Is it normal for mental illness symptoms to flare up when you’re pmsing and on your period?

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I get frequent panic attacks and urges to self harm a lot more before and during my period. Is this normal? Should I talk to my psychiatrist about this?

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It's normal.

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You might want to do some research on PMDD. And yes, I would bring it up to your doc.

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Yesss! My anxiety gets so much worse on my period. Your good girl.

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yup

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Yep sure is. Mine is terrible every month, sometimes if I’m already having a crap time I actually skip my period because I’m in the pill and just know I couldn’t handle the extra stress to make my depression worse.

Is it normal for mental illness symptoms to flare up when you’re pmsing and on your period?

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