A client who's nursing a 2 1/2 year old has begun having the worst PMS she's
ever had - she becomes "completely irrational", a sort of Jekyl/Hyde - and
she wondered if it could be related to bfing.  She had Zoloft recommended to
her and found that it did indeed help, but discontinued it when she
developed pain in her arm, down to her fingers, that she thought might be
related.  After she discontinued the Zoloft, the pain disappeared.

My first thoughts to her:  try the Zoloft again and see if the pain recurs.
If it doesn't, she has a workable solution.  She's 43.  In an unscientific
response, I told her my neighbor of about the same age has been experiencing
PMS lately, when she never had it before.  And in a more scientific vein I
told her menstrual issues tend to smooth out with bfing, and perhaps the PMS
is related to the gradual *decline* in bfing, more than to the bfing itself.
She hadn't thought of that and said her child has indeed been nursing less
lately.

But I also told her I'd ask the experts.  Your thoughts?

--
Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL  Ithaca, NY
www.wiessinger.baka.com

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