[MountainMomma]

I thought taking a break from TTC was supposed to mean I didn't have to choke down half a dozen pills a day. Well, someone didn't tell my body that. We think I might have PMDD so we did some research asked a few questions and realized that most of the vitamin/ herbal things they recommend for PMDD are things I already have anyway, (tried at one point or another while TTC, but not all at once) so starting tomorrow I will be taking:

MORNING:
1 - 500mg Vitamin C tablet
1 - 1000mg evening primrose oil tablet
2 - 400mg chasteberry (vitex) capsules

NOON:
1 - 1000mg evening primrose oil tablet
1 - daily diet support tablet (daily vitamin with green tea and EGCG.....supposed to help with weightloss)

EVENING:
1 - 1000mg evening primrose oil tablet
2 - 400mg chasteberry (vitex) capsules

BEDTIME:
1 - 400mcg folic acid
1 - 100mg B-6
1 - 3mg melatonin (to help me sleep better)
1 - 250mg magnesium tablet

That's enough pills to choke a freaking horse. Hopefully it helps though. I haven't talked much about it but my PMS/PMDD or whatever it is has gotten so bad that for 3 or 4 days a month I am nearly impossible to live with, to the point where one or the other of us has mentioned divorce the last three months. Neither of us really want it, but I am horrible for a few days and make life miserable for everyone. Hopefully this works so that I am not as bad this time around.If not, I'll have to move on to stronger anti-depressants and possibly estrogen/progesterone treatments. The only other option beyond that would be birth control.

The silver lining.....hopefully this will not only help with my PMDD symptoms, but also bring us a surprise BFP since alot of this is also used to help with TTC.

[Vicki...]

That sounds about like all the pills I take, if I try to take them all at once I choke on them, but I love the vitex, I know it helps me allot, and the evening primrose oil is helping my hair at least, and so far I love the maca, I am also taking fish oil tablets, mostly for my hair though, I'm trying to grow it out.

[MarieJ]

Wow-I really hope this combo gets you feeling better

[~InHisHands~]

Oh, wow! I hope it works for you! I still have you beat though - I take like 16 pills! I joke with Mike all the time, the older I get the more I fall apart & the more expensive my medical bills become. We KEEP addding pills to my regimine. You may remember but, just to compare, I take...

Right when I wake up:
Armour - 2 pills, 60 mg each

About 2 hours after the armour:
Magnesium - 1 pill, 500 mcg
Selenium - 1 pill, 200 mcg
Vitamin B12 - 1 pill, 500 mcg
Fish oil - 4 pills, 1000 mg each

About 2 pm (when I get home from work):
Prenatal vitamin - 1 pill
Vitamin D3 - 2 pills, 1000 IU each

Bedtime:
Fish oil - 4 pills, 1000 mg each