you at least 5-7 days break after the period before another set of symptoms kicks in.
There are a 3 reasons why this monthly monster keeps on raging within you from month to month. The first reason is lack of knowledge. The second reason is lack of knowledge. The third reason is go back to the first reason.
Premenstrual tension syndrome has specific triggers and exacerbators. Once triggered this monthly monster can be stopped in its tracks if only you knew its trigger. Once the trigger is omitted then you have a solution for PMS. Imagine that you have a specific trigger that kick started premenstrual tension syndrome. If you are continuously exposed to this trigger then you will always have PMS. In this situation your trigger has not only started your condition, but is providing the fuel that sustains premenstrual tension syndrome.
The trigger in this situation is acting as a sustainer or exacerbator for premenstrual tension syndrome. On the other hand an event or activity may trigger PMS but then an entirely different event provides the burning ambers that keeps your monthly monster raging. This second event is now the exacerbator. A premenstrual tension syndrome exacerbator is a condition that sustains PMS or makes it worse once PMS itself has been set to go!
Your challenge is to identify your triggers and exacerbators. This alone will set you on the right path to a successful eradication of your premenstrual tension syndrome. This is what will set you apart from millions of sufferers out there. One of the best resources for the elimination of triggers and exacerbators was written by Dr Molelekwa entitled ?Why they never Win with PMS?. It is a free downloadable ebook that has helped a lot of women. So get it and get started on the elimination program. Premenstrual tension syndrome can be stopped and will stop but you need to take the initial steps. Trying different preparations without starving the monster of its fuel will be met with failure, as you only by now are aware.
A good PMS eradication strategy starts with a proper diagnosis of the condiction, then an effective trigger/exacerbator elimination program. It is only when this has been satisfied that a substrate replacement program can be implemented. This is then followed by replacement of that which's defieciency would results in PMS. What you have been doing is treating your symptoms, which is the next step in the successful elimiation strategy. For most women this is where they are at, hoping to find a quick fix for prementstural tension syndrome. Most soon find out that is does not work at all with PMS.
