MEN get a condition like PMS?

Question

A supervisor at my job told me the other day that men get a condition like PMS, where it affects their moods, causes anger, violence, depression, etc. Is this true? was she pullin my chain?

Answer 1

She was correct. Men get IMS, Irritable Male Syndrome. Many angry men are now facing the reality of male menopause. Many men experiencing negative emotions also showed a certain hormonal fluctuation, namely a drop in testosterone, as well as changes in brain chemistry, increased stress and a loss of male identity. The IMS term was "coined" by a Scottish researcher who found that rams became irritable, withdrawn and irrational when their testosterone levels plummeted. Not all men are affected but many men are having to deal with IMS which is real and treatable.

Answer 2

For eons, women have suffered the inconvenience, the indignation and the pain of premenstrual syndrome — PMS. They've put up with the jokes, the mocking, the misunderstanding.

And no matter how much they tried to explain what they were feeling, men just didn't get it.

Until, maybe, now.

Scientists studying herds of lusty rams in Scotland and a psychotherapist surveying modern man in America have come up with a startling conclusion, one that may have women dancing for joy.

Men get PMS-ish, too. Millions of men.

"It's payback time," says Jed Diamond, a California psychotherapist for the past 40 years and author of seven books, including the groundbreaking Male Menopause. "Women aren't the only ones who have to deal with this."

This is Irritable Male Syndrome, a condition that transforms normally loving, caring men into absolute monsters.

IMS was coined by Dr. Gerald Lincoln of the Center for Reproductive Biology in Edinburgh, Scotland, who studied herds of rams and found they became nervous, irritable and depressed when their testosterone levels were reduced. Other research has shown the same is true of humans.

But through interviews with hundreds of patients, a survey of nearly 10,000 males ranging in age from 10 to 70, and his own personal demons, Diamond took it one step further. He maintains it's not just hormones, but biochemical changes, stress and loss of male identity that bring on IMS in humans.

Or so he claims in his latest book, The Irritable Male Syndrome: Managing the 4 Key Causes of Male Depression and Aggression (Rodale).

Answer 3

No he was not pulling your chain!!

Stomach cramps, mood swings and hot flushes. Yes, it's that time of the month again.

But these are symptoms reported by men, not women. New research suggests men suffer from pre-menstrual-style symptoms, in some cases as badly as women.

The news is bound to be greeted with snorts of cynicism by most females.

But the study published today shows that the majority of men claim to suffer from a range of symptoms most usually associated with pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS).

Dr Aimee Aubeeluck of the University of Derby, who carried out the study, said: "We asked 50 men and 50 women lots of questions about symptoms normally associated with PMS and we found men actually scored higher than women in everything apart from water retention."

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Answer 4

LOL !! you know, i have this chinese friend of mine (no longer my friend, by the way) who constantly change moods. i used to be amused by all his antics, and i still am, and i used to wonder if he is having some kind of PMS or something, because his moods change more often than mine. hahaha! but i like him still, and he still amuses me with his antics. he's just not aware of it that i have been so fond of him, and i still am.

lol !

i know i didn't answer your question, but your question reminded me of him. =)

Answer 5

Wow !!! Tats great !!! Show her what you are made of in work !!! Anyway, you will get away with it coz it's PMS as she said so :-P