ask: PMDD SYMPTOMS
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November 11, 2010 - 1:27am
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I AM 40 YEARS. I SUFFER FROM BELOW MENTD SYMPTOMS ONE WEEK BEFORE/DURING ND WEEK AFTER MY PERIODS.
APPRCT YR KIND ADV. AM REALLY WORRIED ND DONT KNW WHERE TO FIND HELP. DO U THINK AM LOSING MY MIND OR IS IT TRUELY PMDD THT AM SUFFERING FROM?
TKS
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Hi Anonymous
These could be symptoms of PMDD or mental illness or perimenopausal changes in hormones. I suggest you see a gynecologist and have blood work done to check out your hormone levels. You are at the age where they are starting to change, and it can really have an effect on your "feeling crazy levels."
Once you find out where your hormone levels are falling, you can decide what to do about it, if anything. But I think the gynecologist should be your first stop.
Good luck. Thank you for writing and please let us know how it goes.
November 11, 2010 - 7:48amThis Comment
I HAD CONSULTED AN ENDOCRONOLOGIST IN JUL ND GOT BLOOD TEST DONE. I HAD VITAMIN B12 DEFICIENCY, HIGH INSULIN LVL ND PROGESTRONE LVL WAS LOW (O.1). SHE PRESCRIBED VIT B COMPLEX ND PRIM ROSE.
November 12, 2010 - 3:02amABV MENTD SYMPTOMS COME UP WHN MY PERIODS START ND CONTINUES FR ABOUT A WEEK AFTER MY PERIODS FINISH. DO
U THINK ALL THIS IS RELATED TO MENTAL ILLNESS? OR MY HORMONE LEVELS?
TKS
You probably know best whether it is mental illness, but the timing sounds hormonal to me. Are the symptoms the same as when you had that blood work, or are they worsening? I think either way I would give the endocrinologist a call back and let them know you are still having symptoms in spite of the supplements, and see if there is anything to change or add.
Please let us know what happens. Many women have issues like yours, and it really helps to see what others are doing about it. Thanks again for writing.
November 12, 2010 - 7:15amhi again,
November 12, 2010 - 10:48amhv noticed some reduction in symptoms after taking vitmn b complex. otherwise perviously i had to take off frm my work during periods as symptoms worsen hv fixed appontmnt wz a gyne fr next week. hopefully things shud be sorted out soon. am postv tht its nothing to do wz mental illness cause there are days when am full of energy nd positive about everything, totly my self the way i am . its just tht during my periods i get so tensed becuase of the symptoms tht i cant handle them.
tks so much fr yr asstnce. am happy to be a part of this forum its such a relief to knw tht am not alone, wl get rvrt after i see the gyne. rgds