For the women

[Guest guest]

i cant tell you because i am a male lol, but i can tell you my doc just switched

me to lex, and i hope it works for me.ps can you tell me how long u have been on

the lex and what side effects. thanks john

ananeele02 <ananeele02@...> wrote:For 3/4 of the month, my Lex works.

But, when I am PMSing, I am jsut

awful. I might as well just stay in bed one week of the month because

I feel like I am non functional. I am depressed, obsessive, I pick

fights... I did my own little diary and figured out that it is only

when I am PMSing. I know now to tell myself when I start having

erratic thoughts that I am just PMSing, but sometimes I can't control

it. Does anyone else have this problem. I only need something for

that time. Can anyone tell me a good thing to do when I just can't

control the PMS feelings? I don't want to take the pill either.

Please let me know. I have a male Dr and he has no clue.

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[Guest guest]

See a female doctor for a second opinion. She's more likely to know

what to do. If your gynecologist is a female - talk this over with her.

Perhaps you could take Xanax during that week. I use it only during the

most anxious moments (but rarely use it at all now that I'm on Lex).

Curious, though - why not the pill? (if you care to share, of course...)

~ia

> For 3/4 of the month, my Lex works. But, when I am PMSing, I am jsut

> awful. I might as well just stay in bed one week of the month

because

> I feel like I am non functional. I am depressed, obsessive, I pick

> fights... I did my own little diary and figured out that it is only

> when I am PMSing. I know now to tell myself when I start having

> erratic thoughts that I am just PMSing, but sometimes I can't control

> it. Does anyone else have this problem. I only need something for

> that time. Can anyone tell me a good thing to do when I just can't

> control the PMS feelings? I don't want to take the pill either.

> Please let me know. I have a male Dr and he has no clue.

[Guest guest]

Hi Ladies,

For years many of us have been complaining about heavy bleeding every

month. Most doctors have never shown an interest and to my knowledge

none have ever studied to see if Gleevec plays a role. Regardless, I

did find some very interesting information recently.

I always avoided taking Ibuprofen during " that time " because I

erroneously thought that it would thin the blood and make me bleed

even more but recently I read that Ibuprofen actually inhibits

prostaglandin synthesis which stops the uterus from contracting

thereby reducing the amount of blood loss.

I tried it for my last two cycles and was amazed at how well it

worked! Just one Advil reduced my cramping and more importantly the

amount of blood I lost very significantly.

Here are a couple of easy to read articles that mention Ibuprofen as

an effective way for treating heavy bleeding.

http://tinyurl.com/5tq4of

http://tinyurl.com/5ko27d

Tracey