Do You Suffer from Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)?
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- You may have heard of pms, or premenstrual syndrome, but have you heard of PMDD. Premenstrual dysphoric disorder is a severe form of premenstrual dyndrome (PMS) that affects a large number of people. PMS symptoms may include bloating, breast tenderness, tiredness, changes in sleep and eating habits. However, pmdd symptoms include also sadness, hopelessness, anxiety, tension or even extreme moodiness.
In this comprehensive guide, we'll explore PMDD from every angle, providing you with the knowledge you need to recognize its symptoms, understand its causes, and discover effective treatment options. Whether you're someone who experiences PMDD, a supportive friend or family member, or simply curious to learn more, this video has something for everyone.
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References:
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (Pmdd). (2023, February 2). Cleveland Clinic. my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/9132-premenstrual-dysphoric-disorder-pmdd
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder(Pmdd). (2019, November 19). www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/premenstrual-dysphoric-disorder-pmdd
UCLA, H. (2023, February 8). Is your severe PMS actually premenstrual dysphoric disorder (Pmdd)? www.uclahealth.org/news/your-severe-pms-actually-premenstrual-dysphoric-disorder
Watson, S. (2023, June 28). Could your severe PMS be PMDD? Healthline. www.healthline.com/health/pmdd
Raise your hands if you've heard of PMDD before.
Not me 😮
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I've been diagnosed with this a few months ago.
I suffer with this and it’s quite hard. It impacts all aspects of my life, but I got great support and with this, it’s becoming much more known. Thank you!
I had not, but I'm sharing this to everyone I know 😊
I have this and it’s no joke. Imagine all the worst symptoms of your period times a million. Thankfully I’ve got medication to help me, but the first 10 days - 2 weeks before my period I spiralled into a breakdown multiple times per day that were so severe I can’t even say on here how bad it got. All hormone-related. My heart goes out to anyone else that has this.
omg that must be rly hard to cope with , i'm glad ur getting some kind of relief from medication and i hope it gets better over time xx
@@arispiercing thank you 💗 yes I’m a lot better now
Me too. I am on Yasmin as it's the only way I can function. I'm 37 and thriving on Yasmin. I was put on it when I was 16. All my doctors are aware of how severe it is for me and that I would literally rather not live than go off the pill. Studies show that the risk of blood clots is very low given modern birthcontrol pills have such a low dose of estrogen. My hormones were so out of wack that the pill actually helped to fix many symptoms. I no longer retain 20 lbs of water weight have an absent and spotty persistent period that would go on for months at a time, or I'd have no period for months at a time, debilitating pain, even worse anxiety, even worse insomnia, and even worse depression. I literally could not go to school as I'd get so angry due to such extreme fluctuations I'd throw things and break things angry at my body. Within a few days after taking Yasmin I felt like a whole new woman. I tried going off the pill three different times against my will because I had issues with insurance covering the name brand, but I have a reaction to the generic. Within a few days I was going absolutely nuts. All my symptoms would hit me and I remember limping into my gyno saying that if she could not prescribe me my Yasmin to get by until my insurance would cover it I was going to kill myself (this was back in like 2012) because my symptoms would last half the month regardless if I got my period. Due to pharma sensitivities and horrific side effects I can only take Yasmin. Anything else besides CBD is simply not worth the risk or side effects. I am in a very low percent of people with 'high sensitivity' to pharma. Meaning I get the worst side effects on liek 1/4th of the dose that would actually be prescribed to someone of my height and weight. Yet, most dr's do not believe me. So I do the least invasive thing: Yasmin. It's safe and tried and true for me as I simply lack some hormones my body desperately needed. Some women do not benefit from hormones but it allowed me to actually live.
Same here
@sophgrace9017 That sounds absolutely difficult to deal with. Does the medication help with the pain? And how do you deal with PMDD when the medication isn't as effective?
Thank you for covering PMDD! I suffer from it, and it’s great that more people have started to raise awareness about it.
Thank you for the kind words. If you don't mind my asking, how have you been coping with the symptoms of PMDD? Has it been manageable for you?
Same :)
Same
Thank you so much for covering PMDD. Both me and my cousin have it & before she told me about it I thought I was going insane. I would get so unbelievably low & have to hide myself away from my loved ones because I’d end up snapping at them and crying so much afterwards because I felt so horrible ❤
Me too - the depression and suicidal thoughts are unbearable...and the crazy thing was that I would get really scared of myself each month that I know it would come, but I would try to mentally prepare my thoughts and tell myself, I won't be so depressed bc I know it will come. But it's absolutely crazy how nothing can prepare you, and the depressive delusions are still so real.
