Alcohol has never driven me down a negative emotional path, but that's honestly just me. I know that it acts as a depressant and breaks down some of our emotional walls. With PMDD, we're already in a very fragile state, and alcohol helps interject thoughts and ideas we normally wouldn't think about, because sober, we're stronger emotionally.

Thank you! I agree! I’ve had a problem with alcohol in general as well. For now, I’m just avoiding it during pmdd time

Yeah, that's probably a really good idea because alcohol is in fact a depressant so sometimes, I feel like, even when you don't think it's affecting your mood it's probably not helping it?

I know I get super antsy to drink in my early onset on PMDD symptoms because I'm so overwhelmed and confused with all the new panic/anxious thinking that just happens all the sudden. Fighting alcohol during that moment I think would probably really help my mood later in my PMDD/PMS cycle.

Thank you shootingstar! I as well get antsy to drink. It ends up only making that week worse. For now I’ll just avoid it at that time. I’ve read that women with PMDD should avoid it anyway.

Thanks guys. I’ve also been wanting to drink to relax during the anxious part. Never thought about the connection the next week. A glass of wine seems to be fine during my anxious week...
but any heavy drinking Really doesn’t help. And makes the PHYSICAL symptoms worse for me too, lol.