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Bad PMS...
Last Sunday I noticed that I was PMSing BBBBAAAAADDD! Just pure crankiness and I was bloated beyond belief. But I wasn't due to (and didn't) get my period until Thursday. For four days I was just cranky and miserable. Now I am tired all the time. Even after getting 9 hours of sleep last night I am dead tired this morning and it's been this way since Thursday. Sleepiness has never been a side effect of getting my period for me.
Does anyone else get this? I'm used to horrible cramps but, oddly enough, I had barely any cramps this cycle. Do you think I'm just having an off-cycle or has anyone experienced drastic changed in their PMSing at some point in their lives? Frankly, I can deal with pain but this sleepiness is really obnoxious. I feel like I'm turning into my Grandma. She's one of those people who will fall asleep mid-sentence and wake up 10 minutes later and finish her sentence not realizing she fell asleep.
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Ever since I went off BC tiredness has been a symptom of PMS for me. It sucks, I understand. Last month (first cycle off bc) my cycle was 36 days before AF came. I was an emotional, bloated, cranky, tired mess for like 10 days. I don't know how many of those were pure PMS and how many were just anxiety, waiting for AF. I knew I wasn't PG, but still... there's no relief till AF comes.
Are you sure you don't have an iron deficiency? I read that taking/eating extra iron around AF time can help with tiredness. Other then that I don't know what to say, other then it sucks & hopefully this is just an off-cycle like you said.