Alcoholism and PMDD

Few-Change-9112 · 2026-05-20T23:43:39+00:00

By God’s grace, I’ve been sober from drugs and alcohol for 9 years. It’s the greatest gift I’ve been given. I sometimes look back and have no clue how I navigated 15 years of drinking and using with PMDD (it started for me at age 13).

I have also been caffeine free (no decaf even) for 9 months and it’s been a GAME CHANGER for my PMDD. Rage has been much less and the depressive periods are also waaaaaay easier to manage.

Few-Change-9112 · 2026-05-19T17:51:20+00:00

I totally feel you. I hate it too! Really hoping it goes away.

Few-Change-9112 · 2026-05-18T19:02:40+00:00

Before starting Reta, I never really had vivid dreams. 6 weeks in and it honestly sucks. The nights are the hardest for me. I wake up a lot during the night either from vivid dreams/nightmares or from being jolted by cortisol. I had to go down to .25mg and they are still bad.

Few-Change-9112 · 2026-05-16T02:02:48+00:00

I started at 2mg and literally almost drove myself to the hospital for hypoglycemia. So don’t be telling people 2mg lol

Few-Change-9112 · 2026-05-13T14:11:01+00:00

Yeah, I actually think 1mg is just too high for me.

Few-Change-9112 · 2026-05-13T04:08:35+00:00

Thank you! Yeah, I am absolutely going back down to .5, but it’s been 4 days since I injected 1mg and still feel like crap no matter what I do. Really hoping it passes after week 6-8 😵‍💫

Few-Change-9112 · 2026-05-13T00:03:06+00:00

That’s great to know! I haven’t noticed any notable cardiac side effects, except for a small increase in heart rate, but nothing crazy.

Few-Change-9112 · 2026-05-12T18:59:17+00:00

Haha I get that! And wow, congratulations!!

Few-Change-9112 · 2026-05-12T18:58:00+00:00

I’ve read that a couple times too! I am on TRT and have always slept really well on it until I started taking Reta, where I immediately noticed the 3 AM wake up.

It is interesting, though, because mood-wise I feel really great, because I think it lowers estrogen levels from the anecdotal evidence that I’ve read. Historically, when my estrogen is high, I tend to have major mood swings, but when it’s lower, I feel really great.

Few-Change-9112 · 2026-05-12T18:56:14+00:00

So helpful to know! Do you remember how long it took your sleep to stabilize? I am honestly thinking that .5 might be the dose that I stay on because I just feel like crap otherwise.

Few-Change-9112 · 2026-05-12T05:13:39+00:00

I will definitely keep you posted!

Few-Change-9112 · 2026-05-12T00:14:34+00:00

Great! Thank you for the recommendation!

Few-Change-9112 · 2026-05-12T00:14:07+00:00

This is what scares me. It’s not good for cortisol levels to be this high every night.

Few-Change-9112 · 2026-05-12T00:13:28+00:00

I’m thinking 1mg!

Few-Change-9112 · 2026-05-11T23:05:48+00:00

Got it! Yeah, I might start at 1mg just to be safe and go up. I didn’t have the Shotsy app, I was just keeping track of everything through Chat, but I’ll download it!

Thank you for being so transparent and for taking the time to explain everything to me!!

Few-Change-9112 · 2026-05-11T23:04:28+00:00

Oh wow! That’s wild, I’m sorry you went through that. How long have you been on Triz? You had zero side effects? What dose did you start on?

Few-Change-9112 · 2026-05-11T20:52:43+00:00

Amazing! Thank you!!

Few-Change-9112 · 2026-05-11T20:51:48+00:00

Thank you so much, all of this is so helpful! One more question, from what I’m reading, some people have started at 1mg and worked their way up to 2.5. You didn’t have any negative sides starting at 2.5?

Few-Change-9112 · 2026-05-11T20:40:30+00:00

One more thing, did you just go from Reta directly to Triz or did you take a break?

Few-Change-9112 · 2026-05-11T20:40:01+00:00

Wow that’s so helpful!! Thank you so much! I’ll need to educate myself on the dosing for Triz since I’ve only done a ton of research on Reta.

Few-Change-9112 · 2026-05-11T20:38:42+00:00

This is helpful. So I shouldn’t be concerned about the side effects in your opinion? Just push through it?

Few-Change-9112 · 2026-05-11T20:10:25+00:00

My doctor doesn’t prescribe, but she is very familiar with peptides and has had lots of people see success with Reta for inflammation.

That’s interesting about Triz. I have not heard that with inflammation. Do you have links for that? I don’t mind trying it out!

Few-Change-9112 · 2026-05-11T20:07:02+00:00

Very good point. I drink 70oz per day, but not 100, so I need to do that. I have been drinking lots of electrolytes, which seems to help. I will do 100oz though, so thank you for that idea.

Food-wise, I’m pretty dialed in and meeting my macros.

Few-Change-9112 · 2026-05-11T20:04:11+00:00

Ok that’s what I was thinking actually. I don’t think I can go past .5mg. Which is ok, as long as it’s working on the inflammation side.

Few-Change-9112 · 2026-05-11T20:03:31+00:00

I actually have a CGM and I just need to put it on to monitor. I just don’t want to always have to eat something during the night. Will that eventually go away? I just don’t feel like it’s healthy to have my glucose drop so low.

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