Black Cohosh/Depression/Evil Aunt Flo
Okay so I've been dealing depression for roughly 2+years and was suicidal, obviously not really a good time to get pregnant, SO long story yo avoid so I can tell you another long ass story. My periods have always been like clock work, pretty normal bleeding, typical moodiness and pain to go with it BUT the more I have been under stress my periods became a nightmare and have gradually grown into what I believe could be legit Hysteria (no wonder men thought our uteruses were evil animals reaking havoc on our bodies). It was my husband's birthday and I had a panic attack at work but gritted and managed to bare it but I growing suicidal in that moment and had no control over myself, I was also on my period. My body was reacting to everything and inside me physically and mentally it was like something had changed, it's hard to describe but I felt like I was never going to be able to recover from this one. OKAY LONG STORY, it made me wonder if I was dealing with a hormone imbalance and so I started researching I have been taking black cohosh, iron, folic acid and b-12 everyday since and it's been 3 weeks and I'm supposed to start tomorrow and barely started spotting and actually took a pregnancy test in case and it came up negative. My period symptoms from pre cramping, diarrhea, mood swings(Satan's mistress), fatigue, bloating, amount of blood, etc.... It's like night and day so far. I feel better than I did as a teen getting my period, I usually start popping extra strength pamprin by this point just to stay upright and y'all I feel great. Hope this is helpful for anyone I've been researching vitamin d, magnesium and b-12/b-6 deficiencies.....i wish I could go to a doctor for blood work but with the oil patch taking it's sweet time picking up we're stuck with self diagnosing (in very small amounts and I only take 1 dose per day of those vitamins) Though I haven't been able to, I recommend going to the doctor first but if you're in the same boat give it shot but be careful, you can overdose your body on vitamins. (also self diagnosed endometriosis, the symptoms made sense vs. pcos)
Achieve your health goals from period to parenting.