Does anybody know if women with ADD get worse cases of PMS than women who don't have ADD?

LADY-X from livingwithadd.com
PMS AND ADD? Posted 10-9-2002 17:26

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I don't get the emotional stuff (only once every 10
or 11 months) but I make up for it in cramps that
would kill a horse. Good question though I'm
wondering if that has any effect since we are all
very different chemically than non-add'ers.

Donna AKA X

djb [guest] from livingwithadd.com
PMS Posted 12-5-2002 18:08

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Hi. Just visiting - just found this message board. But this was discussed on another message board, a woman there had done a research project, or was part of one, and had found that the onset of perimenopause sort of pushed the ADD symptoms in women into overdrive. I also believe Sari Solden's book Women With Attention Deficit Disorder also states a relationship with hormones increasing symptoms - I put that together easily with PMS, the changing hormone levels before menstruation would have an effect on us. And it seemed to hold pretty true with my experience and experience of others I knew...... It sort of helps point in a direction to try to find coping mechanisms to put in place to deal with that better too, which is life from here on, right? djb

marti from livingwithadd.com
pms Posted 2-6-2003 17:36

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Everything that I've read, having a teenage daughter..16 yrs old... with add without hyperactivity, and myself....49 and diagnoised a few years ago with add without hyperactivity..I can say without a doubt the yes pms is worse in women with add than those without. One of my best friends also is an adder and she said that with her pms eventhough she took her meds it was like she wasn't taking them...and then I started to pay attention to it and she was right. And as for the perimenapuse...it is a new ballgame so to speak. There has been a definate link to add and hormones and some of the experts are saying that that is the reason so many women in their 40's are being diagnoised with add now

BRATdezigns [guest] from livingwithadd.com
pms Posted 2-10-2003 08:10

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I'm 23 and have ADHD. My husband would say I have perpetual PMS year-round and super PMS once a month. Before having children I had terrible cramps, aches and pains, and sensitivity to light, sounds, and touches as well as emotion attacks. "That time of the month" was known as hell week. After having kids I didn't have the cramps anymore, and there were less problems with sensitivity....but the emotion attacks were much much worse. I had my tubes tied last year...so now the pain is back (though not as bad sometimes)...and I still ride an emotional roller coaster. I would say that I am an basket case year-round and an absolute emotional disaster once a month. My husband has learned to leave me alone during that time. Just looking at me cross-eyed might set me off. I'm on adderall now...and as long as I remember to take my meds, I'm not too bad. Oh....don't forget the extra strength midol pms pills, plenty of peace and quiet and a bag of chocolate

HI, from what I have been told... The PMS can be worse... the cramps shouldn't be. The body controls them diffrently. If the cramps are really bad, and you don't have that much PMS talk to your Dr. about endometriosis. That is a big reason for HORIBBLE cramps, that can be treated- although not cured. But it's ok.

HTH,
Jessica

I do know that the night before my period my bp flares badly in that Im irritable because I get confused easily. i dont understand what it is people are asking me, I hear the words but they arent making sense etc. I snap and cry angrily

Oh my gosh yes. I have had trouble with the law on 3 different occasions on account of this. It was all before my ADHD/OCD/TS diagnosis. I actually hurt someone and was so astounded by what I had done that I went to my regular primary care doctor. He placed me on Trazadone and that was in 1992. I was on that same medication until December 2002.

I seem to get the feeling of being more closed in. Everything also seems much louder to me.

But one thing I had to do was learn to recognize what was going on and if I found myself in a conforting situtation, I had to make myself stop, and turn around, and walk away.

I think my gift of empathy seem to get lost while I have PMS. Usually I'm a very caring person but during those few days sometime I could just care less about others.

I never really had PMS until I had my daughter...then all Hell broke loose! After tryiing several different things, I was ultimately put on Wellbutrin which worked very well for me. Come to find out, Wellbutrin is used for ADD so maybe that's why?

Yes, I'm not a very nice person either around mine...meds or no meds...PLUS I get the case of the hungry horrors...just before, which makes it worse....Usually just when I get it, I want to shut the door to my bedroom and sing a rendition of "make the world go away" until the worst of it is over....(and don't get me wrong -- I'm usually a very nice person..:) )

I believe it does.....I take Zoloft to help me handle my PMS and Wellbutrin for my ADD and to counteract the sex troubles I get with the Zoloft. With out these meds. I'm a mess 3 weeks out of the month.

