
PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF PMS - WHERE TO FIND HELP (PART 5 – CONCLUSION)
Finally, keep in mind that PMS is not one static entity; it is constantly changing, and you might feel quite differently one month than you did the previous month. Listen to your body, and each month do what you think it will take to make you feel better now. If a treatment that worked for a few months starts to fail you, move on and try something different.
How can you best keep track of your symptoms, or be sure what's working and what isn't? Chart them, says PMS expert Dr. Michelle Harrison, author of Self-Help For Premenstrual Syndrome. Make a grid with the day of the month and how you felt that day, and study it to see when your symptoms peak and what, if anything, makes you feel better. Does napping help? Eating differently? Taking a painkiller? Exercising? The better you understand how your body changes and how it responds to your efforts to feel well, the better you will become at managing your premenstrual problems. And remember: for most women, the problems are manageable. So think positively and read on.
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