premenstrually

Premenstrually, metabolic rates go up, with the result that our bodies are burning calories faster and want more fuel.

Premenstrually?

She did large-scale studies that showed schoolgirls' grades declined by 10 percent premenstrually, followed by a 20 percent increase postmenstrually.

In her first months as a general practitioner, she identified and treated patients with premenstrually related asthma, epilepsy and migraines by dosing them with progesterone.

Mild acne may flare up premenstrually in response to the progesterone released after ovulation, or it could result from the progestin in certain birth control pills.

Cyclic progesterone therapy supplements the patient with natural progesterone during the luteal phase when progesterone is normally low, and gradually reduces the supplementation premenstrually.

For a few women, the daily record may disclose that while they think particular symptoms show up premenstrually, the symptoms are present to varying degrees throughout the month and may require treatment if sufficiently disturbing.

Three out of four PMT sufferers say that they overspend in the days before their period starts - the average 'blown' is £39 - and some women spend more than £100, premenstrually, on unnecessary extras.

Dr. Schmidt and his colleagues had previously shown that contrary to longstanding beliefs, mood changes and other symptoms that occur premenstrually might not result from hormones released near the end of each menstrual cycle.

But Dr. Harrison has reported that women who premenstrually show signs of depression like lethargy, decreased concentration and overeating may benefit from limited doses of dextroamphetamine, an appetite suppressant and stimulant of the central nervous system.

Surveys indicate that about three-fourths of women experience some physical or emotional changes premenstrually; most have mild to moderate symptoms, no different in type or intensity from the changes in body or mood that from time to time can affect anyone, man or woman.

"None of the rest of us have found progesterone as helpful as the data Dr. Dalton presented, but she really was quite influential in the modern understanding of what happens to women premenstrually," said Dr. Diana Dell, an OB-GYN and psychiatrist at the Duke University Medical Center.