Dealing with depression and PMS: Anyone else?
in Psychology & Therapy ·
Hey everyone! Bringing this thread back to life 😁
Basically, I’m dealing with the exact same thing as the OP. My PMS symptoms have been incredibly intense over the last year.
I’m not really the type to obsessively track my cycle on a calendar since there isn't much reason for me to worry about it (I'm not sexually active and my periods are regular), but I can almost always feel a "click" in my brain that signals my mood is about to shift. The last time it happened, it was brutal—honestly, I think I slipped into a pre-depressive state. I don't want to sound like a hypochondriac or someone playing doctor, but everything I read online matched my symptoms perfectly. I even felt like I had a few panic attacks during that stretch.
The weird part is that I know the second it stops. Literally an hour after the bleeding starts, 😁 and within half a day, I feel like myself again.
Has anyone else gone through this? If you have, how did you handle it—or did you even find a way to fix it?
Basically, I’m dealing with the exact same thing as the OP. My PMS symptoms have been incredibly intense over the last year.
I’m not really the type to obsessively track my cycle on a calendar since there isn't much reason for me to worry about it (I'm not sexually active and my periods are regular), but I can almost always feel a "click" in my brain that signals my mood is about to shift. The last time it happened, it was brutal—honestly, I think I slipped into a pre-depressive state. I don't want to sound like a hypochondriac or someone playing doctor, but everything I read online matched my symptoms perfectly. I even felt like I had a few panic attacks during that stretch.
The weird part is that I know the second it stops. Literally an hour after the bleeding starts, 😁 and within half a day, I feel like myself again.
Has anyone else gone through this? If you have, how did you handle it—or did you even find a way to fix it?