anxiety

I've Got Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: Here's How I Deal With It

You can't win a fight against your own body, friends.
Meghan O in
Healthy, anxiety, depression, hormones, periods, pmdd, pms, women's health

May 21, 2012 at 12:30pm | 57 comments

all my things are broken

Of Rage, UHauls, and Broken Plates: PMS and Me

Seriously, I just dropped both a bottle of perfume and my phone in the past 10 minutes. It’s like my regular functional hands have been replaced with misshapen blobs of Crisco.
Lesley in
Healthy, all my things are broken, anger, ladyparts, pms

Jan 25, 2012 at 11:00am | 0 comments

endometriosis

Why Won't Doctors Treat My Problem Periods?

I didn’t go to medical school, so all I have to go in is instinct, history and the scary Internet. Why am I the one steering this ship?
Jackie in
Healthy, endometriosis, gynecologists, periods, pmdd, pms, the pill

Jan 24, 2012 at 10:00am | 0 comments

mental health

I Always Think I Want to Kill Myself, But It Turns Out I'm Just Getting My Period

It never occurs to me until I start bleeding that -- hello -- I'm not suicidal!
Emily in
Healthy, mental health, periods, pms

May 31, 2011 at 4:02pm | 0 comments

cramps

The Dead Sea Cured My Cramps

(And my hangover.) Thanks, mud!
Liz in
New Agey, cramps, dead sea, Forbidden Zone, israel, pms

Apr 10, 2011 at 10:48am | 0 comments