Same
Thank you for the kind words and for sharing your struggle with us. Your experience sounds almost unbearable. What do you do when the symptoms of PMDD gets so bad as you described?
@@Psych2go If I’m irritable then I isolate myself but instead surround myself with my favourite sensory things like a blanket, nice candle, my favourite snacks & watch or play something. Just try and make everything as low pressure and as comfortable as possible & if none of that works then just sleep 💜
@HopeWren. I get you. I also have snapped at people I love and felt guilty afterwards. Now I just let them know and hide myself if I have to
I’m pretty sure I have it, but i haven’t gotten diagnosed yet.
It’s wild.
It’s like depression all of the sudden.
I can’t feel ANY joy. No drive to do anything.
It’s like being locked out of your mind.
Right !
It’s like your living your life on tha outside because your brain won’t work
@@EntertainmentLive-h5i YESSS!!!
Same here. 😮💨
I really want to talk to my doctor about it, but she hasn't been working when I have gone to the doctor's office. Other doctors took her place. I feel like I have it. It's a struggle man. 😔💔
Just had a similar episode last week before my period and I wasn’t aware of why it was happening. I suddenly started feeling like shit on a Tuesday night and then I had a terrible whole week crying every evening after work and I just couldn’t stop it and had nobody to talk to. I felt like no one would understand me anyway. I had suicidal thoughts. Now I’m ok and I’m remember other situations when I felt like this over the years but this time it was really intense
I have this!!! I am so happy and feel so seen y’all made a video on this. Did you know there is a recent study that PMDD is actually biological and could be due to genetic factors? So cool c:
I didn't know it was genetic.
Thank you for sharing with us. That's actually pretty interesting. Is there anyone in your family that also struggles with PMDD?
@@Psych2go yes! My mother and I believe maternal grandmother as well. Some good articles on the etiology of PMDD include PMC Pubmed central, and MGH center for Women’s mental health. I hope this helps!
I HAVE THIS!!!! I'VE BEEN SUFFERING THE PAST YEAR, crazy how you're making a video about it now, bc it wasn't very common before
I have this. I have severe mood swinds, i cant regulate my emotions and i have paralyzing anxiety and depression. Very low stress tolerance. This a horrible disorder, but im glad that it is being acknowledged and feel less alone as I read the comments.
thank you for making this ♥ I struggle with PMDD. it started when i turned 30. it makes me feel so fatigued,hungry, bloated and my mental health declines rapidly. there's no relief until my period starts. i've tried everything.
I just started 5-htp which, I am not certain but it seems to be the opposite of what the Dr's usually prescribe which are SSRI's.. but for me, that and adrenal fatigue herbs go a long way! I just take few days off right after my period ends each month. ..
This video makes my period make so much more sense, I'm autistic so my neurotransmitters are different already, but this fits really well, thank you 😊
I’m also autistic and from what I gather PMDD is more common in people who are neurodivergent
I have PMDD and autism, too.
Same here, autism and PMDD
I'm sure I have pmdd and I suspect myself of autism. Can you elaborate a bit what it feels like to have autism and pmdd. Like any key things to help me identify. I know it's different for everyone but it's really help. I'm currently in my pmdd phase. And istg I just. Okay mwmwnwnwnwn
Me too! I can live with autism but I want PMDD to disappear 🫠
I suffer from this and finally got diagnosed in 2020.. thanks so much for this. Love to see people spreading awareness. PMDD is real and is very rough for many other women like myself.
Thank you for your kind words. How has your symptoms been since your first diagnosis? Has it been helpful knowing the name of your condition?
@@Psych2go Of course-love your videos and this chanel! My symtpoms have been soo much better and more manageable. I am seeing a therapist, taking more vitamins, practicing self-care, and taking Zoloft daily has helped so much. I am also in a lot of support groups for PMDD sufferers and shared this video!
It's rough for men like myself who have complex PTSD comorbid with major depressive disorder with their mother's PMDD being one of the contributing factors, but no one wants to talk about that. Must be nice to have support groups that exist for PMDD. What 5 year old child should have to remind his mom to take her "happy pills" (which didn't work) because he was terrified of the possibility of the abuse he would likely face from her. Do you know what it's like getting snapped at, and yelled at with that person's teeth clenched in a growling tone of voice?
