r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 18d ago

Neuroscience Research found no evidence to support myth that women’s cognitive abilities change across menstrual cycle. Given physiological changes that occur across menstrual cycle, the changes to the brain are either small enough that they don't influence performance or women compensate for these changes.

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/womens-menstrual-cycles-dont-change-the-way-our-brains-perform
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u/NeuroticWoman 17d ago

Sorry for TMI but -- do you also experience severe bloating and mild constipation during that part of your cycle? Ever since going off birth control, I experience pain during ovulation. One time it was so bad I was sent home from work, but I can seem to manage it with ibuprofen, laxatives and a heated water bottle now.

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u/thefaehost 17d ago

So my cycle since I first started has always gone one way or the other- diarrhea or constipation.

I also likely have gastropareisis after having gastric sleeve surgery, and I have noticed it acts up during ovulation AND can trigger the pain

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u/DumbBitchByLeaps 16d ago

The unique fun of vomiting constantly from gastroparesis and shitting your guts out from your period is like no other.

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u/thefaehost 16d ago

Do you also get woken up from your sleep to puke?

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u/DumbBitchByLeaps 16d ago

Yes, I would get woken up around 2-3ish in the morning to either vomit for hours, wait to vomit for a few hours and vomit a few times, or wait to vomit for hours and then vomit for hours.

Mine was idiopathic and probably from when I caught mono.

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u/Nijnn 17d ago

I am always bloated and constipated during ovulation, it drives me bonkers.