PMDD

Catgotmytongue · Jan 11, 2017 at 08:21 AM

Does anyone have premenstrual dysphoric disorder? I have been off the pill for a while and my body has adjusted to normal but I notice being very depressed around that time of the month...

PsychNitrous · Jan 11, 2017 at 10:48 AM

Yes! I do! It's so hard to find others who understand, outside of my family. My mood plumets the week/week and a half before my period, nearly every month. It's bad enough that my therapist saw me during that time once and was scared I was going to attempt suicide. I wish there were some sort of answers as to what we can do to manage these symptoms, but I haven't found any.

notz · Jan 12, 2017 at 11:52 AM

I went through that for years and very few understood. Believe it or not, my male dentist clued me into what was happening after I had a melt down in his dental chair. Sometimes during that part of my menstrual cycle my gums in the back would swell so bad I couldn't put my molars together, that's why I was at the dentist office. This was years ago and I don't think anyone does enough research on it. I have immense compassion for you and any others who have to deal with the mood swings in particular! I'm very glad to be past all that now.

PsychNitrous · Jan 12, 2017 at 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by notz

I went through that for years and very few understood. Believe it or not, my male dentist clued me into what was happening after I had a melt down in his dental chair. Sometimes during that part of my menstrual cycle my gums in the back would swell so bad I couldn't put my molars together, that's why I was at the dentist office. This was years ago and I don't think anyone does enough research on it. I have immense compassion for you and any others who have to deal with the mood swings in particular! I'm very glad to be past all that now.

I agree that few people understand it. PMDD was only just added to the newest DSM, which has only been in use (at least in my area) in the past year or year and a half. I think that in the past the symptoms have just been lumped in with PMS, so there's been a huge stigma about it.

My supervisor at work recently shared with me that she used to go through similar mood swings during the month. She said her gynecologist prescribed her a horomone cream that she had to put on at night. I'm hoping that going through a gynecologist will be a better route, I have an appointment in a few months to see someone. So far my GP doesn't know anything about treating it (and I've been sharing my observations with him for years), and my pdoc just tries to normalize it, without seeing where I'm coming from when I talk about it.

TaubTaube · Feb 23, 2017 at 04:28 PM

YES! I was just going to post a similar "who else has PMDD" post.

It's a pain in the arse, that's for sure. I tend to hide during this time because I don't want to hurt anyone. I tend to get even more depressed than usual, even suicidal at times!

During this time I feel like EVERYONE hates my guts and wants me gone.

Sometimes the logical bits of my brain can say "It's just PMDD stuff," but it is absolute HELL to go through.

seesaw · Feb 24, 2017 at 05:28 PM

This is so funny because right around the time you posted the original post I posted in another section of the forums the same thing about PMDD. Because I lost it at work because of mood swings due to PMDD.

I'm getting back on birth control and have been given an AD specifically for the 10 days leading up to my period. I don't know about anyone else, but for me it's literally like 1 week to 10 days out of the month dealing with these hormonal rages and mood swings, and then my period where mentally I'm fine, but physically don't feel well because of the bloating and cramping.

So I get 1 week a month where I feel okay? It's been like this for YEARS.

I'm not saying being a woman is a disability, but PMDD sure is.

Seesaw

AutumnEmily · Mar 05, 2017 at 11:22 AM

Hello! I recently realized I suffer from PMDD symptoms--I had a hysterectomy back in 2011, so stopped taking BC. Stopped taking SSRI in 2013. Since then it's been a slow decline. But a year and a half at a new job that I'm not really happy with has made it much worse. So who knows if it's just still depression (had been diagnosed with dysthymia years ago) but it gets REALLY worse--angry, crying, hopeless etc for a week to two weeks every month; but since i no longer have periods I hadn't been connecting the dots. Finally started writing down on calendar and it seems to fit. Yesterday started taking 5 mg Lexapro to see if that helped. Need to go to ob/gyn-it's been a few years--and see if she thinks maybe need to get back on BC.

Catgotmytongue · Mar 18, 2017 at 07:31 PM

I'm still trying to figure out if I get this or not. My last period didn't seem so bad which doesn't fit in with the two before that of feeling horrible. I'm still tracking them though and I just started using an app called Clue to help with it.
It's really bazaar that someone can have the symptoms without having an actual period.

Mar 27, 2017 at 02:36 PM

I think I have it, have mentioned it to psych docs and primary doc and it's been basically ignored so I don't know for sure if I do, but the symptoms seem to match. I also have mood problems when not on my period or close enough to it so I don't know but I know that the pain, fatigue and cramping always make the moods so much worse and intense. I'm sorry you are dealing with this also. I hope your doctors can be helpful to you in this situation. I recently started birth control which they said might help if it's PMDD but it's been 2 months and no relief....they told me to give it 3 months so we shall see. Good luck to anyone battling this.

Nammu · Mar 27, 2017 at 02:43 PM

Menopause was one of the best things that happened for my mental health!

June55 · Apr 19, 2017 at 10:46 PM

I hate it. I feel pulled down frequently but I guess I should just be thankful I'm not crying. But I feel like I am going to snap.

Some people don't get it. Doctors don't. But there are some people who do get it.

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Catgotmytongue Member Member Since Dec 2015 Location: Australia Posts: 150 8 1 hugs given	Jan 11, 2017 at 08:21 AM #1 Does anyone have premenstrual dysphoric disorder? I have been off the pill for a while and my body has adjusted to normal but I notice being very depressed around that time of the month...
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Catgotmytongue Member Member Since Dec 2015 Location: Australia Posts: 150 8 1 hugs given	Mar 18, 2017 at 07:31 PM #8 I'm still trying to figure out if I get this or not. My last period didn't seem so bad which doesn't fit in with the two before that of feeling horrible. I'm still tracking them though and I just started using an app called Clue to help with it. It's really bazaar that someone can have the symptoms without having an actual period.
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Nammu Crone Member Since May 2010 Location: Some where between my inner mind and the solar system. Posts: 71,999 (SuperPoster!) 14 54.1k hugs given	Mar 27, 2017 at 02:43 PM #10 Menopause was one of the best things that happened for my mental health! __________________ *Nammu* …Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. …... Desiderata Max Ehrmann
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June55 Member Member Since Jun 2013 Posts: 270 11 366 hugs given	Apr 19, 2017 at 10:46 PM #11 I hate it. I feel pulled down frequently but I guess I should just be thankful I'm not crying. But I feel like I am going to snap. Some people don't get it. Doctors don't. But there are some people who do get it.
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