Product Description

With this guide, written by a leading researcher in the field of PMS and a writer specializing in women's health, a woman can:

* Find patterns in her PMS symptoms
* Put together the best PMS dies for herself
* Understand the role of relaxation
* Modify her response to stress
* Explore alternative and complementary remedies, including medications, acupuncture, and herbs

Now women can create a customized remedy that is specific to their symptoms and needs. With comprehensive effective strategies, PMS relief is finally available to all women.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #704678 in Books
• Published on: 2002-07-26
• Released on: 2002-08-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 250 pages

From Amazon.com
Forget the joking stereotypes--PMS is serious business that can greatly benefit from serious treatment. Taking Back the Month is a detailed health-care guide that helps you carefully track symptoms; by following the recommendations and questionnaires, you'll discover exactly which of your aches, pains, and mood swings are attributable to PMS and which might require additional diagnostic aid. Sure, you may be irritable on some days, but are you sure those days consistently fall within the PMS time frame?

Lengthy chapters focus on treating your symptoms with simple, natural solutions. Adding protein and exercise, avoiding sugar binges and alcohol, and training yourself with relaxation techniques can bring impressive results with far fewer negative side effects than prescription medications. Still, authors Diana Taylor and Stacey Colino do thoroughly address using antidepressants, herbs, and nutritional supplements, while cautioning readers that some remedies are still being researched or require a consultation with a physician. A detailed chapter titled "Putting the Pieces Together" helps you simply use what you've learned to design the best possible program that will make your Dr. Jekyll/Ms. Hyde transformation a thing of the past. --Jill Lightner

About the Author
Diana Taylor, R.N., Ph.D., is a nurse practitioner, a researcher, and an associate professor at the University of California, San Francisco Department of Family Health Care Nursing, the first women's health training program in California. She is the co-author of Menstruation: Health & Illness.

Stacey Colino is an award-winning writer specializing in women's health and psychology. Her work has appeared in dozens of national magazines, as well as numberous health and diet books.