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I'm so glad i've found this forum. The chance to talk to people who know what i'm going through.
I guess that my PMDD has been present for about three years, with the last 6 months being really bad. I went to my doctor about PMS, but reading the whole topic, i'm sure its PMDD.
I had my son three years ago. Before i had him, my cycle was erratic and every month was hell because i suffered from cramps that were as strong as the labour pains i experienced having my son. The doctors put me on the pill as my Progesterone levels were to high.
I got the usual response of "the pain will go away after you've had a baby". I got pains for the first month after i had him, but when they stopped the next month, they were replaced with what i now know is probably PMDD. I don't really now which one of the two is the worst, at least with the pain i could disappear for a few hours on just one day of the month.
I've only just started to come to terms with the fact that i've got this, i guess admitting that i needed help has gone along way in the process of getting better. For the last few years i put down my monumental mood swings, emotional and sometimes physical outbursts to the stress of being a single mum. There are times when i'm in full flow of shouting and screaming at my little boy, hurling things across the room and slamming doors, ect that i kind of end up looking at myself from the outside in, thinking what the hell are you doing, yet i can't stop myself. Afterwards i hate myself. I can't beleive that just one day to the next in the month can so monumentally different. Its like turning a tap on, one half of the month, nice and placid, next half of the month hormonal nightmare. Because of this i've stopped two relationships in the last few years. I found it hard being around someone when i knew that on certain days of the month i could become totally irrational, especially when i felt that i couldn't explain it.
My doctor has offered to put me on a small doses of anti-depressants. So i'm going to ask about Zoloft. It works like Prozac but without the problems of withdrawal symptoms when you start to come off it. Like all drugs there are risks of side effects, but to me that small risk is better than the risk of my PMDD causing a really serious problem one day.
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