Anyone here on the boards dealing with PMDD and social anxiety? Two weeks before my period all hell breaks loose. It starts with me becoming extremely tired as if I am trying to pull myself through quicksand, I am sensitive to light/sounds, crying spells (I never cry)I have zero concentration that lasts a few days then it gets turned up I am incredibly anxious to the point or being paranoid. I am afraid to leave my house and even more afraid to be near people. Period starts and maybe 3 days after my hormones are leveled off and I am back to my socially anxious self. I have tried everything medication wise and nothing helps or the insurance wont cover it. Changed doctors a bunch of times and they are at a loss. Therapists don't know how to treat the pmdd even though its now classified as a mental illness. best I got was maybe try Midol -doesn't help this!!! The combination of the social anxiety and the pmdd is really isolating me and making it difficult for me to make friends and maintain the ones I have - which they are growing tired of the mood changes and me declining their offers to hang out. It hurts me when I have to say no to spending time with people and I understand after awhile how they feel like I am not trying as hard for the friendship - I am trying hard to survive what I feel with - it's isnt fun for me to have a hormonal imbalance that flips my world upside down - it kills me to reject invitations - I am doing the very best I can to take care of me.