To ask if anyone else has ovulation hell?

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My ovulation time is almost worse than the actual menstruation time. I have 2-3 days of hot and cold sweats in the night, plus a squeezing pain in my ovaries. And then emotionally I'm all over the place - a mixture of extreme highs and lows. And then a few days later I'm back to normal.

Does anyone else suffer this and is there any remedy? I don't want hormonal contraception as that brings other effects for me.

I do. We call it the ovulation madness and it’s actually worse than PMT.

I've noticed the same recently too. Pmt always used to be worse and now it's switched.
Around ovulation I'm an anxious, overthinking, irritable mess

I’m 41. It’s only been the last 5/6 years it’s been like this.

I've had this since about 15. Mittelschmertz (sp) it's called. I can't even lift the leg on the side if ovulation fir about 4 or 5 hours. Agony.

It was the best perk of pregnancy for sure.

Sadly the only solution for me is a hormonal contraceptive which stops ovulation.

Same here. Total agony and only in the last 5 years. I'm early 40's.

Yes. It seems to have got worse since approaching my 40s though. The Mittelschmirz pain is horrible!

Not so much the pain for me, it's the moods, it's day 16-20 I'm so flat, I detach from my emotions and I'm in a different mind set, then I wake up on day 20 and I'm back to myself, I hate it.
I actually feel like ending my usually happy and fulfilling relationship because I start feeling like I hate men and I'm happier on my own. It's like I'm possessed, then it just goes away. I'm experimenting with herbal hormone supplements to balance things

I have ovulation rage and it makes me feels mad....actually saw GP yesterday about how during that time I have zero patience, am angry, shouty, stressed and overwhelmed by noise etc.
He's doing bloods but says I'm stressed and to work on mindfulness. I genuinely thought he'd suggest the pill but not a mention.
And yes I totally feel ovulation as a sharp pain.

Exactly this, since mid 30s it's switched

Yes, me. It hurts. It’s like a hot rock pushing its way out my back for a day.

Recently I'm getting awful, painful bloating when I'm ovulating, and bad skin. It lasts 3 or 4 days.

My PMT is better though, not sure which is worse!! Sometimes I wish I was a man.

Yes! I used to feel amazing during ovulation - happy, confident, sexy... Now I'm a teary mess. Definitely feel more hormonal around ovulation than I do just before period is due, I don't get it?

Yep, I get like mini pmt when I ovulate. I get a deep burny pain down my right thigh every time, I eat loads, and then I have two days of really unpleasant heavy bloated feeling, almost like my intestines are compacted. I can usually tell which side I’m ovulating on as well, just one side will be more painful than the other. I’ve only really been aware of it the last year or so, I’m 39 but I think I’m starting perimenopause.

Possessed! That's exactly how I feel. I could just leave my family, walk away from them all. Last week I yelled at husband that I wanted a divorce, was sick of emptying the f-ing dishwasher, hated living with mental load of family life etc. Even at the time I know I'm irrational but can't snap out of it. Then I just wake up normal again. I fear one month I will just file for divorce during this time of the month or throw something out the upstairs window or rip heads off cuddly toys or something!

What supplements are you trying please?

Yes me too, has got worse through my 40s. Painful and hard to sleep, I now get migraine at that time (as well as the menstrual migraine I’ve been used to most of my life) and also a couple of days of stress incontinence (sorry TMI) which then just stops again. Like you OP there is no way I would consider hormonal contraception though after my experience in the past. I’m looking forward so much to this being over although I have no idea what age to expect that as my mother and grandmother didn’t make it to menopause before needing a hysterectomy

My pain is awful, I am 40 and its been since I had my son at 33. Was just thinking I need to see the dr as I've got to the stage I need co-codamol to manage the pain. So I'm having that for ovulation and period pain regularly which cant be good for you!

I'm past menopause now but used to get bad mental issues around ovulation time. There was a real lack of info around it, everything seems to be about the few days before a period, not ovulation.

I would feel extremely depressed, flat, slightly paranoid, teary, with a lack of perspective on my life and events. I'd mark it in my diary so I could see the pattern. It was a case of just trying to white-knuckle through it until hey presto waking up normal after a couple of days of hell. I'd also try and not tell anyone my 'problems' during those days as inevitably after the couple of days my ruminating problems would have receded to nothing.

Unfortunately I can't say I found anything that worked. Agnus castus made it worse. I had an early menopause so my searching for a solution in the end came to a natural end.

I get terrible ovulation pain but I always have to be fair

I'm now 50 and still have regular periods and I can't wait for them to stop!

Yes I'm on painkillers and antidepressants to try and help

I'm finding this reassuring that others feel the same. I'm worried that after menopause this day 16 person is the real me and I was just usually hormone driven!!

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I've tried Agnus castus and it helped lengthen my cycle and that month my mood was better however I got the worst acne so I didn't try it more than a month. Might be worth a try tho.
I'm now having b6 (hormone balance)
I also got hormone balance supplements from Holland and Barrett.
I will not take the pill or anything hormonal though.

Yes to irrational thoughts and anxious thoughts. I started keeping a mood diary and every second month seems alot worse for some reason. I've got one raging ovary and one more chilled one I think!!

Thanks for replying. My cycle averaged 23 days, in fact I used Agnes Castus to lengthen to conceive my son. I'll take a trip to H&B I think and I'll definitely start keeping a record too.
My cycle has been more erratic last 12 months from 19 to 40 days but still 25ish average. The randomness is stress according the GP.
I was sterilized 10+ years ago so really don't want to take anything hormonal but would love to be more balanced mind wise.

What are these @BakerLea ?

I've had this since I had my daughter. I don't always get the pain but the emotional symptoms are worse than PMT, plus rage like I've never felt before. I tried Agnus Castus but it didn't make the blindest bit of difference.

Yes! I used to get horrendous painful, heavy periods and awful PMS.

Since the birth of DD2, my periods are loads better in every way but the cramps and feeling of pressure have moved to ovulation time! Although they are not as debilitating, tbh.

I'm 40.

Yes. The pain on one side, occasionally both sides, is searing. My mood is awful. It is much worse than my periods. Less pain and better moods, presumably from skipping ovulations, is the best thing about perimenopause.