Please check out this blog by Bridget Malcom. I asked her if I could share it on my website. She was gracious and said yes. This quote from the blog is a great descition of what some folks go through.
Trying to explain to someone just how terrifying it is to have your body send waves of depression, hopelessness and anxiety (coupled with extreme exhaustion and lethargy) whilst there is nothing significantly wrong in my life, is hard and strange. When there is nothing to reconcile this with, what do you do?
PMDD is a hormone based mood disorder with symptoms arising during the Premenstrual or luteal phase of the menstrual cycle (from IAPMD.org) Folks that have a menstrual cycle can experience symptoms such as cramping, bloating, fatigue, a feeling of heaviness, headache,...
While premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is a medical condition—more specifically an endocrine disorder, meaning that it is a hormone-related disorder—PMDD is also a mental health condition that affects women and those who identify as female mentally, emotionally,...
PMDD or Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder can impact your health in a number of ways. Most folks that deal with PMDD will tell you it impacts their mental and physical state. Some will say it impacts their spiritual state as well. I have heard it described as “soul...
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