How will my doctor treat premenstrual syndrome?

How will my doctor treat premenstrual syndrome?

Michael Tahery (Obstetrician & Gynecologist) gives expert video advice on: What causes premenstrual syndrome?; Are there alternative treatments that will help premenstrual syndrome? and more...

Depending on your symptom. Let's say you have cramps that occur a couple days before, and you've had these cyclically for a long time. Well, a doctor may say since your cycles are so regular why don't you just take some Advil a day before they come. This way Advil or Motrin or any of these anti-inflammatory medications suppress some of the hormonal changes prior to the menstruation and make the pain much more manageable, as opposed to waiting for the pain to start and then taking the medications. If the problem is a mood change, then maybe some of these anti-anxiety medications are helpful. Also some of these birth control pills, new birth control pills that are out there have been approved for these mood changes. In patients that this problem is very severe, we can stop their menses, we can basically get rid of that cyclical event that brings on these premenstrual symptoms and there's many ways of doing that, but the treatment should fit the symptoms.