The bitch is back

[Hahasi]

Here I am once more a week before my period I can feel the actual shift in my personality. Anxiety high, easily frustrated, in tears even today. Wanting to be left alone. Jumping to ridiculous conclusions. Thinking the worst.

And my concentration is absolutely gone. Presumably because all of the above. This means while I performed well at work last week, I just know next week I will hate everyone and everything and barely have it in me to do good work.

I’ve felt so utterly fucking miserable all night. In ten days I will be fine, enjoying life. I’m so fed up of it and no matter what I try I can’t seem to get a handle on this awful week or so every month

I'm on the pill which means I don't have periods. Is that an option?

Sorry I should have said does anyone have any tips for how to cope better with this? I’m so sick of it

You can get medication to manage this. Please ask your GP 🙏

@ChristmasIsComingVerySoon it didn’t work for me, the feelings were still quite strong unfortunately

@CookingFatCat i already take low dose of sertraline for anxiety so I don’t think I could take anything else specifically for this

Magnesium helped me greatly.

Ugh! Sorry, I'm no help then but huge sympathy for you as I used to suffer too.

Dont feel guilty. Its a medical problem. Push your GP hard to help you with a solution.

I've only got like this since having my DS. The week before I'm an angry, pissed off, touched out mess. Sympathy OP it's completely shit☹️

me every month. I’m still a rollercoaster of anxiety but i take NMN every day without fail which has massively transformed my energy and concentration at least! So there’s that x

I don’t have a solution but you have my total sympathy as I also experience this and it is shit.

Sorry @Hahasi sounds like debilitating PMDD

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pre-menstrual-syndrome/

Unfortunately only a tiny area on the nhs website and no actual management provided.

Medical options I think are increasing sertraline dose, switching to another antidepressant altogether if that’s not possible or trying a different type of contraceptive to the one you’ve already tried. There’s loads of different types of pill all with slightly different hormones / doses so whilst one of them didn’t work for you doesn’t mean another won’t. Make sure your GP or the sexual health team know the reason why you want the contraception as they may be able to tailor the exact pill to one that will help with your mood with the least amount of side effects. Long acting contraceptives (eg hormonal coil) May also be a good option here.

Non pharmacological options (acupuncture / reflexology ) may help but you’ll likely have to self fund that - worth a try if you can afford it given how bad your symptoms are

sending big hugs - it’s awful when you feel like you’re being taken over and you can’t control it. If this happened to men I’m sure there would be lots more research into it and more management options :(

Carbs and chocolate.

I’m sure they can up your dose somehow in line with your cycle. Get referred, honestly, go back to GP 🙏

What is NMN

As much sleep as you can manage and carbs

I was about to say this. I take mag glycinate

There is some compelling evidence that Famotidine (known as Pepcid in USA) can help with PMDD as it crosses the blood-brain barrier and is known to gently reduce inflammation in the brain. It’s used for reflux and indigestion normally.

I found accepting it, planning for it. Reminding myself it was coming and avoiding big decisions etc when I was feeling unreasonable helped. It’s hormonal and in my experience quite natural amongst my friends. Is it impacting your day to day life?

I was going to mention PMDD

I am generally a calm, logical, empathetic person. Literally 7 to 10 days before I come on my period I am so irritable, snappy, emotional, angry and paranoid. I genuinely hate that side of me it's awful. I wish there was more help for it. I'm on sertraline for it but it doesn't do much, just takes the edge off

Find a good acupuncturist. My dd had that combined with period pains and headaches and one treatment by an acupuncturist who'd trained in China halved all her symptoms. Unfortunately she was scared of needles and wouldn't go back but the improvement stayed

I would say your low dose of sertraline isn't working and go to the Dr and tell them. It took 3 uplings of sertraline for it to work for me and I've been on same does for 10years now

Do you have any preferred pronouns, I wonder?

I have awful symptoms too. What is NMN? Thanks

Sorry useless comment having actually read your replies! Duh!