Thread: Anyone suffering worse PMS since losing weight?

I'm awful, I found myself nearly in tears in sainsburys the other day because they didn't have any courgettes......

I just save my syns for malteasers (9.5) and use the traditional method of comfort

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I ended up getting it so bad that for a full 10 days I would be at rock bottom and it would take another 10 days to recover so each month I was only normal for 10 days. I was miserable and went to the dr. It took a while but I was diagnosed with PPMD and the dr was quite blunt that the only cure was pregnacy!! We did shift my pill cycle to me only taking a break every 9 weeks which within the first couple of months really helped me and I managed to drop down to a 6 week pill cycle and now back on 3 weeks with a break. Just my experince of it but it was horrific before then and now while not exactly fantastic there are some months where I have none!!

I had a hysterectomy last year as my PMS and pain and heavy periods were down to one huge fibroid!

Still get a bit of PMS but now I'm taking B vitamin supplements it's better

Great to hear all the replies- thanks! It did improve when I started losing weight, but the last 3 months it's been two weeks/10 days of despair and anger.
I think I posted ages ago that my mum's been having hot flushes again since losing a stone. Talked to my friend, a science teacher, who told me that you store oestrogen in your fat stores, so losing can mess things up in your cycle. I'm exercising like a demon, but not sticking to plan, so eating better is obviously key!

I take B vitamins every morning and iron twice a day.