thanks for educating others on this! I have been diagnosed with PMDD for a couple years and dude it is no joke! I am learning to live with it, but it still is a struggle. I get really super suicidal before and during my period, and I just assumed that that is what happens to everyone on their period but nah. I didn't know for ***years*** that feeling suicidal wasn't a normal symptom of being on your period. one day I was talking to my doctor cause I have several other disorders and they too always got worse while on my period and I was explaining this to her and she stopped me and was like "Woah, woah, woah hold it right there... Do you always get really suicidal on your period?" I responded "yeah like every month haha why?" and she just said "Oh honey, that's not a normal thing..." and so we talked about it and she diagnosed me later, and then I told my mom and she was like "oh I'm sorry, that's not a fun thing to deal with." and then she told me that she, and ***both*** of my grandmothers have PMDD as well 💀so genetically I was screwed from the start. I still experience pms symptoms but their on friggin steroids man, like I get cramps that make me pass out, hot flashes, cold sweats, atrocious lower back pain, binging and wanting to literally eat everything within sight, or food aversions so bad I can't eat anything, bloating, horrible acne/breakouts, severe panic attacks, crazy irritability, and INSANE mood swings, like one minute I am fine and the next I am about to bite your head off because you touched me, or I'll start *hysterically* crying because I saw a soilder coming home video or a pregnancy announcement. I also have little tiny manic episodes that usually end with a pretty killer depressive episode, the manic high is so crazy idk how to describe it but the depresive episode... bro it freakin sucks man. It can be especially hard sometimes because people don't understand that it is different from PMS and so they think I'm just overreacting/complaining and acting like a baby. it can be really frustrating. like I'll just start sobbing out of the blue like I just get mega sad for no reason. and then people freak out and they're like "What's wrong?" I say "idk" but then they think I'm just trying to be difficult and annoying but I really am telling the truth I really don't know why I am crying, dude. well anyway.... thanks for listening to my ted talk lol
thank you for covering pmdd!! as someone who deals with the disorder it feels hard to do much of anything, but having people be more knowledgeable of the disorder makes me feel seen.
I have PMDD. Combine it with BPD, ADHD and MDD, it's a miracle that i'm still alive. Since I've been correctly diagnosed (originally misdiagnosed with bipolar) I've found ways to manage the symptoms. My boss is great and understanding, they try to schedule me around the severity of it. Every cycle I consider getting a hysterectomy or getting surgery to become a guy. Overwhelming and confusing for everyone in my life.
Aw me too. 😢😢😢
😂 heavy on the it’s a miracle I’m still alive
me too gorliepop 😞I get so increadibly suicidal and miserable before and during my period it majorly sucks! I defiantly feel for you queen, stay strong and hang in there you'll figure things out.
@@hollymauery346 Vitex/chasteberry fruit helps me with mood and mental health issues before my period. It also helps me with enegy levels. You can try it. I take swanson supplemt. You have to rest for a month after 5-6 months and then take the supplement again. Sorry for my english, Im from Spain 😅
I have bpd and lmdd showed up this year its hell
I have this! It’s great to see it discussed- almost no one knows what it is. Even physicians
Thank you for making a video about this! I’ve struggled with this for 12 years now and it’s nice to hear people talk about it!
Thank you for sharing with us. How have you been coping with it in the last 12 years? Do you have people in your life who can support you through the pain?
Omg I’ve had it for 12 years too! Everything changed the moment I got my period…but hey we’re still here :) not sure if you are on Reddit but r/pmdd can be very validating.
I’ve aged out of the situation. Just popped in to say that my PMS turned to PMDD, in my mid 30’s. It was awful, for the whole family. Luckily, menopause cleared 95% of my mental and depressive issues. I’ve had no problems for about 15 years now. I have always known there was a strong correlation between my hormones and my mental health, I was very happy until about age 14, but back then doctors had no idea what to do about it.
This Comment made me sooo happy to age and my Day alot better. Thank you
Thank you so much for talking about this topic. I am a minor that has been diagnosed with PMDD, it’s almost taken my life and it has severely affected my relationships in my life. I am currently trying to find medication that works to alleviate the symptoms, I still haven’t found anything that works but im trying. Only one person in my life has PMDD, my grandmother, and it gets a bit lonely not having anyone else to talking about it with. I wish it had more recognition, so thank you for talking about it.
My daughter is struggling. Come on researchers please make this condition more apparrent and offer reslistic and practical support and medication. Women go through so much gynaecologically...if there's such a word!😅
Child birth, dismennorreah, hormonal imbalance. I have accupunture and a cost to me and it does help but i found it takes weeks to build up before you notice a positive change in mood energy/insomnia. Im entering into my 12th week of accupunture. It was tough going intially as my body was detoxing and adjusting to the therapy. I also tweaked my diet. When I go on vacation I will be having sessions having had my daughter inlaw find find a recommended accupuncturrist. I hope this helps someone❤😢. Much live to those who are struggling with this xxxx
I never got diagnosed with anything but I most definitely have pms or pmdd. My mom an I were genuinely concerned for my safty with how bad my depression would get right before my period(gender dysphoria didn't help) luckily I started a birth control that stops my periods almost a year ago and I can't remember the last time of been happy this consistently.
