Hi Catch,

I'm new here so I don't know if I'm telling you something you've already heard, but a good quality magnesium supplement, along with some good vitamin D3 could really really help.

All those symptoms you describe can be alleviated by both of these supplements, but in particular by magnesium. If you want to know more, just reply to this post.

I have been reading about magnesium for over two years now and have recommended it to a lot of people. The ones who tried the particular kind of magnesium I recommended reported very good results very soon in some cases. Depending on how bad your deficiency is, it might take a while for you to notice the difference, but I am sure you would.

In my own case, I have noticed that the weepy feelings I would get on the day before the TOM arrived practically never ever happen any more!!!.

Your post caught my eye because you write that you live in "Sherwood Forest". I grew up near Nottingham, are you really from that part of the world, too, or is there another Sherwood Forest that I don't know about somewhere else on the planet?

Oh, and by the way, I'm 47 and also perimenopausal, but so far - maybe thanks to aggressively supplementing with magnesium - not suffering too much!!! I always wake up once a night between about 2-4am to go to the loo, but apart from that, and my periods have become rather irregular, but, mentally, I am fine, in fact, happier than ever before!!!

Hope this helps.

I would be very glad to provide more information so just let me know if you're interested.

All the best,

amanda