Is it true that ladies are crabby/grumpy during menstruation?

I get crabby yep. And I want to be either left alone or be held. It depends how I'm feeling. But yes this is completely normal and nature. It happens.

I have been living with PMS for more than 18 years. I never noticed when my mother wsa experiencing this. However when I married my wife I realise that this is a real issue for women. I do observe changes in my wife's moods and behaviour when she is having her menstruation. I have learned to keep out of the way .

Well, it is even more Fun when you are Diabetic and also starting to go thru the change as well. Some days my PMS gets so bad that I just want to scream and attack almost anyone for no reason sometimes. It gets to the point even where no one but me is right, and anything everyone else does is wrong. But I also tend to get Severe Migraine headaches as well which is even worse. Just makes me wish Men could experience this too for once as well.

You ask if ladies are crabby/grumpy during mesturation and not if there is anything that can be done about it. Yes it seems to affect a certain segment of the female population. Most men learn sooner or later that they suffer too at that time of the month in different ways than the woman as that loving being becomes impossible to live with and he learns to stay out of her way. Now here is the unasked for advice. If you are experiencing too much pain you should investigate the possiblity of a condition called endometriosis. You should also investigage getting some exercise and diet changes like restricting sugar and getting omega 3 essential fatty acids. Some women have to resort to medications.

Thats true, I think all feel the similar way may be because of hormonal changes inside us makes uncomfortable and it makes us feel that way..for me one week before I will have for no reason I will get depressed or in off mood now my husband knows this and so no problem as he will carefully handled it...Thanks happy posting!!

I really trust it is true when females are crabby during menstruation. My girlfriend is a good example for me. She will easy to angry and very very sensitive before menstruation. She will become easy to mad at me, although I just do minor thing. I must remember when is her menstruation start and end. During the menstruation period, I must keep my 100% attention to make her happy. In fact, it really tried sometime. HaPpY MyLoTtInG!

I notice the same mind of symptoms in my better half.

yeah they are.. i know i get moody when its that time for me. don't even look at me lol i can be kind of bad but i also think it depends on where i am and who i'm around. as long as no ones doing anything to annoy me i'm good lol

This is so true with many girls I have known. Some I have seen on the floor curled up in unmeasurble pain others is just mood swings. Depends on the lady but all I have known on this level seem to be affected by it someway or another and its not always pretty. Its the way God wants It so best just to learn to live with it and be understanding rather than critical. Sure am glad Im not a lady for this one and only reason. Not to say men dont have there problems and weeaknesses as well. Great post something most can relate to! :)

People tend to stay off my path when I get my period. I think it's because I feel like I'm in a lot of pain and I never realize that I'm already acting like a snob because I'm too engrossed with my pain. But I did find it weird that you refer to PMS as Pre-menstrual symptom because it's more popular meaning is Post Menstrual Syndrome - what women experience when they stop having menstruations at around age 50 and they get really really weird. Thanks for the response on my discussion!

Thank you for giving us an idea about women's mental and physical condition during their menstrual period. I'm a man.So I can understand your husband's condition during that period. Your husband is very sympathetic to you. You are a very lucky wife.

Oh well I suppose that sometimes I do notice a change in my personality during the cycle, but I think some people just blame the mood on the stereotype that females get really moody and grumpy that time. Most of the time, I'm not really different at all. Guys do like to joke about that sort of thing, but again, its sort of a stereotype and something to blame moods on. The cycle does cause me some trouble and discomfort, so sometimes, yes.

I always get crabby one day before mine and very tearful. That would be the only reason getting older pleases me. Maybe they will dissapear in the next ten years or so. I have four daughters and I feel sorry for my husband. He has five of us to put up with, with our moods.

Yes ofcourse we do feel some sickness...feeling tidy,some times people get fever,its obvious some people know abt the symptoms before and people doesnot and people feel stomach pain too..they dont want to do any work just want to lay on the bed all the time lazy like me lol...after menstrual it will be normal so free to work ..yes my husband observes sometime that when i m feeling sick ..alwasys on the bed ...

I have heard about it, though I am not like that. Instead I think I do suffer from PMS coz many times I have seen that I become unnecessarily irritable and grouchy a few days before the event of the month. Most of the times I don’t know why but suddenly it dawns on me that Oh its near to those days again

Hi, Aisa.. ^^ I was about to write about my PMS (pre-menstrual symptoms) right now, but then I had to check if there are already discussions about it. I'm glad I bumped into yours. I'm feeling so low right now. I think my PMS is one of the reasons. You know what? Men are more familiar about PMS than women. Maybe because they have been given this explanation ever since. Have you heard the commercial about a pain killer? I think one reason why females get crabby when they're going to have their period is because of the pain. Well, in my case, that is. I used to have this excruciating pain in my lower tummy, I also get cramps, and what's more, I vomit, all at the same time. I had a terrible case of dysmenorrhea. Anyway, my vomiting has gone (they say because I already gave birth). Well, I do hope it won't come back. Those were the dreaded days. I had to skip classes once in a month because I can't take the pain.

I can be a bit moody during those times of the month .. sometimes without me realizing it right away .. once I notice it, I try my best to cal done.

I've experienced that with my ex girlfriend many times... ahh... just remembering them makes my head ache... XD It's really hard to cope up with her but the one thing she liked about me was I had a lot of patience.

Hiya aisa, PMS is something I suffered and endured for Years and ate better food, more fruit, did not smoke or drink and it did not improve it just got worse by the Day. I did not want to make anyone´s life a misery either and I have tried to explain to them and they don´t listen it does not mean anything to them. So like many other millions of Women I have suffered it in silence. It has eased off at lot now to what it was. I was snappy sometimes because PMS makes you feel really tired and you don´t even know why but the tiredness goes off in a matter of hours. It can make you feel sick and you get a Headache too but all that wears off during the Day. You snap at People but then you get tearful because you don´t want to snap at anyone. I was grumpy and snappy before during and but not after this when I calmed down a lot. I did control it a lot though as I said so I suffered it on my own. There was no medicine that worked for me. Just patience a lot of relaxation and cry a little here and there to relieve the nervous tension.

i learnt a new thing today, about women.next time i will try to observe my girl friend.thank you.