Thank you for sharing your experience with us. If you don't mind my asking, does this mean that, thanks to your birth control, you no longer struggle with PMDD? Or does it still occur from time to time?
@@Psych2go I still experience mood swings from my cycle but they are way more manageable now
This explains a lot, I always feel so much more drained, sick and down when I am about a week or two away from have my period and up to a week after, at first I thought I just had depressive episodes with 2 weeks in-between but the episodes being so regular seemed illogical, or at least illogical compared to my previous episodes before my period became regular.
I had these symptoms . I now have accupuncture weekly at the moment and have seen a significant change with sleep? Energy and mood. Not cheap but I will have a break at some point to see how my body responds ❤
I actually have it! It’s horrible. When I started my period within a year I was hospitalized for suicidal thoughts they told me I was bi polar.. I was 13.. I didn’t realize it correlated with my period until I was 36 and was tracking my moods and periods. At my worst PMDD moment I threw a 55 inch TV down my steps, I’m a completely different person after I ovulate. Suicidal thoughts, severe depression, crazy mood swings, racing heart not bathing etc. The only thing that helps is a antihistamine.
Now THAT is an angry outburst. Those TVs are friggin heavy. XD
But jeez that sounds painful
@@justalpha9138 i mean it was a newish flat screen so not to heavy but when your that angry you don’t notice I guess lol I can kinda laugh now about it so I stop beating myself up about it, but it wasn’t my best moment.
@@krystalgardiner5591 I was giggling about it a bit because it reminded me of the Dude Perfect rage monster moment in the Madden episode of Stereotypes where Ty just CHUCKS the TV out the window. XD
we are not ourselves dealing with this condition for sure!! your story reminded me of how i reacted to not being able to find tofu in the fridge to make dinner--i was screaming, crying, collapsed onto a concrete step, and badly bruised my shin and injured my leg for several days. after i got up from that i was hitting the fridge, then held onto it and wailed. i'm so glad that you have found something that helps you! for me its birth control pills
I don't have an official diagnosis yet, but my doctors do suspect this. It's horrible. For me and everyone around me.
I have UC in addition to potential PMDD, so I'm afraid to take SSRIs for it since that can cause issues with UC.
Hoping tomorrow's appointment will give me more options 😕
Best of luck to those who suffer. This is thoroughly sucks.
How did it go today? I wish you all the best, from my heart.
@lyannawinter405 thank you 🖤 I'll be leaving in about an hour to head down there. Thank you for checking in. 🖤
@@TheMagicCrafter I hope everything went well 🖤
Hi, can you please tell me what’s a UC? I’m taking ssris and I’m afraid to do something that might worsen my condition. I hope this comment finds you well ❤
I have all the symptoms, and I didn't know it could affect me like this until my psychiatrist said that I got worse during menstrual period. This is really annoying, I had a really bad anxiety attack. Now I know the name of it. Thanks for the video!
I appreciate that this video also mentions the physical symptoms. Mental and emotional symptoms can be hard for people to understand and take seriously.
I've been feeling like my mind is a swirling vortex of misery and dispair every month for a while now. So it turns out I have this, and trust me, your inner world is a hell scape when this happens. I've been crying every single day and it just feels impossible to focus on anything positive in your life or appreciate the good things in your life. It's hard to explain this to people who are close to me and they get frustraited at how I 'insist on being miserable and hating myself " when I truely don't feel like I have much control over it. Still waiting for meds to come in. But, it's also a two for one deal because the same hormones that contributed to the PMDD also gave me a nerve racking breast cyst in my left breast (don't worry! not cancer!) But it was painful enough to cause sharp pain down my left arm and in my shoulders. This all happened right in the middle of an episode. Everything was so overwhelming I had terrifying thoughts of being un-alive. To anyone going through this, I hope you're able to find the help you need to feel okay again 🫂❤ you're not alone ❤
This is AMAZING! I'm so happy you have a video in this!! I've been dealing with this for a couple of years I'm so glad that there's finally a Psych2go video on it!
I'm seen 🥺 I'm so happy you're doing a video on this. I appreciate this so much.
I thought I just was depressed sometimes because of ADHD and PTSD. But I wrote my cycle down and I think I only feel suicidal a week before my period. I'm super tired and can't get anything done. Gonna talk about it with my psychologist. Thank you!
