For lack of a better word, I feel so trapped whenever my period is near. I generally don’t want to be around people, I just want to be able to do my own thing and I feel like I’m going to come out of my skin.

With everything happening rn politically, I can’t help but feel enraged by people who voted for you know who (especially friends and fam). I already couldn’t fathom why one would vote for this convicted criminal, and now in luteal my anger is amplified. It’s like he is the personification of patriarchal toxicity or something? 🤭🫠🙄 I am genuinely scared and infuriated.

Suicidal every month. This time its been really hard and im finding it so hard to find a reason to live. I keep literally feeling like only way to relieve myself is to d**. What do you guys do to help? Im desperate

Side note: Along with my last cycle going longer it was also one of the hardest cycles I’ve had mentally in a really long time.

I'm more sad the last two days of my period than I have been the week before and I was still sad now I'm just crazy sad. Idk how to explain.

It's like a deep deep pain sadness through my body. Everything is making me super emotional and I just feel rotten. My coworker had her last day today and that in itself has made me more emotional than ever.

I was 8 days late for my period.

I literally got my period 10 minutes ago and just seeing my blood made me want to cry.

It feels like a relief to finally feel like myself and stable but also dreadful with being reminded of how it feels to once again experience a switch going off where I come back to myself while knowing in two weeks, the switch will go off again to where I become a stranger and repeat the damn cycle for the rest of my life. 🫠

On a positive note, for some reason, this luteal phase felt the least intense phase I have gone through. Im trying to be optimistic hoping that my meditation is finally working where I’m feeling a relief from my symptoms, but I also fear that I am just going to go back into the dark pits of the symptoms again in my next luteal phase. 🥲

Please no judgement, I need to rant somewhere safe and I’m feeling a little lost.

I know what a lot of people think and would probably say - why are you still together ? If I’m honest, it’s because I’m not financially independent right now and we are living at his parents due to irrelevant life stuff.

Yes I haven’t been the best to him during my luteal, lashing out, being nasty, raging and ranting. This was largely before I knew or realised I had pmdd.

He’s been the most part understanding but there’s still that little niggle there - rolling his eyes, that huff, telling me to keep my composure to help myself and others around me in a really REALLY patronising way etc

Never doing any research, never listening to me when I’m calm, always avoiding talking about anything that involves my emotions because he thinks his are more important

I used to wallow in the feelings of overwhelm and become paralysed with the ‘why me’s’, I still do but internally now and not so often. I’ve started exercising more and eating better, started talking to myself kinder - however - no matter how much I look after myself, have things that help me regulate, I am reminded every month of how emotionally immature he is.

His lashings out, his reactiveness, me treading on eggshells about mentioning anything he does that upsets me. Yet the understanding he wants from me, I do not receive.

There’s a lot more and I probably could have written this more cohesively but I am feeeeeeeeling yano

I feel like I can switch into an almost different person when my suspected pmdd hits. It affects my relationship a lot.. I’ve been tracking every random meltdown I’ve had within my relationship and it’s always within a week or two of my period. Last pmdd episode, I ended up doing some pretty poor things during an argument that my partner feels weighs on them pretty heavy. As in it’s hard to bounce back after I behave in these ways. Does anyone have tips on how to anticipate these outbursts, and how to handle them? Should we plan really chill hangouts when my period is due to just relax together? should I give myself space and be alone/minimise contact? They don’t deserve the way I treat them cause they are an angel, and I don’t want to feel that way either :(

My period is ruining me. The days leading up to it I have such severe mood swings I cry at work, lash out at my bf, have no energy or appetite, my body feels like I have the flu. The actual first day of my period it’s so painful I can’t function and am bedridden. I know I have PMDD, but at this point I feel like something else has to be going on too. I’m on Prozac 40 mg and take supplements but nothing is working at this point. I’ve bad experiences with oral birth control and I liked my IUD but it kept falling out (traumatic lol). Any suggestions?

Have been noticing I often get tearful, nauseous and very anxious on day 7/8 of my cycle. Tends to only last 1-2 days then resolves but wondering if this happens to anyone else? Is it because hormone levels are changing again?

Any tips also welcome! Currently feel too gross to sleep..

I usually do lh tests and track my cycle but due to a recent ectopic pregnancy (whole other issue 😩) I fell off tracking. I knew I had to be somewhat near my period but it really helps me to have a “warning” things might flip for me soon vs identifying it in the moment.

My on again off again (also a whole other issue) partner needed space this week to deal with work stress, relationship/family stress. Which I can usually handle well but…. This week…

I saw myself become overly anxious, texting incessantly, becoming a ball of crazy energy that needed to go somewhere, called several times over and over and fully crashed out.

Again with tracking I can usually handle this better, as I’m like hey, it’s coming, maybe this thought isn’t rational and sit on it for a day but this time I saw it all happen like an out of body experience that I couldn’t stop and I feel sick with my behaviour last night.

I hate how I acted yesterday so much. I hate that I’ve done this before and will do it again. I hate that I failed at all of the strides I made to work on this. I hate my brain!!!!

