Dealing with PMDD a severe form of PMS or PMT?!
Question:
Dealing with PMDD a severe form of PMS or PMT?
if any other woman sufferes with PMDD how do you deal with it? I have been on antidepressants for well over 12 yrs now and i suffer with bipolar disorder as well and my PMDD makes my bipolar so much worse or vice versa? What can i do to help deal with PMDD. Please... serious answers only preferably by women!!!
Answers:
Hi there. I was dx'd with a very severe case of PMDD 4 years ago, after a horrid case of PPD (postpartum depression). I was on many antidepressants for the PPD, plus some antipsych meds as well as antianxiety meds. I was in therapy, too.
NONE of those meds helped me with the PMDD, so it became even more of a difficult time.
Back in October I began taking Yaz birth control pill, strictly for the PMDD. It literally changed my life. I was suicidal every month.
It is worth a shot for you, please talk to your gyn about it. I am no longer on any other meds other than my Synthroid and an occasional Ativan (only during the PMDD phase).
Being that you are bipolar, the antidepressants will still be necessary. I do believe, though, that the Yaz will give you relief from the PMDD. Please, again, I urge you to speak to your doctor about the use of Yaz.
Here is an article about my personal experience with PMDD...
http://www.heartbeatthemagazine.com/0918...
http://www.heartbeatthemagazine.com/0918...
And, here is some major info regarding PMDD...
http://www.heartbeatthemagazine.com/0918...
Good luck, please let me know if this was enough info. As for trying St. John's Wort as the other person suggested, don't do so. St. John's Wort will not take care of PMDD, people who aren't familiar with what PMDD really is don't know how severe this debilitating condition is.