PMDD Support Community Group
A group specifically addressing Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder; severe emotional and physical problems associated with the menstrual cycle. A place where we can share our feelings during the tough times and different types of treatments. Moodswings welcome!
Hi everyone, only really been diagnosed a year ago after years of no help from the doctors.
Have been on ssri's and am now totally free from them. I have done yoga, meditation and changed my diet but still my PMDD strikes every month and some are worse than most. I usually get the breast tenderness first (about 2 weeks before I'm due on) then it's a progression of anxiety, bloating, irratibility, crying until the day I'm due on then it all armpits and is unbearable...like I'm out of my mind. Then usually when I come on it feels better but left with the pain ( which is fine, prefer the pain to the emotional crazyness) then I get a really deep depression for a week. It has been getting worse since I was in my 20's and I'm 31 now and it literally scares me.
My gynochologist has done scans etc but my ovaries and everything is normal. She wants me to take estrogen at a very low level on a patch but I'm nervous to do so in case it gets worse.
I have not had any tests yet and I don't trust doctors as they have let me down over the years with my ocd. Yes I have obsessive compulsive disorder too and gluten intolerant and ibs but this is just making me a million times worse every month. I just wanted to see if anyone has had swab tests for hormone imbalances and seen an endocrinologist. I want answers and someone to actually test me properly as I know blood samples are near enough useless due to them being only on that day results. Can anyone help and has been through this xxx
Have been on ssri's and am now totally free from them. I have done yoga, meditation and changed my diet but still my PMDD strikes every month and some are worse than most. I usually get the breast tenderness first (about 2 weeks before I'm due on) then it's a progression of anxiety, bloating, irratibility, crying until the day I'm due on then it all armpits and is unbearable...like I'm out of my mind. Then usually when I come on it feels better but left with the pain ( which is fine, prefer the pain to the emotional crazyness) then I get a really deep depression for a week. It has been getting worse since I was in my 20's and I'm 31 now and it literally scares me.
My gynochologist has done scans etc but my ovaries and everything is normal. She wants me to take estrogen at a very low level on a patch but I'm nervous to do so in case it gets worse.
I have not had any tests yet and I don't trust doctors as they have let me down over the years with my ocd. Yes I have obsessive compulsive disorder too and gluten intolerant and ibs but this is just making me a million times worse every month. I just wanted to see if anyone has had swab tests for hormone imbalances and seen an endocrinologist. I want answers and someone to actually test me properly as I know blood samples are near enough useless due to them being only on that day results. Can anyone help and has been through this xxx
When I was originally diagnosed, my doc put me on the absolute lowest dose of estrogen and I became an insane person. It actually only made my life worse.
I am 33 now and have tried everything from SSRI's to anti anxiety pills, and the only thing that has worked for me - not 100% but at least keeps me rational and functioning - is Concerta, which is an ADHD drug. I still have all the symptoms of PMDD 10 days before the onset of my period, but I find myself aware of my thought patterns and am able to look at my emotional state from a logical standpoint instead of being swept up in the tornado. It hasn't fixed me, but it's made my life more manageable.