Paula

I think PMS makes my ADD worse. It is hard enough trying to focus on a regular day. But when I cramp and feel all weepy or my head starts hurting it gets even worse. And I know it's PMS cause I always feel weepy.

PMS makes my ADD 20 times worse than normal. I get *extremely* confused and make a complete laughing stock of myself.

I don't understand what is said OR read easily. When reading, I need to go over it a FEW times before I get it.

Well, I can certainly relate - and woe betide the poor soul who gets in my way for the day or two when I am at my most irritable! I do take Zoloft for a variety of reasons & up the dose for a week or so to help counteract the PMS - which DOES help. But I think very little could help the fact that it seems that for just a few days - my Concerta (for ADD) seems to be near useless. (Not completely - but I would question if I had even taken it - if I didn't know for a fact that I had). Take yesterday, for instance - very irritable, cranky, definitely weepy & overreacting to minor things.
Today, was worse!!! I left my house this morning for work forgetting several KEY things:
Sub Plans (I'm a teacher & I had training all day)
Tampons (sorry to put this here - but you can see the importance of this item!) I already had to buy a new box yesterday while at work because I forgot to bring any. I then left that box at home & forgot them again! (am I going crazy, or what???) So at lunch - guess where I was? The store, buying yet ANOTHER box!!!!
Let's see, what else did I forget - I forgot to leave some materials for the sub, so during a break, I had to run upstairs to my class & find it for her. And then forgot my water bottle (after walking downstairs), so made at least 2 more return trips for things I forgot.
During my inservice today - I was even MORE fidgety than normal - in fact, I found myself starting to tap my pencil on my book LOUDLY! (I was so embarrassed!). They didn't give us as many breaks as usual, so it was really torturous. I kept staring out the window. Still feeling overly sensitive about stuff. I can't wait for tomorrow or the day after that - I can get back to normal!
I swear - it felt like I had all this antsy-ness & energy racing around my body. I hate that feeling. I could do without the extra forgetfulness!
So, yeah, I think PMS affects my meds & my ADD, definitely!

Has anyone talked to the doctor about going on birth control for three months straight? I did this last march and I have not had 1 PMS symptom since. Even on my one week off the pill...everything went smoothly!

-A

not sure if this is what you meant Alison, but I've been on birth control pills for over 5 years now. The certianly help with the physical symptoms, and I appreciate knowing ahead of time when I can "expect" that 4th week to be, but I still have a week or several days of intermittent irritablility/moodiness/ pessimisticness depending on how much sleep I'm getting, current environment, etc.

Cait,

When I finish one pill pack, I start the next directly....I don't take the sugar pills. I do this for three packs in a row before taking one week off. So I am going nine weeks before I have a period. As it turned out, when I took the week off, I never got a period anyway. The doctor said it is normal to have a very light period, or no period at all when you are on the pill for the extended time. Talk to your doctor about it if you are having awful PMS troubles. As I said....I haven't had a single PMS symptom since I started!

-A

Our hormones do affect the medication. Some of the new reasearch suggests stimulants react better when there is more estrogen in our systems and less effective when there is more progesterone. PMS is a time when estrogen is down and progesterone is up.

The books (http://www.addforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=189) Understanding Women with AD/HD and Gender Issues and AD/HD: Research, Diagnosis, and Treatment both discuss hormones and medication.

Hi!
I was a monster with the monthlies before I realized that a big part of the problem was ADD and depression. Every month I would have to apologize for my impulsive, irratic, eccentric and mostly hysterical behavior. I was verbally abusive, and things would go flying if they were in my way. I would lock myself in my room and bang my head against the wall, or a pillow before I would ever take anything out on my young children. I thought it was just PMS.
I reported this to my gynecologist. I checked off every symptom on the list, and the assistants were giving me weird stares, like they were scared of me, or something.
The doctor wound up putting my on Prozac for my symptoms. It was a Godsend! That was ten years ago. I can't say that I don't become irritable, but it is nothing--trust me--like I used to be.
Everyone in our family aggrees that life is so much more stable and pleasant. They beg me to never experiment with coming off of it. I've given it breaks, and off I go again! So, I guess the popular concensus is that I do okay with my meds.
Good luck--but definitely seek professional help. There's so much out there that wasn't available when I was younger, and I could have been spared so much pain and embarassment!
Jillian

Hi, you women got me scared that i will suffer pms, I have always thought I was lucky in that I get minimal cramp, and I don't seem to have mood swings before. I do think if anything I get A.M.S (after menstraull syndrom)I feel run down. I have finnally noticed a pattern that I can't sleep well from the day or two before my period til a a day or 2 after it starts. Now I have just turned 40 and suddenly have crampy periods for 2 months and I feel more scattered than ever- ADD wise. Could this be peri-menopause. I am not ready to accept the change! I just got used to having my period.
I hope I don't become all weepy and stuff, I am already a hyper handfull!

