I’ve always counted myself very lucky when it comes to periods - always very regular, 3-5 days, no pain, generally very lucky in that respect. I did have a problem with thrush, for about 7 years it came on every month before my period, so I guess that would be to do with hormones/periods. I suppose I must have grown out of it 
Anyway, the past few years I’ve noticed my mental health deteriorating in the run up to my period and i’d say it lasts about 2 weeks, so basically half the time I’m a miserable useless wreck. I can’t find the word exactly, but I feel so anxious/worried/useless... if for example another driver seems annoyed at me when I’m driving, I feel so down for the rest of the day. I’m trying to start a small business at the moment (running workshops from home type thing) and mid-cycle I have so much get up and go, and I’m my usual self, positive and happy, but now in the run up to my period I’m feeling like ‘what is the point, I’m not good enough, the market is saturated, who do I think I am?’ etc etc etc. I can’t drive without imagining hitting someone, have no faith in my own skills, feel like a total child and so on. I’m not explaining it very well - I should have posted this during my positive 2 weeks 😄
Anyway I’m just wondering if anyone else gets like this? It’s so frustrating as I’m generally such a do-er and I know this is down to hormones. I’ve googled but most that comes up is about anxiety affecting periods whereas I’m wondering about periods affecting anxiety I guess.
Also should I take a supplement or something - is it evening primrose that helps periods? I don’t want to go to the docs because surely they’ll be like ‘you feel like crap on your period, no shit’ 😄 and if I’m in this fug I won’t be able to explain myself probably.
Sorry for the long and crappy quality post, this is not up to usual standard!