INTRODUCTION
I recently discussed the subject of pre -menstrual tension during my regular ‘spot’ on BBC television’s programme Pebble Mill At One. The result was the biggest postbag I have ever had on any medical subject!
Which only goes to show that vast numbers of women want help and advice about
pre-menstrual (and menstrual) problems. Fortunately, the new freedom to speak about these matters means that frank, helpful advice can be given. It’s only a few years since a television company prevented me from discussing period pain on another programme to which I was a regular contributor. The reason? ‘Because the schoolgirls might see it!’
Beryl Kingston gives just the sort of advice which both schoolgirls and adult women need in order to help them cope with their periods. If you suffer from the pre-menstrual syndrome, or from period pain, or from heavy, prolonged and tiring periods.
You’ll find that Beryl Kingston is particularly good on treating these problems with relaxation, a subject which—as a National Childbirth Trust lecturer —she knows a lot about. We ought to make much more use of the sort of relaxation therapy she describes, because people are far too ready to turn to powerful drugs these days when a spot of gentle relaxation would be much better for them. And it’s free of side-effects!
However, there’s no doubt that many women with period problems do need the help of modern drugs, even if it’s only a simple question of going on the Pill to abolish the miseries of period pain. Beryl Kingston discusses the various possible drug therapies for period trouble, with great common sense and with a degree of impartiality which is quite rare in these days when too many people seem to be ‘pushing’ some particular brand of therapy for commercial reasons.
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