Pms: It's Not In Your Head

Better than either Managing PMS (reviewed in our July-August 1992 issue) or PMS: An Answer (reviewed in our July-August 1990 issue), PMS: It's Not In Your Head interviews health care professionals and PMS sufferers to get both the medical and personal sides of this debilitating syndrome. PMS, or "pre-menstrual syndrome" refers to a constellation of symptoms that usually occur between 2-14 days prior to the sufferer's menstrual cycle. Although it's estimated that only 5-10% have symptoms severe enough to seriously affect their lifestyles, a host of others are still afflicted by the characteristic mood swings, insomnia, food cravings, and headaches common to many with PMS. The program discusses proper diagnosis, and looks at a variety of treatments, including diet changes, effective drugs, and exercise. Not as slick as the earlier reviewed PMS tapes, PMS: It's Not In Your Head excels in the area of straight talk from knowledgeable physicians, researchers, and those who've had to cope with the syndrome. And, for all you English buffs, effective immediately "PMS" is now being used as a verb as well as a noun, as in "I must be PMS-ing." Recommended. (See INTRODUCTION TO DEVELOPING CAPABLE PEOPLE for availability.)