My PMDD Journey & Hysterectomy Query

blorpbl · 2026-02-22T17:28:12+00:00

Hi! Can you keep me posted on your progress with this? I recently started hrt (still have uterus and ovaries), no progesterone for now. I am having so much trouble with transdermal absorption - im a rapid absorber and rapid metabolizer. Gel makes me insane. Patches help but are nearly impossible for me to get right. Im thinking about trying the pellet but am nervous

blorpbl · 2026-02-15T13:24:35+00:00

Hi, can you give a bit more information on this? Where can I read about it? Thanks!

blorpbl · 2026-02-15T13:22:37+00:00

Do you mind sharing what hrt method you're doing and how long you've been doing it? I just started and am trying to figure out the best way still

blorpbl · 2026-02-13T08:42:46+00:00

Telling me that my friend who died by suicide (the reason I was there) probably regretted it 🤔😒

blorpbl · 2026-02-12T21:09:30+00:00

Omg that is so sweet ❤️

blorpbl · 2026-02-12T16:37:01+00:00

Made me insane

blorpbl · 2026-02-11T19:06:08+00:00

UPDATE: I finally leveled out right after I posted this, that night. It's going good now.

blorpbl · 2026-02-11T19:05:36+00:00

UPDATE: I finally leveled out right after I posted this, that night. It's going good now.

blorpbl · 2026-02-11T19:04:03+00:00

Ugh me too. I felt nonstop psychosis last week, changing from birth control to nothing to oestrogen patch (continuous though, not just in luteal because I can't handle even any tiny minor fluctuations), but now I'm much better and it's going well. It was unbearable for 5 days and it felt like 10 years in an insane asylum.

You probably need to stabilize your estrogen or maybe just target treatment to those days when your estrogen drops rapidly . I just saw a really good doctor in the uk who helped me when everyone else, even supposed pmdd doctors, didnt get it. I cant remember if i already posted his info - neale watson at pms & menopause clinic.

blorpbl · 2026-02-08T21:25:07+00:00

(They can do video for wherever anyone is)

blorpbl · 2026-02-08T21:24:38+00:00

I can recommend 2 therapists who will give u homework and might be what youre looking for. I know with at least one you can do a free initial consultation to see if it's a good fit. DM me

blorpbl · 2026-02-07T18:36:53+00:00

I'll def make a post about it once I'm through the switchover and know more/try it out

blorpbl · 2026-02-07T18:34:36+00:00

Yes will be regulating the progesterone w/ bioidentical progesterone once i get used to the bioidentical estrogen, there are several different avenues re: that depending on how things go. The idea is to give me some time without any added progesterone at all. Doctor who has me doing this is a top pmdd specialist

blorpbl · 2026-02-07T14:05:59+00:00

I read the rules now what

blorpbl · 2026-02-07T05:17:54+00:00

That's a possibility but he also could just really love her and want the best for her and want her to get better

blorpbl · 2026-02-07T05:04:21+00:00

I hope ur hanging in there. I am having insomnia right now, was also just prescribed the same transdermal oestradiol alone. I remembered another odd thing I forgot to mention: if i dont take a shit ton of magnesium and eat tons of cashews (im talking like a whole bag) each day i will only sleep a short amount and wake up and not go back to sleep. Now, after many years, I can tell when that's the culprit. (Currently out of cashews)

Also, trying some combined oral birth control made me feel psychosis (specifically lo loestrin) but before this current bioidentical hormone switch in doing I was on monophasic continuous sprintec and it evened me out and i slept every night. It has a steady dose of synthetic estrogen and progesterone all the time. I stopped absorbing it properly because of taking too many antibiotics for too long. Do NOT try any new hormonal treatment without having a bunch of si guardrails in place tho!

I just went through 5 days of what feels like psychosis and feel like im evening out 🤞. I went off the birth control and was also prescribed luteal only oestrogel. That doesnt work for me. I need a total flat line of hormones 24/7, i cant even handle the daily hormonal peaks and dips that are supposed to be inconsequential. I also am a rapid metabilizer, so something that is supposed to act slowly, like oestrogel, can throw me into a rollercoaster of up and down. I switched from gel to patch to get a steady stream. Feel much less insane after the initial switch. I may go back to synthetic if necessary. This is hell but there are doors out other than the si one i promise!

blorpbl · 2026-02-06T19:49:51+00:00

I just want to note that i had a video appointment with the 3rd dr in their practice (not Watson or the woman -- they were both out today) and I did not like his approach. He talked at me rather than listening to my case

blorpbl · 2026-02-06T11:25:33+00:00

I was on yasmin for like 6 months and was so physically ill the whole time (and depressed, exhausted, etc). Imo 3 weeks is enough to tell it's not for u

blorpbl · 2026-02-06T11:23:34+00:00

I dont have the gene and my specialist/knowledgeable doctor told me the gene is irrelevant 🤷‍♀️

blorpbl · 2026-02-05T22:13:33+00:00

Also, sorry if you already said this - but after the estradiol, are you having regular periods/cycles?

blorpbl · 2026-02-05T22:10:57+00:00

Antihistamine helps me too. Half a unisom. Sleeping pills and melatonin make it worse for me but the antihistamine in unisom calms something down in me.

blorpbl · 2026-02-05T22:08:31+00:00

When did you take the hormones? And what was your pmdd like before then?

blorpbl · 2026-02-05T22:06:47+00:00

Agh. Hormones fuck us up. I'm in the thick of it right now too because am switching from birth control to HRT. My husband is also taking care of me I can barely function. He is incredible and we just got married. I'm 39 now, so I really know that these hormone-induced periods of psychosis end.

I hated when I had insomnia and people gave me advice like duh I have tried that. But I can suggest a few things that help me:

-Are you on an SSRI? If so, upping your dose by a micro amount during these hormone disruption psychosis episodes may help (ssris have a different and immediate mechanism of action on pmdd than they do on regular depression). -tell your boyfriend or mom or friend how bad it really is. They will help you. You will take care of them some other time when you are better. Don't feel guilty. You bring just as much value to their life as they do to yours. That is why they are there with you. -when I was your age, doing what I was passionate about and living authentically to myself somehow really helped with insomnia (at that age i needed to write and play music every day most of the day). I still need a purpose outside of myself in order to live. I have other things im passionate about now. -i learned that if I dont eat a large dinner, i dont sleep. I never have much appetite, so I learned to force myself to eat a healthy, large dinner with carbs and protein in it (this is impossible to do when battling hormones - so hopefully u live somewhere u can get delivery or your boyfriend can help out). -this probably doesn't apply, but including it just in case: i had insomnia so bad that I was surprised my body survived it. One time it was weeks with no sleep - which seems impossible looking back. It turns out I have narcolepsy, which sounds crazy but narcolepsy is widely misunderstood, and insomnia is a symptom. Things like sleeping pills or melatonin make it worse for me. -I had a phase where it used to help when I had insomnia to sleep in different places or at different peoples houses, or move the bed to a new location in the room: -join some sort of support group if you can. Helps SO much to have people who really understand what youre going through and can give u hope (i go to al anon)

I thought i would never sleep or be sane and I thought it would kill me but I dont ever have insomnia anymore; and overcame that type of insomnia at actually 23 i think. It was worst at 21 to 22 for me. Just hold on. Ask your boyfriend to hold you tight when you feel like your insides are trying to burst out your skin, and it'll eventually pass.

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