PMT, please help me, is this pretty usual?

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I’ve always felt a slight change in mood before my period. As I’ve got older (mid 30s) and have a toddler, the anger and anxiety is on another level.

It is literally both anger and anxiety. So they circulate and the anxiety makes the anger worse etc.

I can literally feel a shift in my body as the anxiety begins. I am then snappy. I take issue with things I would otherwise let go. I FEEL cross.

As soon as my period arrives I feel calm again. I’m so fucking sick of it. Is this just the usual thing for all women? I don’t feel like I’m experiencing anything extreme in the sense that I can identity the days I will feel like this and then like clockwork it stops. But I just feel really fucking furious and anxious again today and it’s horrible as I don’t feel I can control feeling that way.

I was just saying this to a friend the other day that I’m like this now, and didn’t used to be.
not sure if it’s age or after having my DS, but it’s like you say… clockwork. 3 days before I’m due on I’ll get nausea, headaches and cry at anything for no reason. Rage and anxiety.

I can’t remember it ever being like this when I was younger. Maybe I didn’t notice 😂 but it’s definitely noticeable now and it drives me crazy.

I’m not in any contraceptives of any kind, so it’s natural hormone swings in my case

Not sure what can be done about it, here for the answers if any one has any suggestions!

I’m the same situation by the way. Just turned 35, toddler is 2

My 30s were like this. I went to the GP and was put on antidepressants and they really helped. You can just take them for a week before your period to ease those PMT symptoms. (They did cause weight gain, but it was worth it). I now take HRT in my early 40s and that has completely cured the peri/PMT symptoms.

I suspect my bad PMT in my 30s was the very early start of Peri and hormones starting to fluctuate more than in my 20s. Hope your GP can help because it’s miserable feeling like that.

It's common but it's not normal - go and see your GP - or, if possible, one of the nurse practitioners. They can help you.