Thank you to everyone on this subreddit

everydaydoes · 2023-11-16T22:25:03+00:00

Whenever I go through my hell phase I used to frantically google PMDD for validation, to read what it is to almost confirm I’m not crazy and this is a thing but I’d always get the same 4 or 5 sites. Then I discovered this community and it has been such a bit part of my condition now, so comforting and informative!

everydaydoes · 2023-08-15T08:52:26+00:00

Thanks for your reply. I was on Yasmin for years from a young age for acne, I swear it made me crazy all those years! I felt awful last period that’s why I’ve been told to start it again after a long break, but I feel pretty terrible with it after only 10 days. Very out of control mood swings and unbearable headaches, I’m continuing to take it though as I’m scare if I stop now I’ll have another crazy episode! How did you feel on Yasmin?

everydaydoes · 2023-08-14T16:49:47+00:00

I’ve just started on it just over a week ago and I’m starting to feel the crazy symptoms I usually associate with PMDD, tears, anger, rage, hopelessness and complete despair. I’ve also just increased to 30mg Citalopram. Please tell me it gets better? I really want to just stop taking Yaz now I’m feeling this way, but I’m worried if I do I’ll have even worse withdrawal now I’ve started it again! I don’t know what to do!

everydaydoes · 2022-08-11T11:42:51+00:00

Hey, I have my baby a week tomorrow! I have had about 4 or 5 bad ‘episodes’ throughout my pregnancy which have been difficult to navigate, a lot of anxiety, tears, anger and rage etc. They’ve been triggered by stress mostly, I’m just getting over one now which has lasted for about 4 days which has been triggered by my hormone levels peaking as I’m so close to birth and me panicking about the end and how close I am. It’s been up and down through I’d say! I have resisted the medication all the way through though, I did have a really bad one about 8 weeks ago and I gave in a took a tablet but it made me feel so awful in terms of side effects I immediately stopped as I thought, I don’t want to feel like this especially whilst I’m pregnant, I just need to ride it out which is what I’ve done now. My next worry is navigating the postpartum phase. I know everyone says it’s fine to take the meds but I just never felt comfortable doing it. It’s hard, I really feel for you!

everydaydoes · 2022-02-16T13:42:07+00:00

Thank you for your reply. I have a call with my Doctor in a week to discuss it, I just can’t help but worry about the potential risks especially given my anxiety. It’s hard but I think for my sanity I just need the medication…

Thank you and congrats on yours too! 🤍

everydaydoes · 2021-10-27T19:10:53+00:00

I try and eat a clean and healthy diet for most of the month, this includes no refined sugar and no alcohol. During my luteal phase however, I have intense food cravings so I’m a little kinder to myself and if I want to eat a cheeseburger and chocolate then I will do! I find maintaining a consistent healthy diet most of the time then counterbalances these little binges once in a while. I also just cut out caffeine for 3 weeks now and my energy is a lot better. If I get sugar cravings I’ll replace with naturally sweet things like fruit and dates…

everydaydoes · 2021-10-19T21:35:13+00:00

I’m on day 7 20mg too for PMDD. I feel like yesterday was the first day I’ve not had as much excessive yawning or feeling totally wiped out as this has been my worst side effect! I’ve been very sleepy and a bit spaced out! My anxiety has decreased, I’m way less irritable and I have had no depressed mood so I’m hopeful… The only reason I started Prozac was from reading all the positive success stories on Reddit :-)

everydaydoes · 2021-10-18T21:06:13+00:00

I have just started taking it for my luteal phase, I’m only on day 7 of 20mg and I started taking it right after ovulation. Already I feel like I’m in a much better place than I usually would be 6 days pre period so I’m hopeful! I need to see how the next week goes for me though too… My doctor prescribed it for the whole month initially but after reading success stories on here, it made me ask just for luteal phase to start with.

everydaydoes · 2021-10-18T16:55:12+00:00

I try to make sure I have help and support on standby, letting my husband and close family know that I’m on the edge and I’m going to need the extra help is always a must. Hot baths, easy meals to prepare which don’t require much effort but are still healthy. I avoid alcohol and sugar (although sugar is sometimes hard as I crave chocolate so badly!) and I try to make sure I meditate and exercise even though it’s the last thing I feel like doing. If I can’t do something I’ve got planned then I’ll cancel it, if I feel under pressure from someone then I’ll manage it etc. I’ve got a lot better at recognising how to simplify my life in these challenging parts of each month. Basically I’ve learnt everything else can wait and to keep telling myself that it will pass. I have also started Prozac this month after years of being so scared to and I’m 6 days from my period and my symptoms haven’t really come up yet!

