Welcome to part 2 of Supporting your PMS symptoms! Part 1 can be found here and I recommend reading that blog first so you understand the drivers of the many different types of PMS and associated symptoms.

Let’s now look at what you can do right now to support PMS.

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If you talk to your friends who experience monthly bleeds, you will likely find that many of them to report physical and emotional changes leading up to their period. Around 50% of women of reproductive age experience PMS; with 5% having a severe form of PMS called premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD).

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is classified as reoccurring luteal phase symptoms (between ovulation and your period) that tend to subside within hours of a period arriving.

Some mild PMS symptoms are normal as your hormones fluctuate throughout the month, as they’re supposed to. These are normal, natural, cyclical, fluctuations that you will likely feel the effects of. However, debilitating PMS is not normal. Common yes, but normal, no!

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