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Pilatus said:
Hello Ladies

2-3 days before my period starts my anxiety levels and paranoia go sky high. Does anyone understand the cause of this? or How do you cope?

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From my 10 years (plus) experience with PMDD..... it is all due to the drop in the female hormones, the ones we need to keep us happy, balanced and nice to others - that is why DARK CHOCOLATE is often recommended.... cocoa contains the chemical we loose during our monthly cycle.

HOW I COPE
I mentally know that it a physical reaction and that it will be come to an end or subside enough to deal life & people again with it within 2-3 days.....
I start coping by buying a large Dark Chocolate - Hershey Bar and eat two pieces of it everyday (starting 2 days before my period is to start) and cont' for the entire week of my period, plus I increase my Celexa 20 mg to 40 mg during the week of my period (approved by my doctor) and I learn to relax, listen to relaxing music or a relaxation CD, and I leave the room if I find that my unbalanced hormones (my mthly mood) during this time might try to attack another person... people that I usually love the other 3 weeks of the month.

Hope this HELP's............................. Good Luck.

LoVe,
Rhapsody -