My periods are ruining my life! I feel like I'm going insane, I've always had long, heavy, irregular periods but I'm at breaking point now. Constantly feeling like I'm going to faint, constantly nauseous, in agony - even naproxen isn't touching it, and exhausted, in the week leading up to my actual period I am suicidal. I do suffer with mental health in general but generally well managed with antidepressants but I hit crisis point every single month to the point I've self harmed and genuinely contemplate ending it all. Once it's over I know I feel ridiculous and horrific. I'm so irritable and have no patience, I have brain fog so bad that I can't focus on anything. I know it all goes away for a few weeks afterwards but I know it's all going to happen again and I hate it.
My partner has no sympathy and thinks I'm exaggerating, as do most of the women I speak to about this as well - and I know we all have periods! We all have to deal with it but I can't seem to just get on with it. I'm not usually someone to moan about illness, I'm usually good about getting on with things even when I'm very unwell so I don't know why this knocks me back so badly. I'm on the implant which is supposed to make things easier - it does not!!! When I spoke to my doctor about it they gave me tranexamic acid which didn't work, told me the implant should be helping - it's not and basically didn't really help. I don't know what I'm even asking here - just to know I'm not alone I suppose? It's probably worse at the moment because it's also hot and I suffer in the heat, but it's like this in winter too.