Anyways thanks for letting me rant!

songs that feel like a hug despite all the horrible emotions and thoughts happening?

by the way i've found that listening to those kind of songs feel really nice during luteal. since my emotions are more sensitive, i get to feel the comfort from those songs in a higher intensity too. which is one tiny good thing i at least experience with all the hell 😭 i wonder if there are others who also get that

I feel like a jerk right now. I'm feeling kind of numb, irritated, and far away from my true feelings right now. I'm feeling irritated at my s/I who has literally done nothing wrong,maybe could be more communtive but nothing serious. I'm feeling irritated by my mood swings and wanting to over eat.

I started SSRI for intermittent dosing a couple of weeks ago, and I am on the off time now, I don't know if it's helped but I think my overthinking went up while on it. I'm using an estrogen patch and will soon start progesterone (hopefully tomorrow after I tell my gyn I feel pretty bad today).

I feel lonely & guilty for feeling that way. It's been dark skies in my area for days on end and it's hard to feel awake/really alive.

It's like I know how I feel, and who I am, but I'm further away from the good feelings at the moment & I don't like it at all. I have to keep focusing on God & who I know I am and what I know I feel for others, be cause I feel a lot of negativity right now.

Just had to vent!

So,

I am currently coming off a bunch of medication (it has taken me 2 years) I have recently stopped stimulants and I'm nearly finished weaning off of my benzo and anti-depressant. I have had awful insomnia and I am quite sure around my period and just before I get a lot lot worse. It has been hard to tell with the meds and things.

I was wondering has anyone with PMDD before had quite literally an instant effect of the yaz pill? I took it probably 1-2 hours ago and emotionally I feel different - not bad different - the other side effect is very tight muscles I notice.

Sorry for the random question - I am a bit nervous about everything at the moment.

I work retail and there's stupid sales happening and I cannot handle any of it right now. I've gotten literally no sleep, i can't eat because I'm too nauseous and I keep lashing out. I don't want to call in because I don't want to be that person who is unreliable but oh god I cant do this. I literally got dressed and I just started bawling my eyes out and I know I'll start crying as soon as I get there and my manager asks me how I'm doing. I'm just so tired I just want to rest this is a nightmare

My doctor prescribed me fluoxetine to help my pmdd. But I told her I also have the physical symptoms like nausea and indigestion. Not sure if it's related but it seems to come around like clockwork. Anyways, in the past I've also been prescribed zofran for the nausea. My new dr said I shouldn't be taken that so much. But when I'm severely ill I can't help but pop one in and it helps. Anyways, has anyone else taken fluoxetine?? I'm scared to take it. With my anxiety and all..

late period and been cramping for like a few days well last week and still no period and pmdd symptoms intrusive thoughts and anxiety and etc . And mood swings also 11 days late period had pms symptoms for 2 weeks already

About 9 months ago, I went on Slynd and honestly, after a couple months, it was amazing. It was the best I had felt with PMDD in as long as I can remember. Because I take it continuously, I don't even have a period anymore, but this last month, I feel like perimenopause has broken through the reprieve I was feeling. I've had all the classic mood symptoms of pmdd combined with weight gain in my belly area, night sweats from hell, swollen sore boobs, and a whole bunch of other things that could or could not be symptoms. I'm 44, so perimenopause is highly likely.

Any other perimenopausal peeps out there? What are you doing to stay sane?

I also take Effexor and Vyvanse. I feel particularly bummed out because I was soooooo grateful to finally feel some reprieve. I have a doctor's appt Tuesday, thinking of asking to try an estrodial patch on top of the slynd.

it’s been almost a week since i slept properly. i’ve been sleeping 4hours-5hours-3hours or just an hour. this happens often when i’m pms’ing or on my period. i’m pretty sure it’s genetic too from my mom’s side, wtf do i do i’m nervous but my mom says it’s hormonal. before i use to sleep 7-10h i have heavy kinda painful periods too

in addition: i barely get sunlight n im kinda sick rn too i think i caught something from my mom

I went to my ob/gyn on Friday because the past few months the week before my period has been getting more and more unbearable- panic attacks, deep depression and nonstop crying. My doctor said since I am still postpartum (my son is 6 months old) that she can't really say that it's pmdd because my hormones are still all out of whack from having a baby. She recommended that I get back on Sertraline (I had been on it for years and then weaned off) and said if I'm still having symptoms after 6 months I can come back and we can reevaluate.

Is this normal? Has anyone here ever been told they can't be diagnosed with pmdd because they're postpartum? I really like my doctor and want to trust her on this, but it seems strange to me.

By “sister” I meant “pmdd sisters”

—>Give up your best (worst) memes…please…thx!

‘Ovulating 3 days early $!@&?! and we’re (hubby, son18 & I) moving this weekend…

Me, to Me: “YOU BE NICE TO PEOPLE”

I knew it when this morning I was full-on into researching PMDD and related topics when I needed to be exercising & packing.

I’m so predictable. My PMDD symptoms + Rx info: FYI I have SI, paranoia, dysphoria, rage, dissociation (not disassociation by choice), triggered while driving or by spouse :-( for no reality-based reasons…if not medicated. Also mania for a couple days between episodes. Crazy. Zoloft 50-75mg in 2 weeks of luteal, 25mg before and after.