Jillian - thanks for sharing that with us - I was afraid I was the only one who went off the deep end! I am taking Zoloft now - and oh, things are SOOO much better. I can really relate to what you said. Thanks :)

I have add, ho hyper, bipolar, GAD. When I have pms it is like my meds are not working very well. The hormones seem to take over. Some months worse than others. So if I know ahead I try to limit my stressors and realize that it is pms. My psych. Dr. says I need to talk to my Family Doctor about this. But I really don't want to be put on another med. I take allot, for various reasons already.

I'm 49 and I'm perimenopausal, but I'm as regular now as I've ever been in my life. I have to echo the observation that the week before it hits, I feel like I haven't taken my meds at all!

I figure it's because when I have PMS, I retain water, and there's more pressure on my brain. Sometimes, the day before, it feels like I'm underwater, and my IQ has dropped about forty points.

It has gotten worse in the past few years: moodiness, introversion, domestic house-cleaning fits. My husband is a sweet guy, and a few days before my "special time" I clearly see that I must divorce him. My best buddy at work says he can always tell when I have PMS because suddenly DH is a son-of-a-b****. ;o)

Weeping? Oh yeah. Try curled up in a fetal position on the basement floor, sobbing my heart out because my DH of 15 years doesn't understand me, and our relationship will never work.
Irritable? I feel like I have no skin and someone's going at me with sandpaper. I can't even stand to have the dogs around.

And it's like as soon as I ovulate, someone flips a switch. So for two weeks, and then half of another one, I'm not a fit member of the human race.

The one thing that has helped is the anti-depressant, Lexapro. Prozac got rid of the PMS too, when I took that. So now I don't sob on the floor unless I forget to take it, but I still feel ADDish in the extreme, and somewhat irritable a few days before. But nothing like it used to be.

Margreet.
Better living through drugs. ;o)

I too had tremendous problems with PMS. My ADD symptoms worsen tremendously and I feel like my skin is crawling just when someone talks to me or wants something out of me. I gain 5 pounds in water weight and I get tired. I understand the part about feeling violent -- I have learned to control my temper but I really do feel like punching people in the eye.

I know this sounds counterintuitive, but I started using progesterone cream (1/2 tsp. per day) during day 12-26 and it has worked miracles, at least in the first several months that I have been doing it.

I talked to a nurse who also knows a lot about natural hormone replacement. She started talking to me about estrogen dominance -- for example, foggy thinking, irritability, confusion, bloating, yeast infections, fatigue, carbohydrate cravings. I was like, that's me!

Progesterone (like it sounds, "progest," pro-pregnancy) is produced when the ovum is released and turns into the corpus luteum, which produces progesterone. When it's not fertilized, it disintegrates and the progesterone levels go down. This tells the body that no pregnancy has occurred and it's time to shed the lining.

There is supposed to be a high level of progesterone at this time, BUT if you don't ovulate (perimenopause for example), the progesterone isn't produced, and if you have too much estrogen, it upsets the proportion of estrogen to progesterone. In other words, maybe there is supposed to be a 5:1 progesterone/estrogen ratio during the last two weeks, and there's a 3:1 ratio because of too much estrogen. This causes a lot of those estrogen related symptoms mentioned above. Progesterone is a "feel-good" medicine, promotes excretion of fluids (preventing bloating), reduces irritability, etc. Or so I think -- I'm not a doctor. All I know is, the first two cycles, I had almost no irritability except for one day, didn't bloat much, didn't get lots of pimples. And I didn't get as mystified and "out there." Almost zero cramping, which is almost unheard of for me.

"Natural" progesterone is an exact match to the body's progesterone, instead of being artificially synthesized (since the natural kind can't be patented, I suppose birth control companies don't want to use it).

When I took a high-estrogen pill (because I was on Tegretol and it reduces hormone levels) I got infections that took a year to get rid of, and my new husband (I was taking it because I was getting married -- bad timing to become the infection queen of the world) told me if I didn't get off of it we would end up divorced. I was evil -- depressed and evil. Haven't had an infection at all since using progesterone and the (hate to be too personal, but if I can help someone . . .) feminine dryness that I was experiencing disappeared. Plus, I don't know if this makes a difference, but I was able to quit drinking coffee, to which I was addicted, for the first time in, I don't know, 15 years.

