How to Use PMS in a Sentence
PMS
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The drop can prompt symptoms of PMS, which are very uncomfortable and can disrupt sleep.
—Judy Stone, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
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Research suggests that low serotonin levels during the luteal phase may explain the mood changes that come with PMS.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 11 June 2025
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Around 70-90% of people have PMS symptoms at one time or another.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 5 Feb. 2025
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For her, the insertion process was akin to premenstrual syndrome (PMS).
—Lindsey Murray, Health, 16 Dec. 2023
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Experts say getting your heart rate up is one of the best ways to alleviate PMS symptoms—including bloat.
—Women's Health, 12 July 2023
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Research shows that yoga, for example, can help alleviate some of the tough emotions that come with PMS.
—Julia Ries, SELF, 4 Nov. 2024
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As a result, the growing awareness around PMS bled over to the medical community.
—Shalene Gupta, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
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Our periods are a marker for our overall health, so almost all our customers have learned that period pain and PMS are normal.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 27 Mar. 2024
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During the luteal phase, people may experience PMS symptoms like mood swings, bloating, and fatigue.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 13 Sep. 2024
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Lemme also offers a couple of best-selling tinctures, including one designed to help ease the symptoms of PMS.
—Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 July 2023
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Here, the explanation given was of placebo effects and how placebos may decrease PMS symptoms.
—New Atlas, 25 Mar. 2025
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Adequate magnesium intake may also ease PMS symptoms, improve sleep, and reduce stress.
—Team Verywell Health, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
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Adequate magnesium intake may also ease PMS symptoms, improve sleep, and reduce stress.
—Team Verywell Health, Verywell Health, 14 Jan. 2026
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Magnesium and calcium supplements may also help with PMS symptoms.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 22 Dec. 2024
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Research suggests magnesium can improve PMS symptoms, ease hot flashes during menopause, and support bone, muscle, and heart health.
—Kirstyn Hill, Health, 1 Oct. 2025
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Likewise, the magnesium in sunflower seeds could help reduce cramps, Brighten adds, among other PMS symptoms.
—Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 27 May 2022
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In other words, bodies evolve—due to pregnancy, PMS, or menopause, for example, and simply as a natural part of aging—and there’s nothing wrong with that.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 2 July 2024
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Mood Changes As many as four in 10 women report feeling abrupt moods that are similar to PMS during perimenopause.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Flow Space, 13 Feb. 2026
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Despite its potential benefits for heart health and conditions like PMS, there's not enough evidence to prove its impact on blood pressure or heart disease factors.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 3 Dec. 2025
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One major concern among women is severe symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS), Lake noted.
—Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2025
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Chasteberry Tea Chasteberry tea eases PMS and boosts progesterone.
—Brandi Jones, Verywell Health, 23 Feb. 2026
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Chasteberry Tea Chasteberry tea eases PMS and boosts progesterone.
—Brandi Jones, Verywell Health, 18 Sep. 2025
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These symptoms are most often referred to as PMS, or premenstrual syndrome, and should naturally decrease as your period begins.
—Christin Perry, Parents, 22 July 2024
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From the dramatic adolescent to the unpredictable PMS-ing woman to the irritable menopausal crone, unattractive stereotypes of women ruled by their hormones abound.
—Patricia Bencivenga, STAT, 26 Mar. 2026
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Period cramps are different from premenstrual syndrome (PMS), which occurs before bleeding starts.
—Carrie Madormo, Rn, Mph, Verywell Health, 23 July 2024
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By the end of the decade, tryptophan was being widely sold in supplements as a treatment for insomnia; an aid for beating jet leg; and also a fix for depression, PMS, and drug dependence.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 26 Nov. 2025
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The app, seven years in the making, aims to help with sleep — which was the most popular frequency therapy in her practice — depression, focus, memory, mood, as well as PMS symptoms.
—Ryma Chikhoune, WWD, 11 July 2024
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Whether dealing with infertility, PMS or gender dysphoria, a lot of people have a complicated relationship with their uterus.
—Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2022
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One study found that curcumin caused a significant reduction in behavioral and emotional PMS symptoms, including menstrual cramps and mood swings.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2022
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The luteal phase is typically when premenstrual syndrome (PMS) occurs, and the same effects experienced during the menstrual phase happen here.
—Nikki Brown, ELLE, 26 June 2023
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