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PMS, or Pre-Menstrual Syndrome , is one of the most common, medically-recognized issues for menstruating women. In fact, you’ve probably heard any number of female family members gripe about PMS before you even really knew what a period was. Symptoms of PMS usually involve some combination of mood swings, cramps , tenderness of the breasts, and bloating or other gastro-intestinal discomfort. While certainly annoying, most of us can still manage to get through the day, albeit with the help of a few aspirin or chocolate . PMS has an ugly, evil step-sister you’ve probably never heard of: PMDD.  Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder   is like PMS in its core symptoms – physical discomfort and moodiness – but that’s where the similarities end. This monster of a bonafide psychiatric disorder was only recently added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders . If you’ve tried to get help for this confusing mental health issue in the past, you might have been slapped ...