(Part 2) Top products from r/PMDD
We found 14 product mentions on r/PMDD. We ranked the 31 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
21. Pure Essence Labs Ionic Fizz Magnesium Plus - Calm Sleep Aid and Natural Anti Stress Supplement Powder - Raspberry Lemonade - 12.06 oz
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
STRESS AND ANXIETY RELIEF: A superb, all natural anti-stress, anti-anxiety, delicious supplement powder that helps restores healthy magnesium levels.LEG CRAMP RELIEF & SLEEP AID: Promotes relaxation, encourages deep, restful sleep and may relieve muscle cramps (including leg cramps at night). Suitab...
22. Life Extension Melatonin, 300 Mcg, 100 Capsules
Sentiment score: -1
Number of reviews: 1
Melatonin helps keep the circadian cycle in tuneWorks to maintain cellular health and to regulate a system of self-repair and regenerationMelatonin naturally diminishes with age as the pineal gland becomes calcifiedIt has strong antioxidant properties
23. Natural Vitality Calm #1 Selling Magnesium Citrate Supplement, Anti-Stress Magnesium Supplement Drink Mix Powder - Original Flavor, Vegan, Gluten Free and Non-GMO (Package May Vary), 16oz 113 Servings
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
CALM MAGNESIUM POWDER: Number 1 selling healthy dietary supplement in an unflavored powder form that helps support healthy magnesium levels and supports a calming and uniquely relaxing experienceSTRESS RELIEF: Nature’s Our Natural Vitality Calm gives your body the fundamental nutrients your body m...
24. Emerita Pro-Gest Balancing Cream | The Original Progesterone Cream | for Optimal Balance at Midlife | 4 Ounce
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Trusted Since 1978: Pro-Gest has been the #1-selling brand of balancing cream for more than 40 yearsPurely Powerful: Paraben-free formula contains 450mg of USP Progesterone per ounce (20mg per ¼ tsp)Get Comfortable: The most trusted Progesterone Cream for optimal balance at midlifeHighest Quality: ...
25. Solaray Black Currant Seed Oil 600 mg | Gamma Linolenic Acid (GLA) | Healthy Skin, Hair, Joints, Vascular & Immune Function Support | 90 Softgels
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Full of Fatty Acids: 1 softgel supplies Omega-3 & 6 fatty acids; 60 mg ALA, 90 mg GLA & 240 mg LASystem Support: Black Currant Seed Oil may help support healthy immune system, vascular health, skinPlant Power: Black Currant contains several anthocyanins or plant pigments w/ antioxidant propertiesTru...
26. Optimum Nutrition ZMA, Zinc for Immune Support, Muscle Recovery and Endurance Supplement for Men and Women, Zinc and Magnesium Supplement, 180 Count (Packaging May Vary)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Packaging may vary - New look, with the same trusted QualityZinc Provides Immune SupportHIGH QUALITY FORMS OF ZINC, MAGNESIUM, AND VITAMIN B630MG ZINC, 450MG MAGNESIUM, 10.5MG VITAMIN B6ACTIVE LIFESTYLE FORMULA - your body demands greater nutritional needs to fuel your active lifestyle, ZMA can help...
27. Herb Pharm PMS Comfort Liquid Herbal Formula for Support During Premenstrual Syndrome - 1 Ounce
Sentiment score: 2
Number of reviews: 1
Provides comfort during premenstrual syndrome.Expertly formulated with Chaste Tree, Dong Quai and other rapidly absorbed liquid herb extracts.Gluten-free and non-GMO.Each herb individually extracted to ensure a broad spectrum of therapeutic plant compounds.Herb potency assured through High Performan...
28. Nature's Way Premium Herbal Melissa Lemon Balm Leaf, 1,500 mg per serving, 100 Capsules (Packaging May Vary)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Melissa, commonly referred to as Lemon Balm, is a soothing traditional herbal.1,500 mg per servingVegetarianGluten-FreeNon-GMO Project Verified, Tru-ID Certified
29. Natures Way PMS with B6 and other B-Vitamins, 100 Veg Caps
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
PMS formula provides nutritional support for a woman's monthly cycle.PMS formula is an advanced formula which represents the powerful synergy of current science and traditional herbal medicine.Using PMS by Nature's Way can water down the painful symptoms of that monthly nightmare.
Hey, I hope you're doing ok! Honestly, breakups with the PMDD and anxious attachment have been a nightmare, so it's super important that you're good to yourself! It's really hard to reprogram to not seek anything from avoidant people, it's so triggering and just becomes a cycle. It sounds like you went through that a lot in that relationship, and it's probably not the dynamic you want. And both people have to be onboard to really fix a relationship. So tough! I empathize. If you can, focus totally on yourself and let the relationship go, at least for awhile. That's advice I wish I had taken. I feel like when we have PMDD we end up taking the blame for relationship failures but I also feel like, how hard is it for partners of people with PMDD to have some compassion? I know it's not easy to live with on either side, but I feel like avoidant people or toxic relationship situations use PMDD against us and don't acknowledge our suffering. Plenty of people on here have understanding partners, so it gives me hope.
