Description
Outline of items discussed during this presentation:
Introduction
- The challenges practitioners face with treating PMS
Defining PMS
- How is PMS diagnosed
- The role, or lack of, for lab testing
Women’s Experience of PMS
- Various ways it can present
PMS vs. PMDD
- Why do these get lumped together
- Similarities and differences
Teaching your patients to cycle track
- Practical ways to monitor
PMS throughout the years
- Differences in treating PMS in teens and reproductive years vs. perimenopause
- Is it really PMS?
PMS and the Stress Response
Treatment Options for PMS