Hi Sisters.
I'm 40 years old and never suffered from any sort of depression. But, over the past few months it seems that everytime I get my period my mood drops to the point I don't want to get out of bed, I feel lonely but don't want anyone around me and I have negative thoughts about my life. When my period ends, I'm back to my normal life loving self.
Does anyone else go through this?
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Speak to your GP. It’s possible your hormones are fluctuating more than they should be. I know I have days like that each month, although I’ve never thought about where it falls in my cycle.
Yes
If there is, I have it too.
Trigger warning - suicidal ideation
Premenstrual disphoric disorder (PMDD) - a school mum mentioned that she had gone through it and it just clicked with me. I have gone through times just before my period arrives when I have literally thought I could drive off a cliff, I get headaches, body aches, I can't stop crying and I have horrific stomach issues. It's mainly since I had my child and gotten progressively worse over the past 5 or 6 years. I went on the Pill for quite some time and skipped the sugar pills so I never had a period. It helped but I have blood pressure issues and I can't be on hormonal contraceptives anymore so I'm on anxiety meds (for the period issues but for GAD too). My friend ended up having a total hysterectomy in the end, it was the only thing that's helped her.
Thank you. I'll look into this. I've been using the merina for about 7 years now and I did wonder if that might be a cause but it's only just become a recent thing.
I could have written this myself. I’m 37 and the older I get the worse it gets. Sometimes I literally have to talk myself down from doing something really stupid.
Look into PMDD I can relate to many symptoms and will be chatting to my GP
Yes I'll be doing the same. So glad I'm not alone in this.