hi!

so lately, it has been a common occurrence for me to have “symptoms” of feverish chills, and sometimes sickness - like cough and colds (however the most severe was getting strep). now I know it’s normal to feel sick or get sick because our immune systems lower when we get our period, but I’m a little worried because the past year, the symptoms I have been having have been getting somewhat progressively worse.

during my most recent cycle - the night before I actually got my period, I had the WORST feverish chills — to the point where it disrupted my sleep. I even woke up at some point in the middle of the night sweating, but still felt freezing! once I got my period the next day, I still felt feverish and the headache slowly rolled in, as did the cramps. As my period progressed, so did my sickness symptoms: cough, colds, runny nose.

is this normal for PMS? I don’t really know what to do because, the symptoms have slowly gotten worse over the past year/year and a half (and this isn’t even counting the regular (and horrendous) cramps, headaches (that can turn into either tension headaches that can last up to a week/week and a half or even migraines), appetite changes, etc.)

I would really just like to know someone else’s opinion on this!!

thanks!