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AIBU to ask if you find anxiety changes with your hormones?

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BartiRum · 02/04/2024 15:28

I am feeling incredibly anxious the last two days, I’ve noticed this seems to happen at a certain point in my cycle the last few months.
Has anyone else experienced this? I’ve only been off hormonal contraception about eight months, so feeling the ups and downs quite severely after not having cycles for many many years.
If hormones are the reason, anyone know what I can do about it?
thanks

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sweetpeaorchestra · 02/04/2024 15:48

Yes definitely. My anxiety really increased when I went on the Kyleena coil (unfortunately as it was great otherwise) and perimenopause can bring anxiety with it

mentallyilltotallychill · 02/04/2024 15:45

Cant speak for others but 100% - especially when i came off the pill and opted for the copper coil so no extra hormones.

im anxious, and stressed then get snappy and cry then like 2-3 days later im like “ohhh makes sense” - i track my period and have been for a while (namely so im able to make plans around it where possible so im not all crampy and feel gross) but it could be a way to check and log the symptoms, flos an app and on the free version you can track your moods too.

BabyImReadyToGo · 02/04/2024 15:39

Yes, absolutely. Two or three days before my period, I get plagued by intrusive thoughts when I am drifting off to sleep. Always about completely innocuous situations that I'm facing that my hormonal brain magically transforms into absolutely insurmountable dilemmas.

This will be things like "Oh God, Baby, you've got a doctors appointment at 11am tomorrow and you're planning on catch the bus at 10.30am. What if the bus doesn't come? And then your can't get an uber? What if you're just on time but the doctor is running early and you miss your slot? What if you wear your pale pink trainers but it rains?" Stupid brain!

No suggestions for how to deal with it - just recognition of when it's happening, let it happen and look forward to laughing at yourself about it later.

LenaLamont · 02/04/2024 15:31

In my experience, everything changes with hormones.