16 Herald/Lantern/Dispatch 24 April '85

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Dear Dr. Beitman: This letter is to request that you write about premenstrual syndrome. I feel it is very important for f the public to better undersland this for several reasons. First and foremost is so that women won't have to be treated like or feel that they are having psychiatric problems, when in fact they have PMS. Some husbands act as if we get bitchy deliberately and can't seem to understand that it is difficult for us to help ourselves. IT'S LIKE an irritant has gotten into your system making you very uncomfortable and less able to react to stress in a useful way. Second is that since it is necessary to cope with PMS, recognizing that you have it is the best way to develop good strategies for dealing with it. I have educated my family to

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identify my particular symptoms and to let me know, if I don't already, when I am starting to act up THEY THEN refuse to get into fights with me over petty things and encourage me to do things that make me feel better, like getting exercise and taking warm baths. Friends of mine have it much worse than I do. One woman acts as if she is on drugs and won't drive carpool when she is premenstrual. An artist friend gets so overemotional that her kids try to prevent her from painting because she's been known to destroy beautiful works when she's expecting her period. NOT LONG ago there were articles in the paper about two cases in England

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where women committing violent acts were able to get off relatively easy using a defense that PMS affected their actions. As I recall, a barmaid had threatened a policeman with a knife and her lawyer claimed that each month because of PMS she became a "raging animal". Another Englishwoman claimed she killed her boyfriend with a car due to having an extremely aggravated form of PMS. You know, I would believe these could be true stories! I'M NOT VERY happy with the way doctors handle PMS either. Often my friends are offered tranquilizers like valium to handle their symptoms. You can read any woman's magazine and learn that drugs are not the answer! I've been taking vitamin B6, although I'm not sure it helps. A friend said there have been recent warnings about B6 being a dangerous vitamin supplement, so could you please comment on that too? Anyway, thank you for Health Watch. I think it's great because you make everything so understandable to the layman. E.S.R. Palermo Next Week: No article, as Dr. Beitman will be attending a post graduate course at Harvard University Medical School. Health Watch is a public education project of the American Cancer Society, of which Dr. Beitman is president elect. Letters should be sent to 116 N Main St . Cape May Court House, N.J 08210 Breakfast VILLAS — The volunteer Fire Co. will held breakfast 7 a.m.-l p.m. Sunday at the firehouse. Bayshore Road and Georgia Avenue "All you can eat" of pancakes, sausage, eggs, bacon and home fried potatoes is promised. There will also be a cake sale

Bulk Trash Pickup Set 5 AVALON — The borough will conduct its annual bulk trash pickup May 6-20. The schedule follows: Area 1, 6th Street to 23rd Street. May 6; Area 2. 23rd Street to 41st Street. May 13; Area 3, 41st Street to 80th Street. May 20. No contractors' or building materials will be picked up. Items to be discarded should be placed at curb night before scheduled pickup. Craft Fair, Flea Mart COURT HOUSE - A country craft fair and flea market will be conducted by the Court House Neighborhood Association at the Jamesway Parking lot Saturday, May 18. There will also be a walking tour of 19th Century homes, many of which will be open to the public, Sunday. May 19. For more information, call 465-1977 or 465-2707. Students Set Drive For Lady COURT HOUSE - Students at Middle Township Elementary will hold their third annual penny drive to help restore the Statue of Liberty. Over the past two years the students contributed over $1,100 to the restoration fund. This year's campaign will begin Monday, May 6. The students will "buy pat ches" to restore their own Statue of Liberty. Each patch will cost a certain amount of pennies The campaign will end when their Statue of Liber ty has been restored

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