Sometimes having your period can be a pain — literally. Most
girls have to deal with PMS, cramps, or headaches around the
time of their periods. These problems are usually normal and
nothing to worry about. Here are the facts on which period
problems are common and normal — and which ones might indicate
there's something else going on. What Is PMS? Premenstrual
syndrome (PMS) is the term for the physical and emotional
symptoms that many girls and women get right before their
periods begin each month. If you have PMS, you might experience:
depression or feeling blue difficulty handling stress PMS is
usually at its worst during the 1 to 2 weeks before a girl's
period starts, and it usually disappears when her period begins.
Doctors have not pinpointed the exact cause of PMS, but many
believe it is linked to changing hormone levels. Following a
girl's period, the amounts of estrogen and progesterone (female
hormones) in her body increase. Then about 1 week before her
period starts, levels of both of these hormon