5.Self-treatment strategies that used to relieve symptoms of PMS and PMDD were identified by providing the participants with a list of self-treatment strategies derived from various sources of literature and from panel of experts. Women were asked to indicate which self-treatment strategies (behaviours or habits) that they usually used to alleviate the symptoms of PMS and/or PMDD. Also, participants were asked to write down any self-treatment strategy that is not appearing in the provided list.