PMT

I've always suffered a little with PMT about a week before my period.  My mum would always joke that she could set her calendar by me because 7 days before my period, like clockwork, I'd get snappy and cranky.  I apologised for being cranky, we laughed and repeated it again 4 weeks later.  I've been on the same pills since I was about 13 (for heavy, painful, irregular periods) and they've kept the worst of my problems at bay aside from this minor PMT.

However, over the last year or so my PMT has been out of control.  I've had depression pretty badly in the past (to the point where I lost interest in everything, shut out my friends and family, didn't want to leave the house etc.) and my current PMT is just that.  Obviously I'm fortunate in the fact that it only lasts a few days so by the time I'm starting to get really low it miraculously goes away but it still really sucks at the time.  I can only assume that this is down to my hormones being really messed up from having been on and off my pills this year for fertility tests and then for the IVF, which is hormonal mayhem in itself!

Anyone have any tips for dealing with this?  I usually just go for comfort food, lots of cuddles with the cats, trying to keep my misery away from ALS as much as possible (he really doesn't deserve my self pitying) and distraction but any suggestions would be much appreciated!


QUICK UPDATE:
On the IVF front we have an appointment with our nurse to set things up for the FET on 20th October so I'll provide an update after that!