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What causes PMS (premenstrual syndrome)?

Severe PMS affects around 40% of the menstruating women who regularly experience PMS symptoms. Severe PMS impacts the quality of life of those women affected infinitely more than the regular PMS symptom spectrum. The psychological and physical impact of severe PMS can be debilitating to the extent that the women affected can not function normally during the premenstrual period.

PMS (premenstrual syndrome) symptoms are more numerous and diverse than you may think. There are in fact, over 150 different PMS symptoms. No woman will experience every potential PMS symptom(although during some months, many women might argue this point!) in one cycle and no two women are likely to experience the same pattern of PMS symptoms. PMS symptoms are unique to the individual and can even vary in the same woman from cycle to cycle.

PMS relief may be closer than you think. Relief from PMS symptoms can be achieved through simple adjustments made to your lifestyle and diet, pain relief and other prescription medication. Firstly, cutting back on, or eliminating caffeine and salty foods from the diet will provide relief from the fluid retention and bloating common in PMS.

PMS (Premenstrual syndrome)is a condition that as many as 90% of 20-50 year old women experience or suffer from during the premenstrual phase (the two weeks before the start of a period). Premenstrual syndrome is so called because it manifests as a combination of a multitude of premenstrual symptoms. Each woman's premenstrual syndrome is likely to be unique and PMS symptoms can even vary from one cycle to another.

PMS jokes are out there in abundance. Jokes about PMS are, unsurprisingly, generally written by men from the "victims" point of view, but one or two PMS jokes are definitely penned by women who have suffered, but can obviously see the funny side to PMS. These are some of the best (from both worlds):

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PMS information, in fact everything you ever wanted to know about PMS (and a lot that you didn't!) can be found through the following PMS information dedicated sites.

A good starting point for further PMS information and one of the most comprehensive collections of PMS information on the web sites is provided by ivillage.

PMS (premenstrual syndrome) and depression often go hand in hand. Depression is in fact, one of the most common PMS symptoms.