Pre-menstrual Syndrome (PMS) Support Group

I don't even know where to start. I am balling my eyes out as I type, feeling totally disconnected from the world and SO ANXIOUS (I HATE anxiety, hate, hate, hate it). I feel like my life has been one problem after the next, and yes, I've had lots of things go on in my life that I've had to deal with, but who hasn't? I know lots of my feelings right now are extreme and irrational due to my hormones doing whatever the hell they're doing (at least I think it's the hormones...I was told by a doc once I have PMDD and he threw an anti-depressant at me...never took it though). I had been on anti-dep's for about six years, and just came off of them in January...I've been doing really well. BUT, since then, every two weeks before my period I lose it. I get angry, upset, lonely, tired, scared, anxious, frustrated, you name it, I feel it. Then, when I get my period, it goes away within a day of having it. This month, well, I made a lot of changes in my personal life that needed to happen and while they are some of the best things I've ever done for myself, they are anxiety provoking. Instead of turning into psycho Kate two weeks before my period, this time, it happened three days before my period. Now, it's the second day of my period and my anxiety is still incredibly tense...usually, it's gone by this time. I CANNOT TAKE THIS ANYMORE. I will not go through this again next month. Does anyone else understand my feelings? Is anyone going through the same thing? What are you doing for it? What has your doc suggested? I was told to try Serafem (it's really Prozac, but because they use it for PMDD, they call it Serafem) for the two weeks before my period, but I'm so nervous that that would create a swing for me...plus, it takes a while for Prozac to enter your system, it's not like you feel better twenty minutes after taking Tylenol. I've heard about bio-identical hormone therapy, but that there might also be an increased risk of breast cancer the longer you're on it. And, I cannot take birth control, I had a pulmonary embolism in Aug of 07 after a cardiac ablation, so that option is out the window. I really need some advice/suggestions, and to know that I'm not alone and that it will get better. I am totally miserable right now I don't even know what to do with myself.

Thanks,

Kate.
Posted on 08/03/09, 10:08 am