Thread: Pmdd???

Originally Posted by imported_Darla

Hi everyone~~ I am Darla and am suffering pretty badly with PMDD~~ I would love to hear from anyone else who suffers from this and what you are doing about it? It is pure ~~

Hi i am melissa. i am new here. I am too suffering really bad PMDD. I am scared of myself. i hate the way i feel. me and my husband have been arguing non-stop. i feel out of control. I have bad anxiety, depressed, and its like a million things are racing through my head at once. I worry about hurting myself and others. I dont know how to deal with my feelings. I worried my husband will walk out on me at this point. This only happens like one week before my period. I cant wait till it comes so i can feel better. As far as treatment i was seeing a therapist once and on lexapro but i stopped taking them beforeI really had reults because i no longer had health insurance to cover any of my therapy visits and my meds. I tried this over the counter vitamin supplement called SAM-e, and it supposed to help stable the neurotransmitters in your brain to help with mood swings. This too I tried for sometime. But its like $30 dollars for a 15 day supply.

i cant wait till my period comes. I feel so much better when it arrives. I feel mentally unstable right now. My husband almost lost his ear last night b/c he pissed me off so bad. I hate that I suffer this. Its destroying our marriage =(

Hi, I am so glad to see this site and all these similar stories. I am 33 years old and had my first child last year. I have always struggled with PMS, and now since having my son, I noticed symptoms that would be considered PMDD moreso than PMS. Has anyone else noticed a change after having a child? I am sure that hormonally this makes sense. Also, I was always on birth control pills because I did struggle with my periods, and now that I have my son, I did not want to go back on these artifical pills. I guess I am just so confused and just want to feel better. Some months are better than others, but overall, I have hot flashes, anger, irritability, feelings of depression and hopelessness, overwhelmed and anxious. I get in arguments with my husband that I don't feel I can control. Do any other vitamins help? Omegas or B12's?

I would try to look for natural alternatives to lexapro, etc. Google Premier Hormone Balance and see if Dr. Borkin can help, he is amazing. He is a veteran and considered the grandfather of naturopathic endocrinology!

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hi everyone. i'm 40yrs old mother of 2 girls. i have PMDD and it took me over many years to figure out what was wrong with me. i thought i was going crazy since i use to SNAP and FREAK OUT at smallest things and as soon as my period came, i felt so GREAT and HAPPY. i was diagnosed with depression and was on zoloft and had little change. i had visited 5 different doctors over the 3 year time span and finally found a female doctor (by accidently...because it was a walk in clinic and went there for my daugher)
i quickly mentioned about my condition and see diagnosed me with PMDD and everything made sense. and that i was not a crazy monster that i felt like. i've been on celexa for about 7 monthes and it really made night and day for me. now i have energy to excercise, cook, clean, no more headache/tireness.....no more uncontrolable blow up.....
i do have a supportive husband and children and they also finally understand what i've gone thru.
yes, before going on celexa...i've tried evening primrose oil, all vitamins, and especially excercise. but because i was always tired with bad headaches, it was hard to get to the gym.
for me, celexa made all the difference and i am on very low dosage. if you're trying everything else and haven't got any results...try it. talk to your doctor. i know it really helped me.
after i started my medication, my husband said "you're like now how when i met you"....i thnak my doctor who properly diagnosed me and me to get my life back.
good luck everyone!

Hi Susanne,
I have to say, this is the first time for me on this forum, and while all the postings were a comfort to me, yours stuck in my head. So, you have reached someone. I will research caffiene allergies. Let's keep praying because I'm tired of hating myself and everyone else every two weeks. I feel like I keep pushing my beautiful sweet husband further and further away, and the guilt is killing me. Thank you for your posting.

Hi my name is lindsay and i had a question. I have not been to a dr for this exact issue because i honestly an terrified of drs. Here is my story please let me know if it sounds like pmdd:

I started my period when i was 9 and always had really severe symptoms: Cramps, bloating, heavy bleeding, headaches, body pain, mood swings-major, tired,worn out completely, anger, crying jags, wanting to punch someone.....

I am now 22 and after years of different pills and other birth control i am on a generic seasonale. With this pill i only have 4 periods a year.

The problem is i may not have the symptoms 12x a year and only 4 now i still have the screaming, feeling, like i cant breathe or function or even want to get out and that is not like me at all. These symptoms are now lasting for 2 weeks before my period as well as the week of my period... So 12 weeks out of the year i dont want to be with anyone or do anything.

I guess i need to know if this sounds like pmdd if it does ill do my best to go in and get checked out

also what can i tell my boyfriend? We have been together for almost 6 years but just moved in together and this will be the first cycle that he will see me be like this in person. Before i would be at home and we limited the time he saw me... He didn't understand today when i had to call in sick to work bc i woke up scared and started to cry, i had to call a gal pal to get her to make me feel better about my choice not to go in.... Not to mention my symptoms aggravate a past surgical site on my wrist the pain is bad when ever my pms flairs up it is just painful....

Sorry this is so long i just need some female advise...