PMDD and having to hide for a week every month

[Pmddproblems]

I have to stay in my room for a week each month as my PMDD is so severe . I get so overwhelmed an upset at the slightest thing that 4 months ago i just decided it was better to take myself off for the worst of it as im unbearable to be around .

The GP has been ZERO help.
I can’t take the combined pill due to hemiplegic migraines
I can’t take the mini pill as tried previously and it made me worse
Can’t have a mirena due to uterus issues
Not eligible for HRT (I thought maybe it was peri but my bloods all came back ‘perfect’ and periods every 28 days)
I BEGGED to try cyclogest but was refused

Antidepressants were mentioned but I don’t want them? I’m not depressed. It’s just for 7 , sometimes up to 10 days a month I can’t function normally and am severely angry and unhappy etc.

I tried to contact some private places for cyclogest but they wanted to do full HRT services which I’m not eligible for yet.

How am I meant to deal with PMDD?

Fluoxetine (Prozac) low dose (20 mg daily) changed my life with PMDD. Worked quickly too.

I wish I’d known years earlier.

I can’t take it I was put on it as a child (13-17) for what I know now was PMT/PMDD and it made me really unwell
as is now why I won’t touch antidepressants. I’ve begged the gp to try cyclogest as all of my oestrogen tests come back super high but they said no as my FSH etc etc are all ok ?

Do you take it for part of or all of the month?

OP, sympathies. It can be an incredibly difficult thing to deal with. I have not tried the antidepressants yet but am open to it. You say you're not depressed - 'it’s just for 7 , sometimes up to 10 days a month I can’t function normally and am severely angry and unhappy etc." So for that time you have symptoms mimicking depression if that's an easier way of looking at it.