Maybe this will be the clincher, but it suppressed my appetite, too, very little sugar lust.

At least look into it!! I have a friend that is trying it and she said for the first time she didn't lose her will to live around PMS time.

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i started taking strattera. my add is worse during pms time. I have't noticed much of a change with the strattera. i was hoping to try a stimulant but now i'm not sure that would work cuz if stimulants make it worst when progesterone levels are high then i guess stimulants wouldn't work. i'm also on wellbutrin and i have noticed that it did make my add better. i was recently diagnosed with add. before the add diagnosis, i was diagnosed with pmdd but none of the ssri's seem to do much including the lexapro i'm on now. all i know is that the strattera isn't doing much so i don't know what med i can take now. how frustrating.

Does anyone else get suicidal when they have PMS?

Originally posted by tudorose
Does anyone else get suicidal when they have PMS?
I have had suicidal thoughts when PMS-ing, the kind of "nobody cares about me anyway, might as well not be here" type feeling, but it was never something I would have seriously contemplated.

When I still smoked I used to chain-smoke a ton during PMS (thinking "Hey cool, cancer, that'll end the pain!") and nowadays I still notice that I drink way more and feel lots more anzious during that time.

I do keep a note of when my periods start on the wall calendar (something my Mom taught me) so when I am starting to feel like the world hates me I check the calendar, and usually it will be a week before I'm due. I still feel like crap but I am able to warn by boyfriend that I may bite his head off and it also reassures me because I know I'm not losing my mind and that it WILL go away within a few days :)

Seems to me if we get frustrated easily just think what PMS feels like!? I know I get in what I call a growling mood during that time.

I just withdraw - TOTALLY - 'cuz I know if I open my mouth it's over. Crying, screaming, sobbing ... and then I'm human again in a week.

I have heard women with add/adhd can have bad periods.
I often get cramps so bad i cry & almost pass out & I did pass out once from ovulation pain. Wonder why I have an aversion to the thought of having a kid...ack!!!!!:uhh:

Originally posted by Sc@tterBr@in_UK

I have had suicidal thoughts when PMS-ing, the kind of "nobody cares about me anyway, might as well not be here" type feeling, but it was never something I would have seriously contemplated.

When I still smoked I used to chain-smoke a ton during PMS (thinking "Hey cool, cancer, that'll end the pain!") and nowadays I still notice that I drink way more and feel lots more anzious during that time.

I do keep a note of when my periods start on the wall calendar (something my Mom taught me) so when I am starting to feel like the world hates me I check the calendar, and usually it will be a week before I'm due. I still feel like crap but I am able to warn by boyfriend that I may bite his head off and it also reassures me because I know I'm not losing my mind and that it WILL go away within a few days :)


aaaaa, get outa my head!!! --

i used to hate driving when i had pms because i'd think about driving off *every* bridge i crossed!

i think it was george carlin who described smoking as the total wimps way of committing suicide. with each smoke i'd think "great, 3 fewer minutes to live. "

keeping track of my start days is something i *try* to do. but, i often forget to mark the day.

ain't life grand. :rolleyes:

i am *very* thankful that my symptoms haven't been as bad after having my kids. i was a lot of fun to be around though about 4-5 days after the birth of each child. wheeee, i *love* rollercoasters. ;)

Didn't want to kill anyone this time- just cried and sulked instead. Everybody doesn't hate me this week.

I've always had very severe PMS. I never really realized it until a few years ago when I met my boyfriend. About 10 days before I start, it slowly creeps up on me. The best way to describe it is I feel like my blood is boiling. I can physically feel it running through my veins, ready to explode. I get mad over the littlest things. I cry over nothing at all. I'm constantly battling with my daughter over little things. I'm pretty much a train wreck all around. Thank god my boyfriend is a very understanding man, and knows it's just my hormones out of control.

As far as affecting my ADD, I never really thought about it until I read this thread. I usually have a hard time making even simple decisions, but when I'm PMSing, it's magnified by 100. I was just sitting on the phone with my boyfriend, trying to figure out a plan for my daughter this weekend. (She usually goes with her father or his mom.) I was trying to figure out who's going to pick her up from school, where she's going to stay, and when she's going to come home. It was so overwhelming I ended up in tears.