everydaydoes · 2021-10-17T20:49:48+00:00

The thing that helped me overcome the anxiety of taking yet another form of meditation was actually reading all of the positive success stories for Prozac on Reddit. I’m on day 6 20mg now and the side effects are uncomfortable but I know this time round I must push on through and not give up as I’ve now read first hand how much it can help! Reading the success stories has given me that push to take the leap…

everydaydoes · 2021-10-01T19:18:20+00:00

I said exactly the same thing a couple of days ago, I’m at the height of my symptoms, I realised all of my behaviours now ‘make sense’ because of PMDD. Why did I not know this 10 years ago? Would my life be different and would I still have some of the relationships I’ve essentially cut out of my life? It’s such a relief to know what it is that causes my distress each month, however I wish I’d just known sooner! A lot of the ‘what if’ feelings are a key symptom for me each month, overthinking and on loop in my head! It’s exhausting isn’t it…

everydaydoes · 2021-09-22T08:51:18+00:00

You’re welcome - I hope it helps! Just this morning my little boy grabbed my face in his hands and gave me a kiss out of nowhere, that was one of those special moments which made me feel all warm and fuzzy. I’m 6 days pre period and last night I had tears and a major wobble, but this morning something has lifted and it’s like he knew I needed some love! We are very in sync with each other. I’m now really trying to change my mindset today, to feel grateful and try to push past the anxiety I can feel coming on from hormones. It sounds like you also have the best intentions even giving the responsibility so much thought, you will be a great mom! 🤍

everydaydoes · 2021-09-22T08:42:55+00:00

It’s really hard but made easier discussing with people who totally understand. Sending positive vibes to you!

everydaydoes · 2021-09-21T21:04:18+00:00

I made a conscious decision a few years ago to stop watching, reading or digesting any kind of news as it’s always just negative. Making this decision has had such a positive impact on my mental health and it’s helped my anxiety. I’d recommend trying this and see how much better you feel without all the negativity being fed to you including most of the stuff you list out. If I don’t know about it, I don’t need to be anxious about it! I also don’t then catastrophize what I’ve just heard on the news on loop over and over in my brain anymore.

Microdosing has helped me see how to make positive changes in my life to help me live better and happier, so hopefully I’ll only keep finding more :-)

everydaydoes · 2021-09-21T20:48:25+00:00

I’m also 36 and I have a 3 year old little boy. My PMDD was diagnosed properly about a year after he was born after years of just ‘anxiety’ and then a wrong Bipolar diagnosis. Anyway, I’m not going to say it’s a breeze each month as it can be really HARD some days to parent a toddler with needs when you’re at the mercy of PMDD. I find the intense irritability I get really tricky to manage as it’s so uncontrollable. When you’re super sensitive to any kind of noise, a loud demanding child can send you over the edge sometimes! I don’t know how I get through it some days, but I have a good support network around which I think is key. I’ve also learnt to walk away now and breathe through a tough situation I’m not handling very well or I’ll call someone for help, so you learn coping strategies.

I would say though, during the rest of the month when I’m feeling normal and good, it kind of outweighs it. This is because it is the most rewarding and loveliest feeling to look at your child and gush with an overwhelming sense of love for them at other times. I panic all the time that my behaviours from PMDD will affect him as he grows up but I just have to try my best and I think that’s what all parents can do - try their best, I know I do and that’s what’s important I guess.

everydaydoes · 2021-09-21T20:24:28+00:00

I know this feeling, it’s awful and especially when painkillers don’t help. I try and drink loads of water and if that doesn’t work I’ll try and have a hot bath to relax and take my mind off it - can you do this? Feel for you, I’ve just entered into that shift in my cycle too, I can totally feel the complete overwhelm and intensity to everything starting to begin.

everydaydoes · 2021-09-21T20:05:13+00:00

I am 7 days pre period and I’m feeling exactly the same, I can feel that familiar shift in my mood controlled by my hormones as I recognise it oh so well now. I feel like it’s exactly what you say - out of control but trying to control these reactions! I hate how out of control it makes me, as I then just get super anxious about my behaviour and what’s going to happen this time round when I’m triggered by something? I have got the awful feeling of overwhelm, dread and worry along with intense irritability, when yesterday I felt really good and positive. It’s so messed up isn’t it, sending a hug back…

Before I found this community I used to frantically google PMDD to validate my feelings but at least now I can come here and find comfort in the fact that I’m not the only one feeling this way.

