Alternative PMS Treatments
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It is known that PMS cannot be cured at this present time, but if you are prepared to make a variety of lifestyle, diet and medicinal changes you can reduce the symptoms of PMS and improve your quality of living. Many doctors will traditionally recommend changes such as reducing sugar and sodium intake and partaking in regular exercise (find details about PMS Relief and PMS Treatment) but there are also some alternative treatments that are now just emerging as effective ways to reduce PMS symptoms.
The following treatments are regarded as outside mainstream medical thinking, but they are still entirely safe. You can try them in conjunction with other lifestyle changes.
- Relaxation Methods
- There are a whole range of complementary / alternative relaxation methods.
- Yoga is known to help reduce stress and relax the mind and body
- Massaging is also known to help the body and mind relax
- By relaxing you are more likely to experience lighter PMS symptoms
- Sleep Deprivation Treatment
- Although not widely used or studied, it has been reported that practiving sleep deprivation can help reduce PMS symptoms.
- Limit your sleep to between 3 and 4 hours on one night during your premenstrual period
- This practice may be linked to a change in the circadian rhythms, which may be irregular in women with PMS or PMDD
- Bright Light Therapy
- Bright light therapy is also linked to improved PMS symptoms.
- Exposure to cool-white fluorescent light during the morning or evening can reduce PMS symptoms on bad PMS days
- To benefit from bright light therapy you must have the treatment on the day when you experience the PMS symptoms
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