Hi all,

I suffer from severe PMDD. My life is divided between when I'm happy healthy and normal, and when my PMDD symptoms take over. My symptoms include all the "normal" PMDD stuff: Depression, Anxiety, Nervousness, Mood shifts, Irritability, unfounded Anger, Avoidance of social situations, Difficulty concentrating, Fatigue, Appetite change, Insomnia or sleeping too much, etc...

However, my doctor says my PMDD is the most severe she has ever seen because it also includes: Paranoia, Inability to judge passing of time, severe mental Confusion, and Temporary loss of short term memory such as unable to memorize a short list of as little as five things. I know all this is caused by my menstrual cycle because when I'm not on my period or in the week before my period I don't have any of these symptoms. So its like I switch back and forth between being normal and being mentally ill depending on my cycle. My doctor is having me start taking Zyprexa in about a week, when my symptoms start for this month. Zyprexa is an antipsychotic so I'm looking forward to trying it since I do have psychotic thoughts when I'm in my PMDD (like if I wear my running shoes I'll die today but I won't die if I wear a different pair of shoes)

So have any of you tried Zyprexa and what do you think of it?
Do any of you PMS members have PMDD as severely as I do? If so please send me a friend invite!