check it out, it will get you out of the house to china town or TNT and you will try a new recipe that you will hate but why not? you are already in a bitchy mood?
http://www.shen-nong.com/eng/exam/specialties_womenpms_premenstrual_specialrecipes.html
enjoy!
karley-wa
November 25, 2009
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November 9, 2009
Many moons...many moods.
It is about time I post a piece from the book that literally inspired this blog...It's title: Women's Moods: What Every Woman Must Know About Hormones, the Brain, and Emotional Health by Deborak Sichel and Jeanne Watson Driscoll. Both women are psychiatric health professionals and it is fascinating to hear their accounts of treating women's emotional and mental struggles. The most interesting and pertinent information is their emphasis on the significance of women's menstrual cycles on their moods and mental health.
They say, in their experience, that it was very rare for a doctor to address or consider their patients' menstrual cycles when determining the severity and regularity of mood disorders - and if women did pay more attention to their symptoms throughout their entire cycle, they would notice a pattern that would significantly inform the relativity of their mood swings (and lead to more appropriate and effective means of managing the problems than the wide administration of general anti-axiety and depression medications). Included in the book is a chart to track your own mood. I think it is an amazing and worthwhile tool for all women.
(I've uploaded the chart below but the words are not too legible. If you are interested, this makes this a good excuse to hit your favourite local bookstore ;))
They say, in their experience, that it was very rare for a doctor to address or consider their patients' menstrual cycles when determining the severity and regularity of mood disorders - and if women did pay more attention to their symptoms throughout their entire cycle, they would notice a pattern that would significantly inform the relativity of their mood swings (and lead to more appropriate and effective means of managing the problems than the wide administration of general anti-axiety and depression medications). Included in the book is a chart to track your own mood. I think it is an amazing and worthwhile tool for all women.
(I've uploaded the chart below but the words are not too legible. If you are interested, this makes this a good excuse to hit your favourite local bookstore ;))
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