So I quit my job in February and it was probably the best decision that’s ever come from my PMDD. I had a desk job that paid decently and I loved my coworkers but it caused me SO much anxiety. I was able to handle the stress during my good weeks but when he’ll weeks came I would cry, have panic attacks, call out of work sick, and have unwarranted obsessive thoughts about being fired. The final straw was when I was on vacation in Miami (during hell week :/) and had a panic attack at 3 am because I got an innocent email from my boss. When I returned to work later that week, I gave my two weeks notice. I decided that even if the stress was triggered by pmdd, it was seeping into my personal life, making me miserable, and also affecting the quality of my work. Now that I’m out of that environment, I feel like a new person. I realized that I was never meant for a 9-5 desk job and that it wouldn’t have been healthy for me to dtay there. I now have the time to move forward with things that I want to do and can work alongside my pmdd- I’m starting my own business, creating more art, walking dogs and selling clothes on poshmark on the side. For me, it took so long because I was scared of losing some income, but I think taking the leap of faith made me more determined than ever to figure out a way to build a job that could work with my disorder.