PMS?

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I know I asked a similar topic about periods but this is different... because this makes me curious about myself when it comes to PMS.

So anyway, I was wondering... is it normal for a woman with AS to not experience PMS before her period? O.o I mean I hardly know when I get my period and I know for other woman, PMS is usually more apparent when your about to start it.

I was only wondering if its normal for women with Autism to experience PMS differently than those who are NT. I mean I'm not saying its a fact but... I don't even experience PMS and I never have in the past either... my period just came when it was supposed to and left when it was done.

The only thing I deal with when I'm on my period is the changes of my hormones and the rise and fall of my moods and anxiety plus the change in daily routine... but other than that, no signs of PMS...

Are any other AS women like this with PMS?

That's pretty much what PMS is.

I know PMS always sneaks up on me. Like everything's terrible, nothing's going right, no one will listen to me, then a couple of days later I'm like oh that's what that was. Every single time. And I've been doing this for more than 7 years, you'd think I'd have it figured out by now.

Oh, really? O.o I've never really noticed it because I know most of time my AS tends to get in the way of my period... and everything seems to be twice as horrible as others might think... but yet, I'm not really the type of person who shows signs of PMS like an NT would... I guess I should be glad of that but still... sometimes I wish I had a normal way of knowing.

Besides, I always have that rise and fall of emotions... that's usually what tends to throw me off because it doesn't do much to tell me if its period wise. I mean I do experience some minor PMS things like... food cravings... where I would want something that we don't have... but even that's kind of normal for me since I could crave hawaiian pizza right now and not even worry about it.

That's why most of the time, for me, AS, ADHD and anxiety tend to get in the way of things and its harder for me to actually detect if I'm on it or not. I mean the only time I do is when I actually feel it in my underpants and then... bye bye good pair of undies... D:

Yeah, that's what I mean by it sneaking up on me. I usually just assume it's the normal mood fluctuations of life taking an extended dip in the negative direction until I realize what the cause is. And the food cravings. OMG I'm craving some chocolate right now. Or a steak. Either one lol. Isn't it fun being a girl BTW I like your hair

Yeah exactly... its like, I just think its part of my AS struggles and I shrug it off... until I feel it in my underpants and curse going, OSHIT... and then upon discovering, my mind is in a mode of panic during my period because everything is changed and I'm feeling things I'm not used to feeling.

Oh, thanks... but its a cosplay wig. XD

Sounds like what your body is craving is iron.

Yeah, I'm like Megz. I get it really really bad actually, for at least a week before, sometimes longer. It seems like the world is ending. I spend hours and hours just sitting around crying and worrying about everything in my life and how I'm going to make it work. I start to think, maybe I'm not really capable of living on my own after all. Maybe I'll always need someone around to care for me. Maybe I'll never be able to be a normal member of society. And I get angry and upset about EVERYTHING people do. It all seems 100% rational at the time. Then I get my period and I'm like, OOOHHHHH, THAT's what that was. And then everything's pretty ok again. (Or as close as it ever gets to ok

I also get really horrible problems when I actually get my period though. I get them super-heavy, they can last for over a week, and I get horrible cramps, nausea, diarrhea, dizziness, fatigue, sometimes even fever. So I don't think autism affects the menstrual cycle very much. I'm definitely on the extreme end of this - one person told me I might even have endometriosis.

Wouldn't doubt it, but I have no iron rich foods and no money. My mom's coming over tomorrow to take me grocery shopping and she usually takes me out to lunch too. For now it's quesadillas, popcorn, and oatmeal.

EXACTLY!! !! It's so nice to know I'm not the only one who does that

I do get like that but... I don't cry... because whenever I do, my parents just think I am being overdramatic, especially my mom. >>; So its even worse when I want to nearly kill myself during the PMS stage... and my mom is saying I'm just being overdramatic. She doesn't really understand the AS very well either... all she knows is I am autistic and causes me to behave differently than normal adults... so as far as emotions and other stuff is concerned... yeah.

I think it does affect us differently... because with AS, it seems like PMS is more extreme for us than most NTs deal with. I mean NTs probably have bad ones too but if you think about it, for us... its the changes in routine and having everything dealing with our bodies change as well... you know?

Is chocolate a good source of iron? Or do you only say that because of the steak? I don't generally crave things during PMS, but I do find that I tend to feel a bit better if I eat some dark chocolate. Is that because of iron? That would be good to know!

It seems like most of my social skills go out the window during PMS too....

Ever since I had my hystorectomy, I no longer get it.

may also be applied to not getting enough of a little something else if all else has failed.
in other words the body doesn't want to give up hope in the case of a pre-menopausal breakdown. aren't women's bodies funny. contraceptives affect the mind or not all in the mind as one might add to topic. anyway, I don't really get off-moods now, but you sometimes go to a dark place whereby if you're not feeling off key with something someone else is bound too as they think its all their fault when really you cant explain the symptoms of how your feeling.

"..get it really really bad actually, for at least a week before, sometimes longer. It seems like the world is ending. I spend hours and hours just sitting around crying and worrying about everything in my life and how I'm going to make it work"

this quote made me feel so much better! I just spent an entire week hysterical crying like the world was going to end & nonstop worrying & thinking that I'm the stupidest ugliest weirdest loser on the planet etc...then 2 days after I get my period I feel like the happiest person ever...

I actually think all my moods are due to PMS or my hormonal cycle it seems to really have nothing to do with what's going on in the outside world..life could be perfect but if I'm PMSing it's horrible...or life could be awful & if my period just ended I handle it very positively. But even though I know that - I can't stop the thoughts, its so frustrating!