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Well, one of the newest successful treatment for PMDD is--believe it or not--birth control.
The birth control pill Yasmin uses a different form of progestin than other, more traditional pills. Yasmin, in turn, is also being marketed as YAZ, which is used for treating PMDD. The progestin it uses is drospirenone, which is supposed to be more like the progestin your body naturally manufactures.
Given that the theory behind PMDD is that fluctuating hormone levels at that time contributes to the lack of seretonin at that time, it would make sense to use birth control to treat it in some cases as in many women birth control actually serves to regulate the amount of hormone present in their body.
Personally, I found that birth control actually helped with the emotional ups and downs prior to menstruation. It made me feel as if I were on a more even keel.
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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