MY daughter started her period almost 3 years ago. Over the last 8 months, the build up to her period has been very difficult- increasing nausea, lightheadedness, dizziness. The 24 hours before her period started would be the worst and she would be very nauseous and dizzy with a lot of pain.
She started taking the Bimizza pill and this definitely balanced out. She has had far fewer of these symptoms. However, her mental health seems to have gone off a cliff. She is very anxious- mainly about becoming ill. For background she is coeliac and has had some illness but nothing out of the ordinary. She is also incredibly emotional, finding relationships difficult and people very irritating. Everything upsets and annoys her. She is aware and wants help.
We have been looking into CBT as we thought it was anxiety related however I have just stupidly realised this all coincides roughly with starting the pill. My husband spoke to the gp who wants her to finish this pill packet and see what happens. However I’d love to know if others have this experience themselves or with their teenagers? Looking online gives a mixed response as to whether this could be related or not.