What are people doing for sever PMS/PMDD these days?

[Pmsruiningmylife]

I read some older threads and although I’m sorry to read others suffering it is actually helpful to know I’m not the only one ruining my own life and my families lives for a week or so per month.

This seems to be getting worse as I get older. I have ADHD so suffer from emotional disregulation anyway but during this time it is just awful. I’ve ruined this lovely sunny weekend with my moods and rage and then that just makes me feel so down and the self hatred is so difficult.

I struggle to remember to take regular meditation though and my GP is very much aware of this so I feel like it’s almost pointless even trying to get help with this. I also struggle to stick to new routines like new ways of eating and exercise. So yea it just sounds like I don’t want to help myself really doesn’t it? But I do! I don’t want to feel this way.

Any insights? Thanks

I had my ovaries removed. It cured me instantly!

Was it because of this?

Yes. I’d tried every other treatment and oopherectomy is the last line treatment for PMDD. They won’t do it if you’re still child-rearing age.

I know it sounds like tinkering round the edges when your situation is very bad, but cutting out all refined sugar mad a huge difference to me, and I was also someone who could ruin events because of rages, which I knew were ridiculous even at the time, but was powerless to stop.

combined monophasic contraceptive pill taken without breaks worked very well. Some women get good results from the injection, implant or mirena.

It all went pear shaped at perimenopause and having to stop the pill. Eventually consistent daily estrogen and progesterone HRT seems to be working.

estrogen has a huge impact on ADHD and the impact ADHD drugs have. Much sympathy, it’s utterly miserable and incredibly difficult to both deal with and to get stuff that helps with it.