flowers@ucla-cs.UUCP (12/04/85)
Summary: Expires: Sender: Followup-To: Keywords: In article <617@tekigm.UUCP> aegroup@tekigm.UUCP (Dennis Ward) writes: > >Before everyone flames me, I admit, I am a male so obviously have not had >personal experience with PMS, right? Well maybe so, but I have a wife >and three teenage daughters (17, 16, 14) and all experience PMS to some >extent. I.e. they become bitchy, argumentative, have cramps, feel lousy, >skip school, work, tempers flare, voices raise, etc. (What more >can I say?) ... My point is: what can we (they) do about it? >Any suggestions as to medicines (OTC or ?) will be appreciated. For cramps, many women find Ibuprofen (Motrin, now over the counter as Advil, Nuprin ...) effective where the aspirin based medicines are not, without the soporific effects of codeine, etc. --- A few months ago, American Health had an article about thyroid problems. In it was mentioned the fact that one group had noticed that every female patient with (I think it was) hypothyroid also had PMS, so they conjectured that PMS might actually be, or related to, a thyroid disorder. That same article also noted that there was a relationship in females between premature grayness and thyroid problems. One person claimed that even a single gray hair before age 30 in females was a sign to be alert to thyroid problems later on.