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#pmdd awareness
trans-dwightschrute · 9 months
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Idk who needs to hear this but I don't feel intense depression or anxiety around the time of my menstrual cycle. My period does not cause me emotional distress nor does it disrupt my relationships and ability to function. It does not make me feel like I need to curl up and cry.
I feel physically cramped, bloated, slightly more sensitive emotionally and feel a little tired but it is not to the point I feel suicidal.
THAT'S NOT NORMAL
If you are experiencing any of these symptoms PLEASE reach out to a doctor. You might have Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder and may be able to get prescribed antidepressants or birth control to make your menstrual cycle more manageable.
Okay PSA over 😘
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living-with-pmd · 1 year
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annoyed-galaxy · 9 months
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If you know anyone with PMDD, please take care of them. Figure out when their period is and take care of them the week before.
I say this because the smallest of fucking things trigger me right now during my PMDD week. And it's bad. Going through a full spiral breakdown where the PMDD triggers every single emotion I have to the point I'm hurting myself. I'm yelling at myself, punching my head, digging into my skin with my nail, and punching walls. Emotions of rage, anger, sadness, depression, worthlessness, all of it. And the smallest of things set this shit off.
Thoughts of massive self-hate lead to self-punishment and even the darkest thoughts of suicide. Maybe I'm lucky to have been dealing with this shit for so long, I can identify when this is a PMDD week so I know the feelings will pass.
But in the moment? It's hard. Especially when there was a time I was medicated and didn't deal with this.
The levels of emotions are raised to unbelievable heights. After the breakdown, I feel so tired and it's hard to pick myself back up. And this just happens every month.
One week: I go through mental hell. Tiny things can trigger me and make me extremely pissed off and violent. Or make me break down and hate myself and violent against myself.
The next week: Period. Cramps and misery and bleeding and dealing with all those aches and pains.
The third week: Recovering from the precious two weeks of hell which take a lot of effort and energy causing me to be extremely tired and wore out.
Final week: Have started to finally enter the full recovery state. Only for everything to begin anew.
It's hell. It's tortuous.
The worst part is that this condition is rare. So not a lot of people have heard about it. It bums me out because I feel like I'm alone in this. And when someone says "yeah I know what you're going through" no, you don't. Unless you have PMDD which I have not met another person who does. It's fucking awful. My life is controlled by this disorder. A constant hellish fucking cycle.
So, again, if you DO know somebody who has PMDD, please check on them. Help them out. It makes everything worse having this shit. Feeling suicidal, depressed, anxious, angry, etc.
I feel so fucking alone during this time because I'm not myself. I can't control my emotions and turn out to be much more of an asshole to the people around me and they don't understand why.
So yeah.. Just keep an eye on us. It helps. To know we can make it through this awful rollercoaster that happens every fucking month.
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thesiouxzy · 7 months
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katzenellenbogen · 11 months
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PMDD awareness month is almost over, but there‘s still 11 days left for pre-ordering my PMDD t-shirt on Everpress!
I will donate half of the profit to IAPMD global.
I myself suffer from the premenstrual dysphoric disorder. As of now I had to teach every doctor about this condition because it is still pretty unknown. This has to change because so many people don't know they have this condition. Some get wrong diagnoses like borderline personality disorder or bipolar disorder. But PMDD is a neurobiological sensitivity to natural and normal changes in progesterone and estrogen levels.
The symptoms can include anxiety, depression, irritability, extreme anger, hopelessness and suicidal tendencies.
In a recent study with 599 individuals that have been diagnosed with PMDD, »34% have attempted suicide during a PMDD episode. On average, patients waited 12 years and saw around six providers before receiving an accurate diagnosis of PMDD.
The data also showed high rates of lifetime active suicidal ideation (72%), planning (49%), intent (42%) and preparing (40%) for an attempt, and non-suicidal self-injury (51%) among patients with PMDD diagnoses.« (source: https://neurosciencenews.com/pmdd-suicide-20820/)
In my case, I only have two out of four weeks in which I can function. The other two weeks are always a struggle. And sometimes in the good half of the month I have to recover from the hell weeks, because these experiences alone can be traumatizing.
PMDD impacts every aspect of my life. Relationships, work, taking care of basic needs, interests and hobbies, anything. Everything seems meaningless, everything is called into question. Every month.
Part of why this disorder has not gotten a lot of attention is sexism. The patriarchy leads to medical issues that mostly impact women being ignored. This means that there is a lack of clinical studies and there is no cure for PMDD. There are a lot of ways to try and treat the symptoms, but every affected person has to do their own research. We all have to go through a lot of trial and error which is extremely frustrating.
This needs to change. I hope that with this project, I can contribute to spreading awareness.
@iapmd-blog
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quillirio · 1 year
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Ok i just figured out what a PMDD is and it explains a lot about how these past few months have been not so subtlety kicking me in the gut?
now im looking through the PMDD tag and suddenly my urge to scream and cry and destroy everything and then break out of my mortal flesh and be a scraggly little skeleton skittering across the ceiling with no uterus in sight makes a LOT more sense.
So like there’s other people who feel this way too??? People who also want to destroy the entire world and then crack it like an egg to make an omelette and then eat it in one sitting and then lose your appetite altogether for the next few days until finally your body decides to perform its unholy blood ritual?
