PMDD actually causes up to 40 psychological and physical symptoms, and I personally, suffer with around 37 of those, each month. She describes PMDD as a condition that just causes anxiety and depression.

She possibly gives out a three line paragraph at the very beginning of the book, and a wrong description of what it actually is, at the very end of the book. This book was refreshing to find, as throughout the last six years, various gynecologists have desperately tried to prescribe me some type of birth control (when I'm actually unable to take any hormonal treatment) for premenstrual dysphoric disorder, which is a condition, much more severe than PMS, and I must admit, it has had a dramatic impact on my life.īriden hardly touches on PMDD. Period Repair Manual is a book that boasts alternative treatments for women suffering with period issues, instead of just shutting the whole system off with a birth control pill. I'm no gynecologist, but after all of the research I've done during the past six years, I definitely wouldn't consider myself a novice at this game.

I only wish I had been able to read it sooner, but alas, it was published less than a year ago. I truly cannot say enough good about this book. In this book we are also shown that the monthly cycle is a report card of our health, and how to understand what the problems in our cycle can tell us about our overall health, and what to do with that information. It also has information about how to talk to your doctor about any and all female health issues, so that you and your doctor understand each other and are on the same page. It clearly explains the dangers of the pill and other synthetic hormones, the vast problems that they are causing in women's health, and what to do about it. It is full of extremely clear and helpful information on naturally balancing your hormones, increasing your fertility, finding effective and healthy birth control, treating PMS, irregularity, pain, peri-menopause, inflammation, and every other challenge with the female cycle.

But I want to give it a review, because it is an amazingly helpful and empowering book, and I believe that all women should read it. This is not the kind of book that you necessarily want to let all your friends on goodreads know that you have read.

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