Posted by susan C on January 28, 2002, at 12:39:06
In reply to Re: PMS vs. PMDD vs. Bipolar, posted by Joe J on January 28, 2002, at 1:09:43
dear dear
Maybe I should have you talk to my husband. I think there maybe several things going on at the same time. Here, in no particular order, and only from my own experience:
1. She is very lucky to have you, but also see #10
2. It is very difficult for oneself to accept these things until she witnesses them for herself. Maybe she has and is so embarrassed she can't discuss it. Denial is not just a river in Egypt
3. I knew something was wrong for a l o n g time and when PMS first was described, I said, hey hey, thats it!!!!only it isn't.
3. I found great relief using progesterone (not progestin) (you can do a search on PB about that subject.) For a while.
4. At age 40 there is also Perimenopause to consider.
5. Coffee, caffine is bad, but until you are off the river in egypt it is hard to refuse the waiter
6. Bipolar, rapid cycling (with in hours, minutes, days, weeks) can happen or be exaserbated by the shifts in Estrogens (proconvulsants) and Progesterone (anticonvulsant).
7. No one really knows the answer, or how to find it or identiify it until it "disrupts daily life" and the answers seem to come through a process of trial and error by a very stubborn patient and doctor(s).
8. How much of a saint are you? Can there be an 'intervention'? Like Alchololic anonymous for codependancy, how much are you willing to put up with before you say good by? Do you have a therapist?
9. It could also be a seizure disorder...
10, Have you ever heard someone say about a child, they are wonderful at school but terrible at home? Or the reverse? There is a perspective that some people only act out at those with whom they feel at ease with...maybe that is what is happening in the car...
"Ten Comments From My Life"
By Mouse
poster:susan C
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