This only started up for me VERY recently but damn. You people with PMDD are very strong to have held yourselves back from turning the world into an omelette. Hats off to all of you 🎉 hopefully i can be as strong as you all someday
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i-am-a-fan · 9 months
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Idk what artist needs to hear this,
but hey. It’s okay if your period makes it hard to draw.
It’s okay if your period makes it difficult for you to focus.
It’s okay if you don’t feel unmotivated
It’s okay if you need to take your time.
Your WIP and your drafts will be there until you feel better.
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cuntgarrycuntross · 2 months
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Progesterone is rising, so you know what that means: tomato red cheeks and suicidal ideation !!!
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Thinking about those who suffer from PMDD. It's horrible and I'm suffering. Continuously reminding myself it will pass. It will pass.
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arawnsworn0vate0poc · 1 month
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MY NEW MEDS ARRIVED IM FINNALLY GETTING TREATMENT FOR THAT HORMONE THING AGH.
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kingproteus · 10 months
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What’s PMDD then?
Informational post by a post-hysto trans guy :) (btw terfs fuck off and burn in hell)
For me, PMDD was a circular pattern of my mood randomly going to shit, and pulling my life in after it. I’d then, for reasons unclear to me pre-diagnosis, have a few days (normally three or four) where I felt really good. I hadn’t noticed this circle followed my cycle for most of my early to late teens, because why would it? I’d never been told about PMDD, and all the uterus-havers in my family had the same issues I did.
I went through doctors, was cleared for bpd, borderline, asd, adhd, ibs, high blood pressure, and finally was settled into the “depression” and “anxiety without social anxiety” camps. Yay.
Of course, when I put the pieces together at 16 or so, it became clear to me that PMDD was the reason for this. The monthly times at which my life got shittier and shittier were placed before my period started, and evened out when I got my period, and went away a few days before my period ended. Then I had a few days of feeling good, a few days of feeling just okay, and then it was back to hell.
The first doctor I went to about my PMDD diagnosis immediately diagnosed me. She said it was obvious I had it. It was crazy, I had expected a fight over it.
This, of course, made getting on antidepressants a stupid hard task. I’d go on something and think it was working, but jokes on me that was just my PMDD letting up. Or I’d switch meds in a panic only to realize my extreme depression was my PMDD fucking me over.
In the end, I just got a laparoscopic hysterectomy with ovarian removal. I’m about two weeks post-op now, and I feel better than normal. I’m back to jogging and doing all my normal stuff. 10/10 surgery.
So… why the fuck does PMDD do this?
I’m obviously not an expert, just a sufferer, but the basic reason is my body freaks out when my hormones fluctuate. My body couldn’t figure out that my sex organs were doing a natural cyclical job, one they did every month. So my body went on high alert. People can have a mix of physical and emotional symptoms. Extreme depression, difficulty concentrating and remembering stuff, anxiety, insane back pain, some people even have worse vision.
When I got on T at 15, my symptoms were lessened by 50%. It HALVED my symptoms. It was a godsend. Seriously, I can’t stress what a good decision it was for me.
As it’s only been a few weeks for me, I can’t speak to how hysterectomy has effected me. I’ll definitely write some follow up posts about it all once I’ve gathered my thoughts.
The reason I post all this is because I’ve spent my whole fucking life, well, since I was 9 and got my first period, feeling like the only fucking trans guy with PMDD in the whole world. This shit was confusing, all the experts didn’t know what to do with me and my T levels, and I wasn’t welcome or comfortable in any PMDD-specific space.
It felt like shit, and I was lonely, and I literally only realized I had it 3 years ago.
Being a trans guy can already be an insanely lonely experience, but being a trans guy with a VERY uterus-specific problem even more so. But I’m done being embarrassed about it, or assuming people will use it to discredit my identity.
I’m just posting this because I want my account of it SOMEWHERE. Just to say that being a trans dude with PMDD is survivable, and normal, and fine. I’ve a good life and a great boyfriend and a kickass family. If my nine year old self could see me now he’d be amazed.
But yeah, shit gets better and PMDD can go fuck itself right beside my ovaries in the medical waste dumpster at the hospital.
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living-with-pmd · 2 years
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Art by @alyseruriani for PMD awareness month 2022
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thegraceofganja · 1 year
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Managing PMDD with Weed, Music, and Yoga is what works for me because I’m terrible at diet restriction. So here’s a very embarrassing video of me getting out of a Depression Mood Swing.
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catsandsoup2507 · 11 months
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Hey, I saw your last post about loneliness. I understand, I'm also autistic, I have PTSD and trauma related conditions and I don't have any friends. I also like your blog so much!
Hi there, this is such a sweet message to receive. Thank you so much! I’m sorry to read you’re going through similar.
I checked your blog too and it is lovely. Tells me that you’re creative with a good sense of humour, maybe?
Anyway I won’t lie I don’t use this account much anymore but I’m about to create another one dedicated to my drawings called hormonalmadame - hopefully I’ll see you there! 👋🏻
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froggytoess · 1 year
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I don’t know a lot of about that ghost show but every-time that pale boy shows up on my feed his eye bags get comically bigger
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bloodwrittenballad · 7 months
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turns out i didn’t wanna kms, i just got my period
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