Quote Originally Posted by AIR32 View Post
That happens to me EVERY month some worse than others, that's really the only way I know it is coming since its very irregular. For about 3 days before my stomach is always off, nauseous, constipated, bloated, nasty indigestion, increased anxiety and also things that usually wouldn't trigger me turn into a trigger. I guess it makes the anxiety hypersensitive.

Most of the time I have found that as long as I keep my stomach full, frequent snacks, don't skip meals, drink a lot of fluids and make sure I find time to do things I enjoy no matter what is going on that really helps. There have been a couple months that this hasn't worked and no matter what I just felt sick and I usually just do things that help me to stay calm and distracted and whatever I crave eating I eat it right then.

I also get the same symptoms around the time that I ovulate which never happened before it just started doing that about 2 years ago out of nowhere. Its not as bad as it was but it is still noticeable.

Also a heating pad and a hot bath seem to help too. Not only for the cramps but to relax.
Good to see someone can relate. It's seriously so frustrating. Keeping my stomach full and snacking helps for me too, but like you sometimes nothing seems to help. Last month ginger lemon tea seemed to help some so maybe I'll do that again.

I'm also like this when I ovulate too but like you its not as bad. Makes me kinda worry about ever even thinking about getting pregnant if just these little hormone swings set me off so much.

Heating pad and baths help me too, but my doctor has advised me to avoid taking baths if I can because it aggravates another condition I have so I can't do that anymore.