This showed up for me recently when Ive stopped working out, and I remember days being so bad that I was just sobbing in my bed for days without being able to be my hardworking, fun, social self and that fact made it even worse. I usually say to people it is just my period but I don't think they understand how bad my period symptoms are. Most of the times I feel like my life is about to end and that there is no point in living anymore, that everything good I try or get will eventually fail or be gone, that I will never be good enough and I can't get or keep anything nice, also that my family will die and I will lose all my friends and this has me isolating, ignoring my friend and family and crying all day w/o even eating and barely drinking water with worst think being I can't be grateful as I usually am and not being able to understand or cheer myself up. Ive noticed this happens only week before my period and rest of the month is totally different story, and I am so glad to finally find out what is it, thank you sooo much for making these type of videos, mental health is topic that gets so easily disregarded and overlooked but should be given much more attention. I wish to any girl and woman out there who suffers from PMDD to not give up on your body even if it functions a little differently, you got this❤
I have it for more than 20 years and it ruined my life, my health, my relationships and my personality, it ruined everything... I do not wish it to my worst enemy!
Same for me😢
I am so sorry for you😢
Did you say women or people? Anyways, destroyed my marriage and life. My now ex, would litterally turn into someone else. Someone who saw me as the love of her life she couldnt keep her hands off, to someone she hated and wanted to destroy. TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE. Its insane. Granted her diet and routine was the perfect recipe to make it worse and she just couldnt ever get it together long enough to save herself from the next 2 weeks of hell. This topic needs to be better known and explained to all. Its real, very real, and very dangerious to your life and partners. Fix your diet, fix your routine, track your cycle and NO DRUGS especially anti depressents will help it. Its primarly your diet, and lack of activity that will make this worse.
I am sorry to read this. I am aware of it so I distance from my partner and love ones and isolate the more I can during this pmdd. It is as you said, two different personalities. You feel the desire to kill something else or yourself and if you are near someone you are gonna try to spill that hate and anger on them. Then when I feel myself again it is a relief. Most women who suffer this crap do not know that and they cant make sense cause no one is teaching this is normal for some women. We have to make changes to adapt. My partner understands this cause he sees how I change so he almost do not talk with me in this situation and just says "have rest and sleep". I feel supported by him and knowing this things helps me not to destroy my relationships. Women we just need to talk more to our partners.
Thank you to the guys that understand.
Going through an episode right now and just watching this video made me feel a little better.
I learned about PMDD after attempting to end it all, and telling the doctor at the hospital that as soon as my period starts all of those thoughts and emotions just suddenly stop only to sart again the next month.
Now I was seeing a regular therapist and on antidepressants at the time. I just needed to have my dosages increased and placed on birth control.
its amazing to see PMDD covered as it is a hell show to go through!, suffering from it my symptoms heighten my preexisting depression, anxiety etc. i am so glad that awareness is being spread about PMDD and until you experience the feeling you dont know the hell it is, thankyou Psych2go.
my therapist brought this up with me and after coming out of another episode of random week long depression, then starting my period, I'm going to bring this up with my doctor next time I visit :) thank you guys for posting this!
I have this and I have been trying to inform people around me for five years
I feel like to little doctors actually know about PMDD. It's just exhausting.
I was diagnosed with this in my mid 20s. It took me nearly a decade to find a doctor who believed me. I kept getting told it was my hormones, it was my weight, it was depression. On and on, excuse after excuse, dismissal after dismissal. Once I finally did find a doctor who was willing to go through the diagnosis process, they diagnosed my symptoms as moderate to severe. My treatment plan can be exhausting sometimes but I am so much better in the overall picture of my health that it's worth it.
This feels so validating, thank you, i feel seen ❤❤❤
This video just made me realize that my usual period symptoms isn't a normal "me" thing, but actually pms or even pmdd. I thought it was a norm and that I was lucky I could always feel my period coming :'((((
I also suffer from PMDD and I sometimes get pretty bad, the symptoms start at least two weeks before my cycle and it sucks😞
My daughter has pmdd. There should be more articles about it
I have it is the worst horrorofic thing to have ...
I have PMDD. I’m happy to see this spoken about here, thank you!
Thank you so much for watching. Did you find the conditions described in the video to be relatable?
@Psych2go Yup! The only thing I'd add would be nausea and light headedness. I can't remember if you mentioned extreme fatigue! You did a great job! Thank you!
Oddly I started lifting weights and eating well and drinking a lot less alcohol and my PMDD got WORSE.
I have 3 week episodes now..
and it’s been severely effecting my life and it sucks because I’ve been trying so hard to be happy and healthy and strong
Yes but it’s hard to get tested and diagnosed with it 😢
I become a warewolf one week before my period,i get angry upon small things ,grave sadness and hopelessness occupy me,i become uncontrollable,pmsdd is nothing like pms ,the psychological efffect combined with all physical symptoms is very very hard to deal with.
