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So first, a brief update on the whole sibling thing. Said sibling after not receiving a response to the rotten email they sent, took to baiting me by leaving nasty comments on my Facebook. I took them down and told him/her that it wasn't a public forum and that s/he would do the same if the comments were hurtful to other friends. I thought that was it.
Tonight I was on the phone to my Mom (whom I love very much) and she said "So what's this I hear about you saving Iran?" From there, she basically reiterated things my jerky sibling had said. Sigh. I could have told her he told me I was "f--king retarded", but I am an adult and that kind of thing belongs to childhood.

So now onto a more important topic. I've been having this problem, well, a couple actually, but the one that really bothers me is this terrible breast pain I've been getting. It's cyclical, which suggests to me that it's linked to my regular hormone level fluctuations. It starts about a two weeks into my cycle and stops a few days after the new one begins. I thought, this can't be PMS, because it goes on so long and is so much more severe than what I know as PMS. I've been trying to figure out what was going on (jumping, of course, to worst case scenario, thereby causing myself no little amount of anxiety), but I think I've found out what it is. I think I have PMDD. Pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder. I don't necessarily have the psychological changes that go along with it, but oh boy, do I ever have the physical. I have to go to my doc to confirm, but at this point, I'd say it's a pretty safe bet. Unfortunately, there isn't a quick-fix. There are meds for the psychological symptoms (which I understand can be quite debilitating) but for the physical it's less clear what can be done. Common suggestions? The very things I have been putting off: eating better (although I have been doing MUCH better with this), exercising (written from my recumbent state on the sofa), having less caffeine. Seems to me that there's a message here: Take better care of yourself instead of procrastinating about it.
Okay, okay, so I hear you.
(What I relief it is to have a possible answer for what's wrong though)
Anyone out there have PMDD and want to share?