{"id":356,"date":"2007-07-17T13:40:13","date_gmt":"2007-07-17T13:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2007\/07\/pms-particularly-moody-and-sen.html"},"modified":"2007-07-17T13:40:13","modified_gmt":"2007-07-17T13:40:13","slug":"pms-particularly-moody-and-sen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2007\/07\/pms-particularly-moody-and-sen.html","title":{"rendered":"PMS: Particularly Moody and Sensitive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Warning: Male readers may want to skip my first two posts, and go down to the post about sleep hygiene, as I\u2019m about to talk maxi-pads and stuff like that, and I know that some men absolutely hate all discussion of menstrual periods.
\nBut, ladies! We need to talk.
\nSo I woke up incredibly anxious several days ago<\/a>–I could tell my breathing was getting shallow, and I was going into that “I would love to take a Xanax” world.
\nThe first thing I do when I\u2019m feeling this way is consult my sleep and mood journal. No real news there. I hadn\u2019t been staying up to work at night. I\u2019ve been trying to cut back on my caffeine. So I went to step two. I looked at my menstrual cycle calendar. Aha! I was approximately 40 hours away from hosting my friend for the weekend (plus a day or two).
\nI felt better (sort of) immediately. I knew the anxiety would be temporary, and that it really wasn\u2019t about what I thought it was–that it might not be a good idea to put a \u201cFor Sale\u201d sign in our lawn because the toilet was broken again, that maybe the smarter thing to do would be to call a plumber.<\/p>\n


\nSome months the PMS thing goes almost unnoticed–I look down at my underwear and say, \u201cHuh! I didn\u2019t even know it was that time again.\u201d And then other times, I\u2019m begging for nature to come a day or so early so that I can feel the relief from the moodiness and sensitivity that visit me about 48 hours before she arrives.
\nFor me, it\u2019s crucial to check my menstrual calendar before I open my mouth and say something stupid. I have a track record there
\nBack at my first job out of college, I stormed into my boss\u2019s office one day (we hadn\u2019t gotten along from day one), and said, \u201cYou know what? I just don\u2019t trust you!\u201d
\nThat night I got my period. And I realized that she could very well fire me, and I didn\u2019t have a back up plan.
\nSo I walked back into her office the next day, my maxi-pad between my legs, and said, \u201cI\u2019m sorry. I got my period.\u201d And I walked out.
\nI think I only lasted a few more weeks after that one. But boy, did it teach me a good lesson about tracking the schedule of my monthly visitor.
\n(Dear readers, I\u2019ll try to abstain from writing on those days so that I transmit only positive energy into the universe.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Warning: Male readers may want to skip my first two posts, and go down to the post about sleep hygiene, as I\u2019m about to talk maxi-pads and stuff like that, and I know that some men absolutely hate all discussion of menstrual periods. But, ladies! We need to talk. 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