I’m having it right now, panic attacks , and severe bloating. And other physical pain 😢
I think I might have PMDD, for almost a year now I’ve started to realize much more than usual how much my mood changes during PMS. It’s hard for me to track because I have an irregular cycle and even skip months, which has always been the case.
The last week was insane, I just actually started my period today and I’m feeling a bit better. But for the last week I’ve felt like I was heavily dissociating, complete brain fog and depressive thoughts. My body felt like a rock and I just couldn’t find joy in anything. Yesterday I felt so depressed I was thinking of dying, I was almost crying while walking my dog which I usually really enjoy. Today I’m feeling a little better all of a sudden.
It was the most severe I’ve had as of now, but it really feels like a major depressive episode that randomly disappears.
I’ve had major depressive episodes before, been diagnosed with multiple mental illnesses that seriously affects my life like depression, distymia, anxiety, anorexic nervosa….
I know those antecedents can play a big role.
I’m planning to speak to my dr because it’s becoming very problematic and if I’ve learned one thing from my forced hospitalization is that trying to continue as if nothing will only bring about bigger problems..
Thank you so much for rasing awarenesse,and teaching me about pmdd,it's not that well known,and I've never heard of it,thank you for educating us,and making mental health more accessible to us,you are amazing,keep up the amazing work.
So, I know it’s unrelated, but I could use a word of advice. Recently (a year ago) I got rid of a huge problem that was plaguing me my entire life, making me scheme and calculate every move and explaining the decisions I made, often having to lie about them in order not to get in trouble. The thing is, I feel like I have become complacent without all the stress that problem brought me. It’s like my brain is on cool-down, and I have never felt more unintelligent than I currently am, and I have recently confirmed that I indeed am less mentally capable than I was. It’s like the opposite of a burnout, but with same results.
I love your videos & do appreciate that your bringing awareness to this condition. However, some of your info is incorrect. The beginning of the PMDD cycle actually begins during the leatul phase (the time just during & after ovulation) of a women's menstruation cycle, not the week before. Which is why it can be so hard to cope with the symptoms as they tend to become worse over a 3 week period up to the start of the bleeding portion of menstruation. Most women who suffer from PMDD say that once the bleeding has begun the feel better within 24-48 hours & will feel best up until their next ovulation.
Your vid is very ok because not only is it informative, it also captures attention for it has animations and that's why it's not boring when someone is watching it.
I'm just sick of my body collecting every issue out there: PCOS, I had post partum issues, PMS, now I suspect PMDD because the PMS symptoms are getting more extreme. I was diagnosed with PTSD, an anxiety disorder, and major depression as well 🥴 I'm so tired of existing.
My almost left untreated PMDD almost cost me my relationship with my family and friends due to interpersonal conflicts every month. To be honest, my symptoms worsened as I got older. Its not easy fighting tooth and nail trying to control my anger when its that time of the month before I lose control. Like everything infuriates me and causing even more conflicts which I hate. I'm doing everything to keep the peace except it just backfires. Anyhow thank you for bringing awareness on PMDD and how it affects us.
it's not just a week for some people sometimes you only get 4 days off it (im diagnosed with pmdd and take prostap injections)
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THISSSS! I got diagnosed with PMDD about a year ago and not a lot of people don’t know about it so this is a great video to raise awareness 🩵🩵🩵
My doctor mentioned I should look into it. It explains everything.
I want to say I really enjoyed the animations ❤
A huge help for my pmdd anxiety has been mindfulness meditation. I used the book 30 Days to Reduce Anxiety by Harper Daniels to deal with thoughts.
Be carful with BC it made my PMD D worse.
indeed, it varies per person and also what kind of bc. i can't live without bc pills, but one time i tried the depo shot and nearly snuffed it. all of my symptoms were at the worst they've ever been in years. back on the pill and everything is okay now
When i was in class 10 th i started experiencing pmdd, at first i didn't understand wht was happening with me some days i had suicidal thoughts, mood swings, cramps (such bad cramps that i had to take leave for 2,3 days from my school, i used to cry easily for hours without knowing the reason.. This started affecting my studies & i completely left focus from my studies 🙆♀️, as the male teachers nor anyone would understand so i couldn't just explain them how physically & mentally I had been suffering,... .. I thought it's just period cramps some days but it was not... Now that i have finally understood myself & I'll try to get away from this... Trust mr pmdd is the worst guys... Please seek help
Im experiencing it right now, this is much more painful than any physical pain, at least it can be remedied, but psychological pain IS HARD TO FUCKIN HANDLE
So I’ve actually been diagnosed with PMDD for a few years now. I would like to also add that I have a rare genetic brain disorder that has made my brain asymmetrical. Basically, I have a lot of issues with comprehension, balance, I have ADHD, ASD, dyslexia, and I’m trying to get in for treatment For more testing to see what else has been preventing me from having a quality of life.
