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View Poll Results: does your emet anxiety raise during pms?

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  • Yes

    30 47.62%
  • No

    7 11.11%
  • Sometimes

    25 39.68%
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    1 1.59%
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  1. #1
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    This week I noticed that my emet fear has tippled and was wondering if other females have the same issue during "that time of the month"

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    I voted for "Sometimes" because I only get PMS a few times a year. When it does happen, though, I tend to become more irritable and I know that can contribute to my anxiety occasionally. What's much worse than the PMS though is the actual period. Since I got my first one the day after my 12th birthday, I've had horrible, excruciating cramps every month with my period. They cause me a lot of (real) n* and I have even v*ed from them before.

    I used to take birth control for that, but I stopped because the side-effects (weight gain, mood swings, MIGRAINES WITH N*, etc.) were worse than the cramps themselves, and the pill didn't even get rid of the cramps completely. Now when I know my period is about to come I just start popping ibuprofen like Skittles (with food of course) and I am usually OK.
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    wow, I was always lucky enough to not get bad cramps.

    Every other period or so they will get semi intense but nothing pain meds can't fix [img]smileys/smilies_04.gif[/img] (excluding one day I wanted to die because even a motrin 800 didn't make them go away!) [img]smileys/smilies_07.gif[/img]

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    I voted yes. Because I have really bad periods I experience horrible cramps as well as n*.But I refuse take the pill because I have heard the side effects can be v*ting.

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    my anxiety goes up but I dont get n* or cramps.

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    I have some cramps and n* right now. [img]smileys/smilies_06.gif[/img]

    I took some Advil though, so hopefully they'll be going away soon.
    ~ Natalie

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    I always feel worse the week before my period, and tend to get n*, so my
    emet is definitely bad during those times. But I always find it easier to cope
    with my anxiety, because I can blame my n* on PMS.[img]smileys/smilies_02.gif[/img]

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    Yeah, I always find it much easier to deal with the n* caused by menstrual issues than n* caused by problems in the digestive system. I guess it is because even though I am n*, I don't really have any other stomach discomfort like I would if I had a SV or something. It's just the pain in my uterus that makes me feel ill, and once the pain goes away I stop feeling n*.

    I don't usually get panic attacks from the n* caused by cramps as long as it is not severe.
    ~ Natalie

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    I put no because sometimes my stomach does feel upside down during that week, but I don't worry about it because I know it's just from my period.
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    my stomach alwasy feels wierd about that time, but the only time I've ever v* from my period was when I took Ibuprofen at 5 in the morning on an empty stomach. I was like ten or eleven years old at the time. that was pretty awful, especially because there were other people in the room and they didn't even seem to care.

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    My stomach is also weird before a period - like now - it's due today but has yet to come grr.

    Period pains etc have never made me feel really n* but I get bloated before my period which induces mild, controllable nausea. Ginger tea helps.

    Also my PMT makes me crave lots of food, so I eat loads and then feel sick because I'm over-full...vicious cycle really.

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    I said sometimes, because it's hard to tell whether it's actually my anxiety getting worse or just worrying because I sometimes get really severe n* that comes and goes really quickly, regardless of cramping.

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    i put sometimes because my anxiety levels sometimes heighten when its that time of the month....but i can tell when its just from that or when my birth control makes me n*!!!
    ****Lauren****

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    Yes, for sure.
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    It's crazy how much worse my anxiety is just before and during my period. I can go for weeks and be fine and then a day or two before my period the panic hits me like a ton of bricks. It's not like that every month, but most.
    Elizabeth

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    It sometimes does, depending if I've had enough calcium throughout the month. (getting enough Ca reduces PMS) If not, I get n*ed for a few days before I start, so I take vitamins with extra calcium. Usually I'm more on edge, anxiety wise, around that time of the month and can become agitated more easily.
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    My anxiety goes up, I get bad gas and my stomach gurgles a lot because of the gas. Ugh I'm going through it right now.

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    Omg, YES! Ugh. It's horrible, but I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way. Even my non-emet friends tell me that they often experience horrible n* & d* during that time of the month.

    I had an IUD put in about 6 years ago, and my periods instantly vanished, along with all of my PMS symptoms! It was heaven. But after getting a new IUD (same brand, Mirena, just a new one since my 5 years were up), I've been having terrible symptoms once again.

    However, it's been about 7 weeks since I last had a period, so I'm hoping this Mirena just took some "getting used to", and I'll soon be back to a period-free, PMS-free life. [img]smileys/smilies_04.gif[/img]

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    I get horrible cramps that make me feel ill -- which
    makes me worry about being sick.. and I hate periods
    because I don't feel clean. You know?

 

 

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