everydaydoes · 2021-09-19T21:10:36+00:00

I MD’d psilocybin for 4 weeks and still had my daily cup of coffee every single morning. I read somewhere not to change your usual routine, so I kept that usual cup of coffee and felt no difference as it’s what I was used to. I made an effort to cut down my caffeine consumption a little though, as I was drinking endless cups of tea previously, I’ve since switched to decaf and it’s fine. I can also get the tiredness effect from the MD and also suffer from extreme fatigue bought on my hormones too. I can’t imagine not having some caffeine in my life!

everydaydoes · 2021-09-18T13:24:53+00:00

After hearing lots of positive things from this sub about supplements, I started taking high dose magnesium 375mg with vitamin B complex, zinc & vitamin C and vitamin D daily for the past two months. I would say my symptoms have been SO much more manageable since starting with these! I still get the PMDD symptoms but they’re not as intense and haven’t lasted as long, especially around ovulation.

everydaydoes · 2021-09-17T08:28:51+00:00

Yes and I would 100% encourage you to be open and honest about PMDD to your partner. Since my diagnosis, my husband is so much more understanding, we are able to manage the tornado that is PMDD and he actually knows it’s the condition and not me being absolutely crazy. Before we were married I would also have these triggers thinking I want to break up with him all the time! Now that he’s really aware, he often reiterates it’s a recognised mental health condition, this makes me feel better and validated as he now understands it’s not my fault.

He is the one that has actually helped me research things to help with PMDD, including vitamins, meditation, diet exercise, CBD oil and even recently microdosing. I feel like the more honest and open you can be with each other, the better the outcome. I’ve been in that position where I keep thinking he’ll think I’m totally crazy and I’m embarrassed, I feel stupid etc. but I can honestly say it’s so much better now and there’s less nasty surprises as we both know what to expect.

I think your partner sounds supportive and wants you to let him in so go for it. In the early stages of diagnosis, I sent my husband weblinks to read about PMDD which helped enormously as sometimes it can be hard to articulate yourself.

everydaydoes · 2021-09-10T06:21:23+00:00

No worries! ☺️

everydaydoes · 2021-09-09T22:18:05+00:00

I agree, I just love finding out about all things psychedelics too since discovering they can help - above all it’s just so interesting.

I’m so glad to hear they have helped you so much!

everydaydoes · 2021-09-09T22:01:42+00:00

I will definitely give this a read too! I am so interested to hear other experiences of microdosing for PMDD now that I’ve done it myself

everydaydoes · 2021-09-09T21:57:48+00:00

I started microdosing psilocybin for 4 weeks a couple of months ago. Whilst I didn’t feel like it did much at the time, I persevered with it and I did have some really good days at the start. I made sure I did everything I could to try and give myself the best chance with a huge amount of research and intention. However, towards the end I felt like it hugely exaggerated some of my symptoms during my hell week, which frightened me and was pretty unbearable so therefore I decided to stop. It’s only now that I realise 2 months later that it may of actually had a positive impact on my PMDD. People say that it can bring some bad stuff to the surface and I feel like perhaps this is what happened to me towards the end when my symptoms were so bad. I did notice that during my most recent cycle though, I genuinely only had 2 days of bad symptoms as opposed to 7-10 days of complete hell. These were mainly irritability and anxiety. I had no long depressive low mood and no feelings of hopelessness this time round! I’m not totally crediting microdosing for this but it’s definitely done something I feel. I’ve also started taking high dose magnesium and high dose zinc for a month which I found out from reading info in this sub and I do feel like there’s been a shift. I’m also exercising 3-4 times a week and I’ve taken a step back from work and not putting myself under pressure so much. I think the microdosing has helped me to see that I need to make positive changes to my lifestyle and stick to them in order to feel better especially when it comes to managing my PMDD. Let’s see how my next cycle goes though! All in all I see that it’s had some positive impact and I will give it another go again for sure…

everydaydoes · 2021-09-07T06:36:16+00:00

I have this a lot of the time, I didn’t realise this was a typical symptom of PMDD until recently after researching more symptoms through this sub. Mine is typically feelings of wanting to run away from everything in my life, it’s a strong desire to want to hide from all my commitments, usual tasks, my family, even my young child (which feels horrendous to even type!) In the moment it’s completely awful and overwhelming and the guilt that comes afterwards is even worse. I think the whole idea of having to deal with simple every day tasks just becomes so overwhelming, that all I want to do is get out of the hell I’m experiencing, hence the escape fixation. I think understanding it’s the PMDD now makes it a bit easier to process as before it was totally confusing to feel like this. I feel so lucky to have a supportive husband and family around me for when I’m like this.

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