PMDD how do you cope?! Help!

[UniqueGoldNewt]

Hi
i have PMDD & very heavy periods with my PCOS (medicated heavily and they have restarted regularly).
It’s day 2 of my period and it’s very very heavy. I had to double up using both tampon and pad.
the worst thing apart from the tiredness is the mood swings :( I feel so so disassociated and just alone cut off. It makes me feel down
i feel everyone’s better off without me but this feeling has sadly mainly been highlighted in the context of my boyfriend. It sounds so stupid but when he was constantly on his phone when I was over it made me feel like dumping him. This is not rational and im normally a very laidback go lucky person I feel myself changing in this hormonal rage and there’s nothing I can do to stop it. Im aware of it but I can’t take it away. It usually goes when my period ends but does anyone else experience this and how do they cope? I haven’t been contacting or replying to his texts for hours because i want to give him space away from me and I don’t want to snap or appear moody. Someone please help :( any tips

How old are you, OP?

I will be honest and say the only way I dealt with the extreme mood swings and emotions in my late 40s was a) basicslly hiding myself away for 3 days a month when it was at its worst abd b) getting a hormonal coil which for me suppressed ovulation, although that is not guaranteed at all.

Sympathies.

@UniqueGoldNewt Ask your GP to try antidepressants that's the first line treatment - you might have to try a few to find the right one but honeslty it can be life changing (takes 4-6 weeks though to properly see the effects). Combined with birth control - often people find the mirena coil helpful to make periods lighter. Try and get on that and see how it goes, because it's not sustainable to to it unmedicated often people just get worse and could be sectioned, get suicidal. So it's better to get help now and take control of it, because PMDD is really hard.

I was prescribed sertraline (antidepressant) and it has helped SO much. Please talk this through with your GP. Don't let them fob you off. I spoke to two GPs, one male and one female and they were noth really kind and understanding.
Good luck.