The Effect of Hormones
Its an age-old joke, or juvenile remark rather, "What, are you on your period?" And no girl is ever amused by that. Especially not when you’re twelve and having your preiod is the most embarrasing thing you could possibly imagine. So the response is likely to be aggressive, thus "proving" that you in fact are on your period.
I never understood what people meant by PMS. I never felt any different that week. But over the last year or two, its been sneaking up on me. I am grumpy. I start crying for no good reason. I become paranoid. I pick up on signals that aren’t being sent. And I send out emails and messages that don’t make sense the next day. It’s getting a bit embarrasing, but I’m not really sure what to do about it.
After finally identifying raging hormones as the cause of my irrationality, I did some research. And this is what Wikipedia had for me;
While most women (about 80 percent) of child-bearing age have some premenstrual symptoms,[1] women with PMS have symptoms of "sufficient severity to interfere with some aspects of life".
Common symptoms; Abdominal bloating, Abdominal Cramps, Breast tenderness, Itching of the breasts, Stress or anxiety, Depression, Appetite changes and food cravings, Trouble falling asleep (insomnia), Joint or muscle pain, Headache, Fatigue (medical), Acne, Swelling of Breasts, Trouble concentrating, Body temperature increase, Worsening of existing skin disorders, and respiratory (eg, allergies, infection) or eye (eg, visual disturbances, conjunctivitis) problems.
Some miss work every fourth week. Some need "reassurance therapy". And all because of a little change in hormone levels.
Luckily, I am not one of these women. But I do sympathize with those who have been exposed to the Maria Menstrual Mess over the last year. I didnt mean to yell at you, and I probably didnt mean to cry over that thing that didnt happen and I most certainly didnt mean to panick over things you didnt say. Disregard half the messages you receive from me during this period. But not this one.
PMS skjer då vitterlig i ugå før mensen? (derav pre). ?
Comment by Tove — November 14, 2007 @ 8:20 pm
Ja, det e heit sant. Eg sa kje naage aent, eg. Men smaa gutter tror at det e i mens-ugaa at me e sinte paa di.
Comment by NorwegianNomad — November 14, 2007 @ 8:21 pm
Jeg har merket merkelig lite til denne effekte.. er derimot veldig kjent med plutselige og kompliserte svingninger mange ganger til dagen, hver dag, måneden igjennom! har humørheisen min noe med hormonene å gjøre?
Comment by Tove — November 14, 2007 @ 8:25 pm
Nei, eg tror du bare e saann, du lille ustabile Tove. Hehe, neida, det e bare en del av aa ver menneske! Men det betyr kje at det ikkje har naage me hormoner aa gjoer.. Det betyr bare at eg ikkje vett! :p
Comment by NorwegianNomad — November 14, 2007 @ 8:27 pm
nei, den hjernen e satt sammen av merkelige ting du.
Comment by Tove — November 14, 2007 @ 9:14 pm