tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780625537812809359.post5123434673636636752..comments2024-01-05T21:32:49.346-08:00Comments on Living with PMDD: PMDD, A Conversation with Someone Who KNOWSLiana at livingwithpmdd.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04527230725501073923noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780625537812809359.post-71814429501155221022015-04-09T04:33:20.061-07:002015-04-09T04:33:20.061-07:00I have no childhood trauma however I attended an e...I have no childhood trauma however I attended an elementary school that had to be shutdown due to a chemical leak. I KNOW there is a connection. <br />I just had my fourth child and like clockwork once I stop breastfeeding the pmdd comes back with a vengeance. I am 34 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780625537812809359.post-22148558403354981162015-01-15T08:01:17.310-08:002015-01-15T08:01:17.310-08:00Hi, Carrie, Thank you for taking the time leave a...Hi, Carrie, Thank you for taking the time leave a comment! I know exactly what you are going through, and have often felt that out-of-body experience, like I am watching someone else living my life, and alienating everyone I care about in the process. Regarding your last paragraph, there might be mention of a hysterectomy solving PMDD on this site, but I'd have to say that is mostly by others. When I mention hysterectomies, it's usually in the context of "how sad it is that women have to choose between the ability to bear children and/or a shorter lifespan and undergo major surgery on the "hopes" that this will work to solve their PMDD." It does not work for everyone. At least know that going into your decision. Therefore I am not a proponent of hysterectomies for PMDD. If that is your choice, however, and what you need information about, I'd recommend clicking on the Survivor's Guide to Surgical Menopause link above in the Other Blogs of Interest Section, another website called HysterSisters, and, just to be sure you are making a fully informed decision, I would recommend that you read the first book featured above in the sidebar, Hormones and Your Health. Thank you again for sharing your story, and I hope the resources I have mentioned will give you the answers you need. Liana at livingwithpmdd.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04527230725501073923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780625537812809359.post-74219277114814035772015-01-15T07:31:21.734-08:002015-01-15T07:31:21.734-08:00Thank you for this site. I just came across it the...Thank you for this site. I just came across it the other day and I am my husband have been reading it. I have been dealing with PMDD since 2005. For me, my symptoms are extreme anxiety, sweaty palms, extreme mood swings, depression, and more. I am actually currently within a state of it right now. Over the years, I have come to know that I operate on an 'every-other-month' basis. This one of those "every-other-months" spell. It completely takes over. Before I was married, my doctor put me on YAZ as it was a birth control that helped to fight PMDD...of course we are all aware of the other side effects of it and as soon as I knew I was going to marry my husband, I went off of it and the PMDD became much worse again. I now have 'happy pills' that I only take when needed...I hate having to even use them, but I do not want to go on full anti-depressants. So far, over the years, they have worked minimally. The way I describe my PMDD to my husband, who is amazing: Sometime it is almost an out-of-body experience. While I am sitting sullenly, lashing out, or sulking, in my mind is my 'happy side,' trapped in my body, trying and banging on the outer shell to let her out. During a 30 minute car ride while we are sitting in silence, and him letting me be, I am imagining myself laughing and joking and pleading with myself to smile. I say in my head "one smile...that is all it will take." But I am unable to do so. I am fully aware that my actions are not what I want, but I cannot control them, and that is what only my husband understands. I try to hide it even from my daughter, who thankfully is young enough to not know just yet. It is nice to know that there are others out there that are suffering with this as well. <br /><br />I was interested in seeing the sections on this site that mention the theory of that a hysterectomy solves PMDD. While i do not agree or disagree, I did say multiple times to my husband both during and after my pregnancy that those were the happiest months I have experienced, and it did not dawn on me until much later that it was due to not ovulating. Post- pregnancy though...that was tough. Doctors monitor you much more if you have a history of PMDD because it leads to a tougher post-partum period. <br /><br />I will continue to check back here for updates. <br /><br />Thank you,<br />Carrie Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780625537812809359.post-59952623466786707792015-01-13T10:55:25.276-08:002015-01-13T10:55:25.276-08:00Hi Emily Hale and all fellow travelers, I am not ...Hi Emily Hale and all fellow travelers, I am not a doctor and what I'll offer here is my "experience, strength and hope" , "take what you like and leave the rest". My journey started when I was 39, I am 48 now. Through the power that runs the Universe I have gained some knowledge about myself that might help someone like you. This is what I know, AND learned from experience and from many sources. Before 39 I was the party, I didn't even believe in taking aspirin. After 39: intrusive, violent thoughts, a depression so severe, for the first time in my life I started having suicidal ideations and spent seven years on antidepressants.The so called depression is nothing but stuck grief from suppressed memories that need to felt and cried, I learned that in therapy and then I was able to get off of antidepressants.<br /> When the ovaries start dying the hormonal imbalance that ensues affects brain chemistry DIRECTLY! and we have receptors all over our bodies. I happen to be one of the women who is highly sensitive to this fluctuations hence the MOOD SWINGS, THE RAGE, THE HYSTERIA, THE SPACINESS,THE FORGETFULNESS ,THE IRRATIONALITY OF IT ALL. I just wanted (and sometimes still do, sometimes for the world to just stop so I can get off, anger became rage, I thought I was crazy and I took me to my first psychologist appointment where I made an amazing connection with the therapist, I got face discoloration, hairs on my chin and boobs, gained weight, either wanted sex 24/7 or none at all, cried at everything,became sensitive to noises, light, people, fragrances,etc,developed adult onset asthma, allergies,hypoglycemia, verbally abused those closest to me, specially the children;then the shame and the guilt for being such a BITCH! felt hot, felt cold, itched all over the place, went from jet black hair went 90% gray in one year, one of my toenails pulverized , became dust over night, kept on researching. I think I have mentioned Mia Lundin on this blog before, she does phone consultations now, she is a certified nurse coach who went through this hell and came out better on the other side. There isn't a magic pill, women with repressed trauma of any kind, big or small, have a tougher transition than those who don't....and the list goes on (I'll put it all in a book some day...maybe...maybe not), This holocaust, tsunami, earthquake is not over yet, BUT! I AM doing better....today <br />A month ago I found Estroven Plus Mood & Memory, Caplets tried it for a month, it helped...three days ago I found Remifemin Menopause Herbal Supplement, Estrogen Free , amazing reviews on Amazon today I feel like a closer version of a rational human being, at least I don't want to punch my coworkers, but you have to give it time, sleep whenever you can, when the tears come let them do their cleansing, when the rage comes instead of taking it out on somebody, take it for a walk and listen to it. Keep looking, keep asking, keep searching, pen to paper helps and in the midst of your despair KNOW THIS, there are answers for a better life, I didn't believe it then I believe it today. My latest source of hope I read yesterday: "there is an evolutionary component to this process" read this article by Meredith Maran from More magazine "The reward for Perimenopause" (google it, it gave me tons of hope!) I'll leave you with a link to a reading I found on the web on August 18, 2014, by Mike Bellah Ph.D "Surviving the Midlife Crisis" google it, i read it every day.<br /> Don't give way. <br />Don't give in.<br />Don't give up.<br /> YOU ARE NOT CRAZY<br /><br />Love & Light <br />T<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780625537812809359.post-28633683776020901032015-01-12T10:12:43.590-08:002015-01-12T10:12:43.590-08:00Why it affects certain people involves all sorts o...Why it affects certain people involves all sorts of things: your heritage and genes, living environment, childhood experiences, if there is any trauma in your past, if you are currently in a difficult relationship, your eating and drinking habits, if you are on any medications, your individual stressors and emotional make up. I wouldn't even know where to begin to find the contributors to your PMDD. That is something only you can unearth. As for the cause of PMDD itself, there are many theories, none of which is universally agreed upon. Believe me, I wish I had a better answer for you...and myself. In the meantime, there are a lot of ideas for managing your PMDD on my blog. You would have to pick and choose what fits best with your current situation. You could start by clicking on the label Coping Strategies for PMDD and move through the posts from there...<br />Liana at livingwithpmdd.