Being a male, I will leave it to those qualified to comment.
https://www.theguardian.com/society...fered-to-women-with-premenstrual-syndrome-pms
https://www.theguardian.com/society...fered-to-women-with-premenstrual-syndrome-pms
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While PMS affects a large proportion of women, the exact mechanism behind the condition remains unclear. “We know that ovulation and the hormone cycle causes [PMS] (duh!) , but we don’t know why,” said O’Brien
But as O’Brien points out, only the removal of the womb and ovaries will resolve the issue permanently. “It is actually the only cure but it is very drastic,” he said.
He made a major mistake in targeting an entire 50% of the population who has probably had at least mild PMS
I don't see them offering CBT for erectile dysfunction? or do they?
On radio 4 woman's hour a year or more back there was an interesting discussion on psychological vs medical treatment of reproductive related depression. An eminent gynaecologist professor John Studd declared women needed something along the lines of transdermal oestrogen and problem solved. The psychiatrist suggested a balanced mind body approach (including antidepressants and CBT I think) was also the right course of helping some women with symptoms etc but the gynaecologist was dismissive of what he viewed as unexpcessary. He was also dismissive of the new term premenstrual dysphoria which he said was a deliberate attempt to make PMS psychiatric /psychological territory (which I believe the CBT treatment framing of essentially good management advice and CBT model in CFS is designed to too). Interestingly he said that he'd tried to lecture at psychiatric conferences on the hormonal cause of some types of female depression but there wasn't interest and he said our beloved Sir Simon Wessely had recently declined his offer saying there wasn't time to fit his lecture in, which he interpreted as psychiatry wanting to keep their terrritory and not being open to physical causes of illlnesses they saw as their territory. There was obvious parallels to me with ME here, about 9mins in.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b062kdd1
CONCLUSIONS:
People with CFS have illness-specific biases which may play a part in maintaining symptoms by reinforcing unhelpful illness beliefs and behaviours. Enhancing adaptive processing, such as positive interpretation biases and more flexible attention allocation, may provide beneficial intervention targets.
Having a nasty therapist to visit might also help with the bit about wanting to thump someoneIf I found myself wanting to thump someone, I'd go for a little walk, count up the dates, buy myself some chocolate.
Thank you - I needed a good laugh!!!!Well, I suggest Mole Vice Therapy be given to male psychiatrists, psychologists, doctors and newspaper columnists who suggest CBT for serious ailments and PMS *is* serious.
*Mole Grip to sensitive area of anatomy of said jackass, SQUEEZE! LOCK!*
*scream*
"Are we having a moment of clarity, here, numbnuts?"