PMS and Caffiene
Lately my PMS has been off the charts. Lets just say I do my best to stay away from people at that time as I am prone to violent outburst and feel like I have the flu. So, I went to my doctor and he put me on the pill. I felt like, certainly there has to be something more that can be done about this, so I started reading up on it on the web. I found a number of links stating the effects of caffiene can have alot to do with PMS and it's severity. Particularly how caffiene deplets the body of B vitamins, and the lack of B vitamins can make PMS symtoms worse. Then I found a number of other links that state otherwise. Stating that there was no effect, and it's not proven.
I am skeptical enough about the medical community to question most of the things they try to tell people, and find that the opinon of my fellow females on these matters are generally more accurate.
So my question is this, has anyone had their PMS syntoms reduced by elimating or reducing caffiene? Is there any other words of advice you could give me to help reduce and/or get rid of these symtoms? (I realize they may not all go away, but if I can get this down to a control-able level, I would be happy with that)
Thank you in advance for all your kind advice.
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