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[BritishDesiGirl]

Hi

Does anyone have experience of this condition. I think l have it . I have experienced a lot of the symptoms about a week before my period for the last 3 months. It is affecting me severely and impacting my life adversely.

Any advice, guidance on diagnosis, treatment medical or natural .

Thankyou

Hi op. Sorry to hear this. I have been diagnosed by my GP and received treatment, but to be honest the most helpful things have come from change of lifestyle.

I had CBT therapy which was great and I use the techniques to calm myself when having a moment. This was through the NHS and waiting list in my area was only 4 weeks.

The GP also prescribed me setraline but only to take 2 weeks of the month. I am very reluctant to try this as I don't want 2 weeks of side effects and then 2 off.

Other things that have helped - low carb and high protein diet, and no alcohol (which impacts my sleep and makes me 100x worse). These changes are tricky though when all I want to do is stuff my face and drink all the wine when I have symptoms.

Thankyou.

I have just come off an ssri post PND it's been 5 weeks and trying for baby no2. I don't want to go on SSRIs again .

I don't drink but l will definitely look into low carb and high Protein diet.

Thankyou