But I am confident that when statistics of this pandemic have been reviewed, we will find out theINCREASED STRESS from shutting the country down and social isolation will have caused more deaths from suicides, alcohol/drug abuse, domestic abuse, and financial disasters than the Coronavirus.
When the diagnosis of primary dysmenorrhea is made, then an office visit reassuring the patient that this is a normal phenomenon, and nothing to worry about, will markedly decrease the pain and anxiety associated with PMS. Then I advise supplementing this with a mild tranquilizer, such as Librium or Centrax