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04527230725501073923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780625537812809359.post-10676047881210918682015-01-11T19:23:17.266-08:002015-01-11T19:23:17.266-08:00Help. Is all I can say ...years of doctors and bei...Help. Is all I can say ...years of doctors and being told I'm depressed or I'm this or that. I have pmdd ..I watched my mother go through it and ya thought she was crazy ..but now I know she most definitely was not. <br />****need help Managing (other than lots of Midol and if I'm lucky I'll have my ativan on hand )any real solutions ? Any guesses as to why it is happening to me? (Why affects certain people ) ?)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06018971142381342900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780625537812809359.post-32049854185315094952015-01-07T06:29:35.891-08:002015-01-07T06:29:35.891-08:00Hi Liana! I am Venezuelan Medical, I read the tran...Hi Liana! I am Venezuelan Medical, I read the translator google, learned to read more English for academic rigor graduate, I am a physician, I have 13 years of graduation, and never taught me it was PMDD, God I owe the answer, I am very Catholic, I was a victim of workplace harassmentin the wake of a diagnosis of anxious depression, is unbelievable, before being assessed by psychiatry, and to God had placed me on the way a few offprints of PMS UK was in 2012, was investigating the topic of my thesis HDL cholesterol, saw theme PMS, I kept it in pc, to read it after, because since adolescence have suffered physical symptoms of PMS, it is very important what you said, the stress factors are strong aggravating, conditions of anxiety, for various personal problems I had (including my sick father prostate cancer, and now with brain atrophy, senile dementia). For me it was more stressful see psychiatrists and medical'm not accept the antidepressant, then a coordinator of my work, I harassed with the diagnosis of depression, I lowered the salary, would not let me do the guards, psychiatrists complicated me life, I did not believe what PMDD, but were four psychiatrists, none asked me about my gynecological history that goes! None physician knows everything, but a psychiatrist, who forgets investigate PMDD, that fatal for us we have it. I am familiar Medical, I always I noticed these emotional changes before menstruation, I thought it was normal, as I told you never saw in faculty of medicine psychiatrists threatened me, because I wanted to sue one of the colleagues, but as they say: "between firefighters hose is not pressed ", we are all physicians were 4 psychiatrists against me, one of them told me that if I kept talking about PMDD, let me as borderline disorder., do you think?, no one believed me, but Thank God Iam a physician, I did cry prayers, I found the answer to my problem. Now I know I have PMDD. Thanks so accounts, impairment of language, there are a Chilean physician Dr Jorge Lolas, I met him on you tube in an interview with CNN Spanish, there are several testimonies of women cured without surgery. It is important that in the world these testimonies are known. I want to travel to Chile but for now I can not. Greetings from Venezuela. forgives translation if this something badly informedVerónicahttps://www.facebook.com/vero2805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780625537812809359.post-56959273876121640132015-01-02T07:51:55.241-08:002015-01-02T07:51:55.241-08:00Thank YOU, T. We are here to inspire, encourage, ...Thank YOU, T. We are here to inspire, encourage, and support each other. Without you taking the time to comment on my blog, today's post would not exist. It all goes together. Blessings, Liana Liana at livingwithpmdd.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04527230725501073923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780625537812809359.post-24324360348556055692015-01-02T07:25:15.627-08:002015-01-02T07:25:15.627-08:00Liana, Wow! ...for somebody with very, very low se...Liana, Wow! ...for somebody with very, very low self steem, who sales herself short constantly, this (you re-posting my share and adding your pricelss input) is beyond any validation I could ever hope for! A million thanks! Specially on a day like today in which the aversion for the people I work with is at a all time high...or is it PMDD? or is it just me? maybe I am not made for corporate America, for its hypocresy and ego driven personalities. Instead of beign grateful for a paycheck I resent coming to this place each and every single day and fail to gather the courage to leave, or even know what creative something is it I want to do to put food on the table. ...you bring much needed hope and fresh outlook to my struggle with your "experience, strength and hope. Thank you for deeming my post worth of reposting and may 2015 be a magical time for you and all<br />love & light<br />TAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com