PMS symptoms??

Women's health
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Has anyone ever had these symptoms during pms, just before they start? And if possible, do you know how long these symptoms can last...?

Over the past few days added onto the week or two prior, pain in the lower back/side/overy area has started. Along with chronic fatigue and palpitations of varying kinds (&&wink hot flashes/chills. I'm not sure if you can call them hot flashes considering it usually either sticks to one side of my body and/or my face, but...the point stands.

Over the past week or two added onto the symptoms from a few days ago, I've had increased anxiety/depression/irritability, food cravings, headaches, leg pain, etc.

I'm only 16, going on 17 this month, and sometime last year I was diagnosed with dysmenorrhea considering the sharp pain sometimes handed me to the ER room considering the severity. I've always had a particularly heavy flow though, and the sharp pains only really picked up last year when my stress started becoming a daily physical issue.

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I also had severe pms when I was a teenager with all the symptoms you described. At around your age, I needed at the very least 2 days in bed. They eased as I got older but I'm now 43 and everything is back to the same as before and intensified. If you're concerned about it, you should go see your doctor. You may have pmdd which is basically a more severe case of pms.

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If it's not too personal to ask...how did you know when it was going to actually start? It never seems to when expected -- and the symptoms just progress...

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I never did know when it would start and I still don't. I know it is close because I get very irritated with extreme anxiety, mood swings, very tender breasts and just an overall feeling of unwellness. If you are really concerned, you should visit your doctor and get further investigations done. Some women have symptoms 2 weeks prior to their period and the whole time they are on it.