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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 20.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet. 2008 Apr 5;371(9619):1200–1210. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60527-9

Figure 2. Severity of PMDD symptoms according to menstrual cycle stage.

Figure 2

DRSP=Daily Rating of Severity of Problems. *The symptom peak occurred on day –2 (ie, 2 days before onset of menses) for depressive symptoms; day –1 for physical symptoms; day –2 for anger, irritability, or tendency towards conflict; day –3 for food cravings. Mean symptom scores for each factor are shown. Adapted from Pearlstein et al, 2005.16