Treating mood swings during your period doesn’t have to include a trip to the medical doctor. You can do it yourself. And really, this is the best way since medications are always going to cause damage in the body.
For example, aspirin causes thinning of the blood vessels in the stomach and can lead to – and often does – internal hemorrhaging. If the doctor gives you a medication called danazol, you can expect to develop acne, your voice will lower and you can develop facial hair. Nice, huh?
And if your doctor gives you a prescription medication aimed at turning off your body’s production of sex hormones, you’ll end up with early life osteoporosis or brittle and broken bones.
These aren’t the only prescription medications the doctor will offer you. Let’s say you get spironolactone. This one is for the purpose of decreasing fluid retention. Well the whole idea of giving a young woman a drug for fluid retention is preposterous at best.
First of all, you could have shifted the fluid component of your cells naturally with diet by decreasing sodium for a week prior to your period and by eating more protein. Using a drug instead will now leave your mitochondria gasping for breath, thus zapping your energy.
It’s clear these days that medications from the medical doctor are NOT the way to go in MOST situations. Thus, you’re going to have to get down to business and do this process yourself – searching for your own cure for severe mood swings.
Why? Because it’s your body, and no one knows your body better than you do. Using natural remedies, you can overcome and cure your severe PMS mood swings and do it without ever looking back. How? You’ll do it naturally with a home remedy that works.
Here are 4 treatments for treating PMS mood swings that you can start today:
1. Herbal remedy: Chasteberry fruit extract
This herb is technically called Vitex Agnus-astus and it works on your pituitary gland that coordinates your hormones in the first place. This herb makes a lot of sense to take if you are having big mood swings related to hormones. The dosage is 100 mg twice daily. Make sure that the extract you get is a 10:1 extract. By the way, scientific studies prove this works.
2. Food: Wild yam
You can regulate your menstrual cycle with wild yam. A yam is different than a sweet potato so when you’re at the store, make sure you get the yam. A yam has a low glycemic index but a sweet potato has a high glycemic index. Foods with high glycemic indexes will magnify symptoms you get during your period. Yams are easy to eat for breakfast as they go well with eggs or an omelet. At lunch you can add a half cup yams to a salad and sweeten up the salad. At dinner you can eat a steak and a half yam (they are often so huge you could feed a family on one of them). So help yourself to yams as they help balance hormones.
3. Supplement: Evening primrose oil
This is an oil from the evening primrose plant that contains good amounts of essential fats. Take 1000 mg evening primrose oil twice daily (two 500 mg capsules each dosage). Evening primrose oil is easy to find at the health food store.
4. Supplement: Period vitamin
A period vitamin is one that has been specifically formulated for women who are menstruating. When you are menstruating, you have specific needs that an older woman in menopause does not have.
For example, a period vitamin will contain B vitamins, vitamin C and E, vitamin D, calcium, magnesium and other minerals that are usually lacking in menstruating females. Once these nutreints are consumed, the body starts jumping for joy! Yay! Nutrients are finally coming! It’s like Christmas for your deprived cells. With the cells happy, they won’t continue giving you symptoms.
By the way, you’ll take a period vitamin during your period, before your period and after; all month long.
Now that you know how to treat PMS mood swings, make a decision and get to it! Choose your best method and see what happens. Control your health, girlfriend!
