PMDD?

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Is this a real thing? Does anyone deal with this?
 
This past year has been a roller coaster of emotions with my period/PMS, ever since I got my IUD. I’m increasingly more irritable, sensitive (will sob cry for stupid shit and get anxiety at work more often). I’m more exhausted than around my period, etc..
I’ve been through severe depression in the past and the moods and feelings I get feel incredibly similar to when I was depressed (hopeless feelings, self-deprecating thoughts)
Sometimes I fee like I should go to the doctor to see what they think - but would they even believe me if I’m not like this 24/7? Like what if I go in and seem fine and they just write if off as nothing?

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Very real and incapacitating. What’s worse is a lot of women suffer so much but never do anything about it because to them that’s “normal pms”. Talk to someone if you’re worried.

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I have severe PMDD. I am currently on leave from work (my only passion, really) because the depression got so bad. I got a new GYN who is also an endocrinologist and is testing all of my hormones each month during different times in my cycle until we figure it out. She’s a Middle aged female and very understanding. My prior GYN was close to retirement and also a female but “didn’t know much about it” and just prescribed me whatever I asked for (from reading blogs trying to solve my own medical issue). 
My psychiatrist thinks it’s all anxiety and depression and doesn’t really care to address how cyclical it is (2 weeks of every month on the dot when I start to ovulate). 
I have been tracking it and trying to get help for about 12 years, and it just seems to be getting worse as I get older. I am 29 and considering a hysterectomy just to be done with this; I don’t even have kids yet and probably can’t have them per my doctor. It is so beyond frustrating to live half your life immobilized by depression from hormones. My boyfriend is at his wits end w it too, but patient thank god.
Sorry for what turned into venting. My best advice is to find a really good doctor that is familiar with it and will agree to test your hormones and rule out anything else; not just be surface level and prescribe something real quick. You definitely aren’t alone and it’s definitely real.

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Extremely real! I was on bc for 5 years and it basically ended up giving me temporary PMDD. I’m still going through it now and I’m on fluoxetine to help manage the moods and depression, which it absolutely has done. The anxiety is what is still so strongly cyclical, just like another commenter mentioned, it starts with ovulation and tends to run into my period. But the 4-5 days between my period and next ovulation window, I feel great. I make sure to exercise daily, yoga has worked wonders for helping deal with stress, and I try to eat well and eliminate gluten if I can. I also take hormonal support supplements with things like black kohosh, ashwaganda, DIM, a good quality multivitamin, and omega and vitamin D to help replenish what the pill can zap from your body while you’re on it. Thankfully it seems to be incrementally getting better the longer I’m off the pill. I’m coming into month 3 off of it now as of mid November and it can be so hard to keep my progress in mind at my lowest times of the month. Reading these other comments from you strong ladies is so encouraging, knowing that we’re not alone!

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I was thought i was crazy my whole life when it came to my period being so painful & incapacitating. I decided to go on the IUD & man was the the WRONG CHOICE, i was in & out of the hospital for 3 weeks with uncontrollable anxiety, depression, nausea, throwing up everything including water. They look it out. Turns out i have PMDD and the IUD made my body not work by itself with its own hormones and severely triggered my PMDD. & the decided to put me on a different BC & i’d start it the day i start bleeding for the first time after all of this. This all started 3 months ago when this pandemic first happened. Luckily, i didn’t have to go into work because of all of this, but i did let my bosses know about this medical condition and how i’m going to be dealing with it. I hadn’t had my period throughout all of the pandemic & then my PMDD started kidding in april 29th. I got called into my job to started working the next day & i told them i’m unable to work right now because my condition, and it start my medication to help with this as soon as possible. They then called me Yesterday morning and fired me because of my medical condition.
PMDD IS A REAL THING. it’s not just cramps. ITS A REAL THING.

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I had my baby 5 weeks ago and I can slowly feel my pmdd symptoms creeping in. Once again I’m angry and extremely irritable. I can’t be bothered with anyone and have no interest in things that usually appeal to me. Time to get back on the antidepressants 😞

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Yes it’s definitely a real thing. It doesn’t affect me as much as it did before I was on the pill, but some months it does still affect me. I turn into an anxious, extremely angry mess. I’ve heard that there’s a tea that can help. For me, birth control has mostly helped, and when I workout more consistently I don’t experience it as much.

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Yes definitely. I’m on an antidepressant to make my PMDD tolerable.

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It is definitely real.  I’ve been diagnosed and I can get really irritable, angry and impatient within 1-2 weeks before my period.  I’ve been put on Zoloft but it made me feel like a zombie and I couldn’t even have a couple of glasses of wine without getting extremely dizzy.  However, it is supposedly helpful to some women.  Everyone is different.  I’m currently working with a therapist to figure out what else to take.   The other thing is that diet during the luteal phase is incredibly important.  I notice when I’m more disciplined I don’t have the horrible cramps and sore boobs at least.  I wish you luck with your treatment!  Sometimes it feels like hell but know that you’re not alone.

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Yes and my dr prescribed a low dose of Zoloft for the 5 days prior to my period. Hoping it helps!

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Yes very real! You can help relieve symptoms naturally

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