can someone please help me? what do you do to beat PMS cravings? i'm not talking like you crave salt or suger, i'm talking like when you become a werewolf, a ravenous beast who will stop at nothing , and consume anything in it's path. I've tried every trick that i know. i'm failing misrably.

Hey HotDoc,

I had the same CRAZY food cravings around my period. I felt like I could eat half the house and then some. I started taking a new birth control pill called Yaz...its for people with PMDD, which I don't really have, but outrageous food cravings in a symptom of it and bc it was around my period only my doc figured we'd give it a try. This is the first pill i've been on without gaining weight and around my period I almost lose my appetite, which is strange. Anyway, it may be worth it! Just an idea...it sucks being female sometimes huh? :-)

OMG I get exactly like that...I'm PMSing now and I'm ready to eat a whole box of oreos! Or cheese. I always seem to crave CHEESE.

What I do, which seems to help, is suck on a sugar-free, low-calorie hard candy when you get the 'urge' to go hormonal on the entire kitchen. Or, simply, get out of the house. I got to school allll day from 6AM-4PM so I have no real opportunity to eat more than a sandwich during that time, which seems to help. When I get home, I just try and remember that my body just wants protein and iron to help fuel for my menstruation. And eat chicken.