I have a lot of health problems and because of that I have been incredibly treatment resistant. I have basically tried every form of birth control all with incredibly serious side effects.
I add this in because one of the things that I have been suffering from for years is a very severe panic disorder that has just gotten worse overtime. I know exactly when I’m going to get my period because my anxiety is so intense that I have constant panic attacks That are so severe that I’ll actually pass out from them although I do also have hyper mobile EDS syndrome, but it makes it so bad that I’ve actually passed out almost exclusively the week before my period every single time I’ve passed out except for a few exceptions.
It is so bad that I have had three different gynecologist now recommended getting a full hysterectomy with my ovaries completely removed. Along with the genetic disorder that I only found out about recently. I’m actually considering doing it. After I got pregnant, my body basically decided to give up and I developed all these weird problems that I still have no cure for three years later. Basically I’m allergic to everything. At least that’s how I joke about it.
I am honestly not joking, though I walk outside my face and skin flares up so bad I get hives. I eat food. I have the same reaction. I have panic attacks. I get the same reaction and it’s been nonstop for three years.
I would say out of all the issues I have this one can end up being the most debilitating combined with the other issues. I have been hospitalized during this week. I think 16 or 17 different times my life. I actually do not remember because they were such severe mental breakdowns. For example the last one they had me on so many different mental medication’s that I don’t remember the entire two months I was on all of those medication‘s.
During the week before my period I have lost lots of friends, I’ve lost jobs. I’ve lost family members and I’ve actually been misdiagnosed because of it multiple times for a long time before I knew about my brain malformation. I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but I would only get mood swings the week before my period. It took them like 16 years to figure out that it wasn’t bipolar disorder, and it was literally my hormones just disagreeing with my body. I laugh every time I see that lady who talks about we don’t understand the female body. It is so true though.
We didn’t even do studies on females until 1993 and that’s why a lot of these issues are so prevalent because they are actually a lot more common than we think. They are just consistently misdiagnosed as something else most of the time anxiety or a mood disorder.
I just wanted to share my story because I know there are other women out there who go through what I have to go through and I want people to realize that it’s actually a lot more common than they think. I got my period when I was nine and I think I was diagnosed with PMDD, around 28 years old. That’s almost 2 decades of misdiagnosis and wondering why I was so broken.
I also wanted to add that I see a lot of different types of doctors because of my issues I have and the number one Doctor Who has refused to look into anything or help me even when I was pregnant was my OB/GYN. Basically women’s health is incredibly behind on research and Needs to be taken more seriously everyone is quick to call women hysterical before they even do any research and it hurts millions if not billions of women every single day.
Please try bone broth🙏🏻, try also fruits that are less acidic and check out if you allergic to foods with high histamines!, I’m not a professional but doing this has worked for me
Finally! I’ve been waiting for this video forever
respect to everyone going through this, as a guy I relate to having depression/anxiety, and if you get it randomly during a period, oof gl to you
I have this and its hell i even sometimes vomit during my pms time and i get bad paranoia and anxiety
Had it for 20yrs just had total hysterectomy
It’s changed my life
Must be nice to be able to fix your problems with surgery! I wish there was a surgery for c-ptsd comorbid with major depressive disorder for people who grew up with mothers who had PMDD!
Sounds like an extended period… also sounds like hell! Periods are already enough, eh?
People now and days are not facing reality too well. People are now more scared and worried to the point that it caused them anxiety or being an introvert... I blamed social media and parenting. Anyway! How's everyone doing today?
I FINALLY at 27 years old got diagnosed with PMDD.
I get outraged. I don't know if the issues are that serious or not, I don't want to dismiss how I felt about them, but, I have noticed a pattern and I think it is PMDD. The week before my periods if something wrong, or hurtful happens, I suffer A LOT more than usual. I feel deeply sad, hurt and unloved, and it all comes out in the form of extreme anger. I feel lonely, unwanted, and unloved, profound sadness takes over me and it bursts - in rage in front of people or alone during the day, and at night I cry myself to sleep. It is such a helpless feeling no one around me would understand and I don't know what to do with it, sometimes I have felt suicidal even. I am thinking of visiting OBGYN but I am afraid she will put me on hormonal pills which I do not want. Being a woman is not easy, and the sad part is, that men or sometimes even women in your life don't get it.
