Statistics show that about 85 percent of women suffer from premenstrual syndrome (PMS). As many as 150 symptoms have been identified, among which headache, irritability, tearfulness, social withdrawal, feeling of general exhaustion, abdominal bloating, breast tenderness, constipation, diarrhea, insomnia...
Experts say that if it's only occasional, the problem is considered benign. However, PMS symptoms often indicate that it is a masked form of depression that was not detected in time.
Four years ago, a new diagnosis was introduced into the diagnostic manual of mental illnesses - premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), which is given if a woman experiences an intense form of PMS symptoms for a year, during almost every cycle. About eight percent of women suffer from it, reports Novosti.
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