joint pain from knees up, pelvic, abdominal and back pain, headache, dizziness, flushing and drainig of color by turns, shaking chills, muscle weakness that comes on suddenly and goes just as quick during which my legs won't support me, profuse sweating, profuse bleeding, passing of clots, looooong periods up to 11 days,

Here goes... Abdominal pain,IBS symptoms,headaches,mood swings,anxiety,tiredness,insomnia,cravings,binging,joint pain,thigh pain,sinus congestion,sweating,breast tenderness,bloating, All this goes on for 3 weeks out of the month. I have short cycles so I only have one week a month symptom free.I just started on xanax, it helps with all symptoms except the headaches and cravings. I dont take more than 1 mg a day but I ake it about 10 days out the month with no fear of addiction.

you reminded me of more of my symptoms the bloating then water loss, the worsening of my mood disorders right before that come with no warning and increase my anxiety till I start and think aha that's why, the uneven cycles so I can never predict when it will come or no if it's late to the point I skip months every now and then entirely, the little bit of time - maybe a week - each month i am symptom free.

oh, honey! im so glad you created a side group. and im glad you named it pmdd hell...it is hell. Side effects for me are mainly just wanting to be dead, especially around the 20-26 day. i dont drink or use rec drugs, so i try yoga and blah blah blah, but you know the drill. i cry, cut my arms, eat a lot of chocolate and peanut butter, wish i had a studio apartment with a huge supply of treats, heating pads, xanax, and a flat screen with every possible chick flick i could ever want. a huge bathroom with a fab tub and trashy magazines galore. 2 weeks off every month and my husband rubbing my back saying its 'all good'. ooh. this is such a fun idea, maybe i will start fundraising. later. after a nap...;) oh, i forgot, there would be a seperate room with that acrade game 'whack a mole'...a huge punching bag, and a jumbo sized voodoo doll with lots of pins. yeee-haw.

Everything is horrible. I have fibromyalgia so all those symptoms are magnified. The worst part is the rages. I have dealt with this all my life but just in the last year narrowed it down to PMDD. I need anti depressants all the time but mixing it with my Tramadol for the fibro pain gives me serotonin syndrome. I have 2 weeks a month of wanting to die, hating everyone, hurting myself because I hate myself most of all. Bloating, tender swollen breast, anxiety, crying, you name it. It seems my life revolves around it! 2 wks PMDD, 3-7 days period, one good week. I know my husband is sick of it. Now everytime I get upset about something he makes some crack about pms or meds and that I a wacko. Sometimes that is true but often I have a right to be upset with and now he discounts everything to blame me. Of Course that makes it way worse!!! I tried Yaz for 7 months. 5 months were awesome, 2 were hell. Tried Lybrel for 2 months, gained 10 lbs, as a recovering anorexic this did not work! and I was a monster. Now I am trying Prozac 2 weeks out of the month. Last month it did seems to help some but I started feeling a little weird again. When I stopped taking it I felt Like I had been run over by a bus for 2 days but not like the big withdrawal I had when I got off of it after taking for 2 years. Good luck and God bless to all of you.

I feel like crap for the two weeks b4 my period starts. Crying, binging, anxiety from hell... then the period comes and I get back pain, unbearable cramps, bloating like never before, general weakness... on top of the PMDD though, I have endometriosis...so multiply the cramps by infinity! I do have clotting. My body had to go thru a kind of labor to pass one... it was atleast the size of my fist... atleast....

Well i was misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder because of the pmdd symptoms, for 2 years! I get debilitating cramps, fits of rage, fits of crying, anxiety, restlessness- i can't sit still but i can't get anything accomplished either. I can't work, i just sit and stare at the computer at the office. i gain about 8 lbs of water weight. i'm exhausted and could sleep the entire week through. my symptoms start a week before my period and continues through my period until a few days after my last day. total...about 2 weeks for me too. my husband cannot stand me at this point. i flip out on him like a stranger on the street.

Starts with irritability. That increases to irrational rage. Then insomnia, paranoia, fatigue, depression. Finally, extreme fatigue & lethargy, constant crying, inability to do...anything. No energy. Feeling overwhelmed. Not quite suicidal, but want to die. Then as soon as my period starts, it all begins to lift. By the day after my period starts, I'm fine, and going: "What the hell was THAT?!?"

Put me down for all of the above pretty much. Good News! Been taking the Xanax and praying alot and it's working!! Didn't have ANY PMDD symptoms this month! Okay maybe slightly but it was 99% better!

migraines, throwing up, severe cramps, knee pain, breast problems(leaking left breast and breast infections) acne, sleep to much or not enough, cravings, shaking and those are the physical symptoms

Migraine too but now I have Imitrex IM so i just pick myself, leg pain, back pain, crying alote, mood swing,extreme fatigue, suicidal, depression, cant get up of my bed, I feel like I cant get up, cant be alone, have to be whit somebody, dont want to eat just want to die and get rid of my mysery, and when I have my periods Im weel so what the fuck is going on, what kind of life we have my god, and now I want to try Yaz many people tried it and it works :)

HI girls
with me its bloating , headaches, mood swings, cravings , slepplessness, back pain, cramps, sore hips and boobs, nausea, dizziness. i take lexapro, zileze, buscopan, ponston and at times injections from my doctor

hello there just so glad to have this online support group....ive been feeling suicdally depressed before my period....i cant stop eating sweets carbohydrates bread....i hate where i live i hate everyone ...i go from being a really sweet loving spiritual person high on life to stuggling to get out of bed and through the day....

i cant believe i googled pmdd hell and this group came up. Im really pleased! I didnt even know about PMDD til a few days ago when i was desperately looking for some kind of answer to my very severe PMS. I've had most of the symptoms mentioned above for the past 5 years & have been diagnosed with various problems. One doctor even said i had a hrombotic stroke! I even was on anti-depressents for a yr cause that was the diagnosis given! I'm really really pleased I know what it is now... Am glad im not alone

sore boobs, sinus, aching joints, itchy, bloated... i can deal with most of that, its the psychotic tendencies i cannot cope with, for about a week before my period everyone gets my evil mood, its not nice and i hate myself for it. i currently take citalopram anti depressant, think i need the dose upped.