49, peri-menopausal. Cycles have gone to 6 weeks now, which means, lucky me, I seem to have about 3 weeks of awful PMT before my period arrives. PMT is mainly anxiety, depression, complete inability to make a decision and generally feeling fearful of going in to work... I'm a teacher... but of course I do it anyway....
This month it was bad and started a week before I even ovulated.
But what is weird it that none of it has gone away with my period this month. Still have hugely swollen boobs, weight gain, bloated tummy and bad anxiety / low mood, four days after the end of my period. Is this normal? Can it be caused by fluctuating hormones? I'm hopelessly un-informed about what is actually happening hormone-wise during my cycle now. Seems to have gone haywire.
And is it time to speak to the GP? Thanks.