Is it normal to be too exhausted/sore to cook when I'm on my period

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I'm getting a bit frustrated and I want to know if this is normal or if I've got some kind of issue. I do struggle with potential PMDD and periods are hell the first few days, with so much exhaustion. So I know I have a harder time than usual with this but not quite sure how to fix it (I don't want to take artificial hormones etc because I react terribly to them and many prescription drugs etc)

I'm so fatigued that I struggle to live my life the same way as the other weeks. I get mad at myself because I'll make a meal plan, buy all the food and then either feel too exhausted and sick to cook it so it's wasted or I can't stomach it. I can't plan for it either as my periods are somewhat regular but there can be a weeks flex.

It's the same with the gym, social activities, pretty much anything that requires moving about and expelling energy. Before and the first few days of my period I struggle to wake in time for work at 9am, no matter the time I go to sleep.

Can anyone else relate and if so how do you manage this? I'm fed up of wasting money and food, and I'm fed up of having to put my life on hold every 4-5 weeks.

How old are you? The period exhaustion has got worse for me as I've got in to my 40's. Perhaps try buying food that is quick and easy to cook or batch cook so you've got meals ready in the freezer.

I'm in my early 30s. This wasn't an issue in my teens and early twenties and seemed to hit from late twenties onwards. I am worried it's going to get worse and impact my work even more.

I work with a very male dominated team as well so feel a bit awkward discussing it and that they'd probably think I'm being dramatic.

But I think relying on quick and easy food makes sense, I just wish I could rely on knowing it would hit so I stop wasting my
time and money.

I'm very much like this, at 40. Always had PMT and it's getting worse so I'm so ragey few days before my period and exhausted and feel ill the first few days of it. Also affecting my job.
Bizarrely it has been worse since the covid jabs. I'm not anti vaccines by any means.
I find exercising for 20 mins a day on treadmill at home and taking a shit ton of vitamins helps, as well as leaving the slightly irrational high energy toddler to my DH to deal with on these days. We have a calendar for the worst days :-( GP has been useless and dished out HRT which made it worse then a pill which made it even worse again..

My period stops me still. I need to sleep a lot, and at a time when my body really needs nutrients I just want wotsits and chocolate and full fat coke

same! too fatigued to socialise, exercise, even a slow walk around the block is too much. no amount of sleep or vitamins or supplements change how tiered I am around my period.