To be honest. I don't know what to do. I mean like I have all these, literally all these symptoms but I really don't know if it is PMDD or not and I am scared to tell this to anyone.😔
Tell your gynecologist 🙏🏼 or a doctor you trust
I noticed that I always tend to be more sensitive and have suicidal thoughts ~a week or two before my period begins, but I’m not sure if it can be considered pmdd as that’s about it and the thoughts are ignorable. It’s an annoyance at worst
PMDD does cause "irratibility" it can rage. Use the right word. Snapping at someone for being late is irratibility. Screamming and trying to jump out of a moving car...that is rage.
Please stop using euphemism to downplay the severity of PMDD
So glad to see you guys cover this. I have it and I find it so odd that I never heard of it before I researched it myself to see what was going on with me during that time. More doctors and schools should talk about it 🫶🏼
this is ME 1000% ....especially after childbirth makes me hate even getting my periods
I have never heard of this before, but oh my goodness it sounds painful. :/
I don't know how I got through law school with this pmdd. But menopause is great 🎉
This affects me. I’ve just been wondering why I’m so emo on my period and around it. This video came perfect time.
Glad that Im a man
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I feel extreme sadness, anxiety, hopelessness and anger, I cry for little or no reason at all, I can’t sleep and - worst of all - I JUST CANT STOP EATING 😞
I went to my gynecologist and after telling her that all my symptoms are non-physical but psychological, she said I had PMS and tried to get me to take the pill again ( I took it for 6 months, which was probably the cause of this mess, I was fine before and had a wonderful cycle with normal chocolate cravings that didn’t cause me to binge eat).
I refused the pill after which she just said that it might go away in a couple of years and prescribed me some type of monks pepper 😅
I think that PMDS isn’t even a thing in Germany, because we apparently live behind the moon when it comes to research on women 🙃
I’m going through the symptoms right now 😢 I can’t stop crying!!!
I'm a guy, and I get sad for no reason at the end of every week. Even if my week is a positive one.
every 10-12 days before my period it it is so bad, my back also bothers me so much I ask people to dig their elbows in my lower back. Anyone else? This is the time of the month when I have fights with those around me.
I think I have this, been doing alot of research on this
What has your research unearthed so far? Did you find any information that was helpful for you?
I suffer from this and have for many years and thought it was PMS
I HAVE HAD IT FOR OVER SIX YEARS OR MORE AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO TAKE LIGHTLY IT IS REAL AND SERIOUS AND YOU MUST SEEK PROFESSIONAL HELP IF YOU HAVE IT. IF I WAS NOT A CHRISTIAN I DONT KNOW HOW I WOULD HAVE COPED WITH THIS BECAUSE I WANTED TO COMMIT SUSIDE MANY OF TIMES MATTER EVERY MONTH, I AM IN MY MID FIFTYS NOW AND IT IS EASYING AWAY SURLY BUT NOT FAST ENOUGH. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW IT IS REAL AND GET HELP IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THOSE SYMPTOMS.
As an ignorant man, I have never heard of PMDD until now. To the point where I was confused why Psych2Go was covering a Pokemon Mystery Dungeon subject... I need to get out of my rock.
Nah bro, I’ll play Pokémon mystery dungeon rescue team dx with you
The art style changed y’et again
Im very sure that I have PMDD I haven’t been diagnosed yet tho and i feel that it’s just starting
I know when I’m about to get my period. I get really sad like REALLY sad,tired, my cramps feel terrible, and my anxiety is terrible
Can you officially be diagnosed with this, and if so is there actual medication for it?
Does anyone else suffer extreme bloat like half a gallon of water sitting in your stomach when your ovulating I hate it 😢
I have this ON my period , currently had a bout of covid and I can't explain how depressed I been feeling since 3 days ago. I'm worried about how long this will last as my period was thrown off. It feels like all my progress was thrown away
From what I've seen, lifestyle choices may be the driving factor behind a lot of disorders and illnesses both physical and mental. It certainly is difficult in a world that is indifferent to people's problems and well being, but at least it means there is generally a solution for a lot of debilitating disorders, though there certainly is no quickfix or miracle solution. I think my sister may perhaps have this, and it certainly enhances her depression from what I've seen, so I'm hoping if she's able to do more things she enjoys, have a healthy diet, and avoid unnecessary stressors, she may be able to avoid many of the negative effects of PMMD.
You would hope. . . but I eat healthfully, exercise regularly, never consume alcohol or similar substances, and still suffer from this.
my therapist and i highly suspect i have this and i need to get checked up again. my hormones in the past few years have become much worse and i suffer for 2-3 weeks every month because of my period and my depression makes it unbearable so im suffering alot. i wish womens health and medicine would be more studied
THIS IS REAL THO
Oh goodness this is me. I definitely need help with this.
If I really have this then it explains everything