Doctors look to antidepressants for a novel, but effective, treatment.
Whenever it's the week or two before my period, the house is so tense that I would wear a sign with 'PMS' on it to warn my kids and husband that I am very moody. Women's lives and personalities can turn inside out during the week before their menstruation. For women who lose the capability to function in their daily routines once every month, antidepressants can help them regain control when other treatments fail. Treating women who have PMS with antidepressants is a new method. SSRIs function to combat the significant drop in levels of serotonin, a neurotransmitter, that occur during the premenstrual cycle.