As for the Xanax and using it for sleep or getting rebound anxiety, I think a sleep routine could be helpful. Get yourself some nice comfy pajamas, a nice facewash and maybe some melantonin (I'm partial to the gummies) and/or magnesium (something like this one) and get into a book or podcast, something that isn't screen-based. Give yourself like an hour for a pre-bed routine and put on your pajamas and power down, even do one of those youtube yoga bedtime routines (I like the videos by Adrienne). That was one of the most helpful things my therapist suggested I do. I also keep Tylenol PM or a sleep aid like Midnite on hand in case I feel like too wound up, which usually happens for me around PMDD time. Mine lasts about 10 days too.
I try to save the Xanax for times when I'm feeling super aggro and either can't calm down or I feel like I'm going to snap at people at work. I use weed for when I'm feeling that way at home. Basically, I control my environment as much as possible and work on keeping myself happy and developing interests or social connections that make me feel better rather than worse. It's a learning experience to see what helps and what hurts, and how those two things get confused sometimes. And when I can't control the PMDD or what's going on, I take Xanax. But once you figure out things in your life that might be making the PMDD worse or trigger the anxious attachment, I think it will get a little easier.
Gosh. So very sorry.
To just highlight a few of the points other posters make:
Here's the fantastic news: you don't have to get a divorce. You don't have to go to therapy. Your wife doesn't need to be confronted or medicated or fixed. These are, of course, options, but none of these options will get you back to the way things were.
Getting back to the way things were isn't actually an option.
Let that sentence percolate for a minute. You're likely to have a lot of emotional response to that fact, and, if you're anything like most people, you'll spend most of your life denying that fact. But you're different than you were when you were a kid. You're different than you were before you had kids. You are growing and changing all the time. It makes sense that your relationship needs to grow and change too.
Getting back to the way things were isn't actually an option.
But, that fact can set you free. You CAN find new ways to love your wife, live your life, and you CAN address some of the things that have cropped up in your relationship.
It's incredibly powerful to realize that you have the power to change your relationship dynamic by changing how you respond to her, how you respond to yourself. Having love and compassion for your wife starts with having love and compassion for yourself. And from a place of love and compassion, real growth and change can happen. You are worth it. Your family is worth it. Your wife is worth it.
Check out "Feeling Good Together" by David Burns. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0767920821/ref=sxts_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1527002252&sr=1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65
And "Be The Person You Want to Find" by Cheri Huber. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0963625527/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1527002335&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=be+the+person+you+want+to+find
I hope it helps! The only foods I've noticed don't help me are sugar and other processed grains. If you're still craving something sweet I highly recommend the Atkins brand sweets! They taste amazing and many have little to no sugar! A lot of them also have a good amount of protein!
A word on gluten though, unless you have Celiacs, gluten is fine. There is no such thing as gluten sensitivity. Now you can be allergic to wheat/rye while not having issues with gluten specifically though! Simply switching to whole grain breads helped a lot for me!
One thing that might help your cramps too are herbal supplements! I'm trying this tincture out soon (it's in the mail) but have had great success using other supplements with the same herbs(though I take them more for the mood stabilizing effects). I don't like taking a bunch of pills though so I'm trying out the tincture route. A lot of the reviews specifically mention it relieving cramps! Good luck with the elimination process! Feel free to PM me if you ever need someone to talk to! :)
I take this lemon balm capsule that’s a life saver. I know it sounds stupid but it’s actual super calming for me, it’s like a mild Xanax. Very cheap too so you might find it worth a shot.
Nature's Way Premium Herbal Melissa Lemon Balm Leaf, 1,500 mg per serving, 100 Capsules (Packaging May Vary) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00020HQU0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_B8rUDb0TCQRTE
P.S. in the link below - this stuff is great if you can get some before you go. They also sell it in individual packages on amazon, or you could find it at a grocery store/health food place. Magnesium in this form on the go for me has been a lifesaver during PMDD week. I just pour it in a water bottle. 2 teaspoons. They have it in different flavaz too.
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https://www.amazon.com/Natural-Vitality-Magnesium-Stress-Original/dp/B000OQ2DL4
I take two a day orally, one am and one pm. This is the brand I’ve always used, but there are several others.
Solaray Black Currant Seed Oil, 600 Mg, 90 Softgels https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000I4DRNK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_uCQNDbK6H7ND0
You did not choose this condition, and I implore you to be gentle with yourself. That being said, PMDD is a heckin' lot to deal with, and most likely you wouldn't wish this upon your worst enemy.
The anxiety of a birthday without luteal is difficult to deal with on its own. Milestone birthdays are not fun. My heart goes out to you. If I wasn't broke, I'd send you this as a gift. It has helped me and I hope it will help you.
Sometimes less is more with melatonin, 5mg is a pretty big dose. It can make you feel horrible if you take too much or at the wrong time.
I use 2mg or less of melatonin during PMDD days. I take it around 8pm and then sit in the dark until I fall asleep. Getting enough sleep during that time and supplementing melatonin has solved so many of my issues.
The one I use is this and dose it out, 5 or 6 when I'm expecting a bad day https://www.amazon.com/Life-Extension-Melatonin-300-Capsules/dp/B000X9QZZ2/