Men May Have PMS, Too

They Can Tell Cycle By Dreams

SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- A neuroscience expert said women go on monthly emotional roller coasters, but so do men.

David A. Goodman, a San Diego-based neuroscience expert, said that men go through their own version of premenstrual syndrome. Women's cycles are 28 days while a man's cycle could last as short as 30 hours or as long as 34 days.

PMS is a disorder characterized by a set of hormonal changes that trigger disruptive symptoms.

There are four emotional stages involved:

• A happy, but passive stage
• Everything goes right
• Depressed
• Depressed and angry

Goodman said that men can determine what stage they are in by looking at the content of their dreams.

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