These Are the Days of Our Lives…But They Needn’t Be! – Dr Maura McGill – PMS and Menopause Expert Have you ever wondered how it is to spend your days and weeks in pain, knowing that more pain will come in the weeks ahead? For years. Even young people struggle with pain; not all chronic pain is from arthritis in the older age group. Young women especially are plagued by the pain of PMS. As part of my menopause hormone practice, I see many younger women whose PMS symptoms are limiting their lives. Study courses put on hold, boyfriends leave for calmer waters, parents think they are on drugs or worse, only fellow sufferers (or should that be sister sufferers?) can understand. The OTC (over the counter) medications only partially work, and then only once the pain has established itself.
Have you ever wondered how it is to spend your days and weeks in pain, knowing that more pain will come in the weeks ahead? For years. Even young people struggle with pain; not all chronic pain is from arthritis in the older age group. Young women especially are plagued by the pain of PMS. […]