I hate feeling like this. I'm not on any meds yet, but hopefully I will be soon and I'm praying it will make at least a little difference. I can't stand going through this 7-10 days out of every month, feeling completely out of control and like I just want to run away from the world. I'm beyond going off the deep end.

I just cry and then I cry some more. I don't have cramps or anything like that but every thing makes me cry. People hurting, commercials, songs. lol 3 days of bawling but hey it's theraputic.

"Our hormones do affect the medication. Some of the new reasearch suggests stimulants react better when there is more estrogen in our systems and less effective when there is more progesterone. PMS is a time when estrogen is down and progesterone is up."-livingwithadd

Oh my gosh, I wondered why I had to go to 10mg during my PMS time!! My brain is every where and focusing is just rediculous during that time!! Thanks for letting me know I'm not crazy! :)

When I switched to a birth controll pill containing a consistant hormone level throughout the 3 weeks it helped a ton with my PMS symptoms. If I even get moody I forget it could be because of pms cause it happens so little now.

...if your metabolism is anything like mine. I COULD NOT figure out why I have been wandering around for the past week like a banshee without a head - NOR why I was staggering around like all the hemoglobin had been sucked out of my blood cells - until I got up to go to the girls' - and voila! AAARRRRGGGHHH!

So I guess there are two schools of thought. Take your meds and/or aminos 'cuz without them you might get run over by a truck OR don't take them 'cuz it won't make a **** bit of difference until the week is over.

Thoughts?

I find a major difference in how I feel if I take my meds, but then i have issues other than just add. It may be something to do with my mood disorders too.

I have the worst PMS (just ask my boyfriend LOL).

Nothing I take helps, although I just started Wellbutrin so we'll see if that makes any difference.

-Britawn

Brit, I'd be interested to know. Cris, if I'm not asking for too much information, do you have PMS from hell like I do or is yours just mild? I know you have some issues w/exercise too but if you're exercising in balance does that make a difference for you?

I think ADD makes my PMS worse...

MRB, yes to all of the above. The night before, when not on meds I become extremely agitated and confused, I cant understand what people are saying to me, its very strange. Like if my boss comes to me and gives me this big explanation of something that went wrong that normally I could grasp with no issue, I would be like all annoyed and fustrated going what huh? say that again??? I know my mood disorders play a huge role in my severe pms. As a kid when I first got it I literally didnt know when i would get it again, I had no cramps, no mood swings, nothing discernable. As I got older and had kids, each pregnancy brought a change in my monthly. I now have horrendous cramps, intestinal issues, cravings, sleeping, crying jags, and the confusion I stated before. The confusion ticks me off the most since its not like they have changed their form of communication, it just isnt getting through the fog.

When i excercise in a balanced way my cramps ease up completely, my confusion is less though still there, I still sleep more but not as much as without excercise. When i was an active eating disorders person I would skip my period for months on end and have to have it brought on. I am lucky in that the schedule its chosen to take when regulated is a 37-42 day schedule so I dont go through it nearly as much as other ladies.

When I'm not trying to get pregnant or not trying to prevent getting pregnant I sometimes forget to keep track of my cycle. This past month I thought I was getting it week earlier than I really got it.

I swear that I talked myself into having pms the week that I thought that I was supposed to. So when it really came time...oh boy!!!!!

I don't remember the last time I was this bad both emotoinally and physically..

Im thinking of napping now as we speak---lol. Its been a rough cycle.

I have talked myself into it before, too, Tara. The family was none too pleased with having to endure two in a month.:o

Well right now I have bad pms, I actually do think that the wellbutrin helps me slightly.

I just feel a little bit happier than normal but still, my mood will change at the drop of a hat.

I always feel really bad for the people who have to be around me during this time of the month. I just get so snappy :sick:

But like I said I am a *little* better!

-Britawn

Good Im glad to hear you at least have *some* releif.

Sounds like it's been a rough cycle for everyone. Maybe the weather and the intensifying greenhouse effect have something to do with it.

Anybody (that takes them) finding that Essential Fatty Acids help at all? When I remember to take mine (lol) it seems to make the cramps at least bearable, and I don't attempt to tear off as many peoples' heads.

I take fatty acids everyday and I don't see any difference in my mood. But they are really good for your heart so that is why I take them.

