Does pms get worse as you get older?

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I started my period this week and I feel like utter garbage. In fact, I've been feeling like garbage for at least the past couple of weeks now. I'm always tired and I feel depressed. I've been getting more headaches and I'm always worried. I wake up feeling like a steamroller ran over me. And now I'm crying because someone on WP just said Toy Story 4 was trash.

Do PMS and period symptoms get worse as you get older. After all, our bodies think that we must have a baby or our whole species will become extinct in five minutes so it must be torturing us even worse, as our biological clocks are running out of time. Never mind that pregnancy is a million-and-one times worse than having a period. I hate how our bodies alone make being female so difficult.

I'm also worried that this has nothing at all to do to with my period and it's something terrifying and life-threatening.

PMS can get worse during perimenopause, since hormone levels become so irregular. It can be quite a rough time of life. The good news is that things will get better - at least in my experience, emotions level out more the closer you get to actual menopause.

it's up to the individual. I had an easy time when I first got a period. I had a rough time from 25 years old up to 45. At 45, I was done with the cycle and had a very easy menopause. So, just 20 years of misery for everybody around me.

I am a sensitive person and that includes to hormones. I have PMS'd since my cycle started in my childhood. Nowadays (age 47), I have one day of full blown depression about 3 days before menstruation onset. Recently I realized that I get mild migraines every month on the days 3-4 of menstruation, but sometimes as early as onset. If I am stressed or have a trigger (e.g. dehydration) the migraine will be moderate to severe. I thought I was having a mild cold or sinus problems every month, until I had a severe migraine and saw it for what it was.

I am looking forward to menopause as I am told my relatives that their moods stabilized.