PMDD Medication and Drugs

PMDD medication and drugs in general are something that can be difficult to get away from in the medical system. Doctors are very quick to sign off a prescription on their pad for you to deal with the immediate symptoms of PMDD. This might help in the short term but does nothing to end the condition itself - it will just mask the problems (while giving you a bunch of other side effects to worry about!)

Here are a few of the typical drugs you might have heard of or are taking now.

• Pills for birth control which can help deal with some symptoms but of course come with their own challenges.
• Hormone medication - the logic is that you can balance hormones by adding MORE hormones of a different type that might be needed. This might help for a short time but the original reason for the imbalance remains and will quickly make these drugs worthless.
• Anti-anxiety Drugs such as Xanax, Klonopin, Ativan and so on have been shown to give short term relief to sever anxiety. Again, not a lasting solution, just a band aid measure.
• Antidepressants – Drugs such as Zoloft, Paxil CR and others are a mainstay of dealing with depression, but are certainly not a long term solution and have been proven to have some serious side effects. 
• Pain relievers are also used quite often for headaches and cramping, in short amounts these can be helpful because you at least KNOW they are a short term solution for some ease not a cure.

I am not going to totally blame your doctor for this though. They are very busy and must see many patients very quickly and giving them all the in depth advice on exactly how to deal with these hormonal problems takes some effort. Also many people do not follow this advice so they often end up just giving vague directions and helping with the symptoms. Of course some doctors just do not believe PMDD exists either which is very frustrating and humiliating to the poor women who see them.
Doctors are not completely to blame for this; there are many reasons why they do not give you the help you need to really eliminate PMDD such as:

• Busy - They simply need to see as many patients as they can to help as many as they can so your ailments might seem like an easy fix with drugs
• Lack of information - some doctors still do not understand PMDD properly
• Jaded - Some doctors used to give lots of advice to people about how to eat right, and change their lifestyles but find their words rarely heeded in favour of drugs (I know a doctor like this - it is sad)
• Unbeliever - Some doctors simply do not believe PMDD is as bad as it is and put it down to over reacting to PMS which can be humiliating for a woman to hear as it is not true!

So in my opinion, PMDD medication and drugs are not a solution - they are a short term pain reliever that you will need to become addicted to every month if you do not tackle the root cause of the disorder using natural and holistic measures that bring LONG TERM benefits to PMDD sufferers!