I think that if supplements help you, that is great and you are lucky. Unfortunately they don't do much for me but I continue to take them anyways. (preventive nutrition, I guess)

Britawn

I kind of go by the 'balance in all things' though its a tough row for me to hoe. My buddy Scotts dining room literally looks like a health food store or suppliments shipping warehouse. I used to be alot like that, but Im looking at excesses, the extra strain that HAS to put on the renals etc. Im not looking to be Ms Over Thirty NJ---I just want a fighting chance at feeling better ( oh heck looking better too)

Aunt flow is due any time now...... I'm still worn out from our trip...
It's raining cats and dogs here and will be we're told till something like next tues. :mad: ........

My day started (yesterday) with not being able to remember where I left my favorite bra. You know the one that fits the best at this time? From there I went into the bathroom to finish getting ready for work. Looked into the mirror to see my v neck sweat shirt was on backwards.... :eek:

Went down stairs yelled at me kids to hurry up,Couldn't find my keys......Couldn't find my pocket book !!!........

I swear every person on the road was doing their best to get in my way, cut me off, splash through "puddles" big enough to swallow my car up and make me have to stop in the middle of the road till I could see again !!!!!! :mad:

The kids on my bus (14 and 15 year olds) where teasing me and testing me the whole ride home on the bus. Many roads are closed due to flooding so it took 30mins. to go 200 feet at one point....

I got my hair cut, but lets not go there, I'm hating my hair. One kid picked up on this because he kept teasing me about what my hair looked like. I had very long hair and the women who cut it took off a little more than 17 inches ! I wanted a new look it's my own fault, it'll grow.......

Then my daughters started on me !!! My oldest and her friend (who was on the bus) started that Pleasssseeeeeee stuff on me. " Please, please please can she sleep over tonight, please,please,please" over and over and wanted to why I was saying no. All while my other daughter kept press a botton on the bus that causes a buzzing sound, over and over and over.....

When I got home my husband saw right off I was not in a good mood. H had the answer, he "knew" how to" fix" my mood....WINK, WINK, Nudge, Nuge....Oh man that was the last thing I needed........

I fixed my mood, I went out and bought me some choc. .. hee, hee, it works every time......

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention I forgot to take my meds .... :D

Today so far "feels" like a better day...It's still raining, my kids are still asleep and my husband has gone to work and I've got Arthur The Aardvark on the TV ! I love that show....... Is that a sign I've lost my mind?..... :D

Paula

I would have asked him if he meant I could us the band saw during the 'fixing'-------------Im mean that way------------------sounds to me like a possible nap, and telling them 'can it' on the buss miught be a help lol

:D

Oh I said to "can it", in a loud voice...... ;) The kids on my bus are testing little buggers. Then I got " wow, what's your problem"...

As far as my own kids go, I let them know they went to far.....

I like the idea you have for my husband......Did you mean for me to use the saw on him?...... :D..... Oh my, who said that????? ;)

Does any one else's attention totally shoot out the window when they have PMS? I have NO motivation and totally can't think! I have so much to do and I'm sitting here staring at my desk!!!! AAARRRRGGGG

I feel like the biggest idiot for one day of the month. It gets a little better the next few days and then I am back to my "normal" forgetfulness level.

Oh yes! When chemical hormones mixes with chemical embalance....be ready for all of them to work together to give you one heck of a week withADHD symptoms intensifying! Well, It's like that for me too....They be ladies luck enough maybe not ike that...and If their Is I WANT WHATEVER THEY R TAKING!!!!!!!!

I am pretty much resigned to just writing off one solid week per month. If I get anything accomplished during that week, I consider it a bonus. Ride it out Chaos!

UGGGG!!!!! This sucks!!!!

at least I don't have a migraine though....

Could be worse......could be getting period every two weeks like I have....and I have NO IDEA What is wrong:(

Merged this thread with the preexisting Thread "ADD and PMS"...in case anyone wonders what happened LOL

Oh, heck mel! Have your cycles always been like that? If not pls. get it checked!:(

Very efficient, JG!

Iv'e noticed just recently that a couple of day's before my period, that i don't feel as hyper, does anybody else notice this?

I have periods once every 20/21 days and yeah if i think about it i get down or did do, i'm going to try and make diary on it.

I broached this subject with my Dr the other day. He said that meds (I am on Concerta) can make cramping worse and while you are PMSing your ADD symptoms can get worse. I told him that taking my meds during this time actually makes me feel like the symptoms get worse not better. He said that many of his female patients do not take their meds during PMS. I tried it this month and he was right.

I went back on the pill for 3 months for bad night sweats and irritability. Helped for a while after that, but they are back full throttle! UGH!