PMS symptoms can affect women physically, emotionally and mentally, with symptoms including extreme pain and mood swings, as six women explain.

PMS symtoms: why pre-menstrual syndrome is not a myth

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I didn’t have to track my cycle because I knew that when I was suicidal, my period would soon appear

I had to take so many sick days in my last job that I was given a verbal warning on my absences

When people say it’s not real, I often wonder how they would cope with living my life

"When people say it’s not real, I often wonder how they would cope with living my life."