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- 6y
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Same, I’m almost certain I have it too! In December I started a birth control for the first time, and then stopped it halfway cause I didn’t like the affect it was having on me. Come two weeks before my period and I’m anxious, panic-ridden, depersonalizing, and obsessing more extremely than I ever had before. Then my period comes and everything just *poofs* away. I’m like... well DUH that’s (my obsessions) aren’t true? Nowadays my thoughts kinda affect me all month, but get so bad and so believable the two weeks before my period. I’m gonna test out one more month, and if I feel better when I get my period, I’m gonna go to the doctor! (You should too!?❤️) Some women take SSRIs for that two week period, and then stop after that, and see changes in hours/days, so that could be something you could look into @rosie28! I would definitely talk to your doctor if it’s making your ocd worse/ the only time you are really obsessing!❤️
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- 6y
After I read your comment, I searched this on the internet and I could relate to most symptoms! I've always noticed that my ocd gets specially intense in a week prior to my period, but I've always thought of it as simply pms. My ocd hasn't been so harsh on me like it was in the beginning of the year, but this week just feels like a major setback. Then things just go back to normal. It's so weird and draining.
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I’m sorry/glad you could relate to something that could maybe explain what’s going on! I just want to get it out there for some women that sometimes, it’s not just pms. (Obviously talk to a doctor first!) I’m feeling exactly what you’re feeling! Ocd was harsh as hell at the beginning of the year, and now I’m having a set-back week. Today especially has been so damn hard. It IS draining and I need to figure something out before I go through the same cycle over and over again?
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I am 99.99% sure I have this...it doesn't go until a few days into my period. I wasn't sure if it affected anyone else!
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I have tried to talk to a few doctors about it and they all suggested going on the pill to balance the hormones...I haven't been sure about doing that but maybe if I go and say look I'm pretty certain I have PMDD and it exacerbates my OCD then they might suggest something else
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- 6y
Oh I see! They haven’t tried to talk to you about any SSRI’s? I’m afraid of taking anything else that’s going to mess with my hormones haha, I was under the impression that pmdd wasn’t a hormonal ‘change’, but a sensitivity to the change in hormones (because all women’s hormones change around that time. some are just more sensitive to it than others).
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- 23w
Currently having an anxious night because my hormones are doing whatever they want before my cycle starts. It's so frustrating. I feel very, very on edge and like I'm constantly anxious about something bad happening. Also been nauseous and having sleep issues. So irritating. How does everyone else deal with the spike in anxiety and OCD before periods? I'm seeing an endocrinologist on Monday to try and help but I feel so stressed out.
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I want to rip out my uterus. Only my hormones can make my OCD and ability to manage it go back to square one. I am spiraling *so* hard. I cannot breathe. My PMDD is going crazy. I’m having a panic attack again. I feel so scared. The POCD is going absolutely insane right now. It feels undeniably real, and my mind keeps drifting to those awful thoughts and what feels like exploring them?? but I can’t for the life of me stop some of these compulsions right now. I was trying to watch something to get my mind off of this but ended up getting triggered twice, so my anxiety is a 10 and I can’t seem to calm down. This panic attack is tuned all the way up.
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- 20w
I don’t have an official OCD diagnosis, but I will be asking my doctor tomorrow if I can get referred to a psychiatrist to get an official diagnosis. The way I came to the conclusion that what I’m dealing with is OCD is because a month and a half ago I just started having the most horrible disturbing intrusive thoughts that go against all my values and beliefs and attacking the stuff/people I care about the most out of absolutely NOWHERE. Mind you, I have never had anything like this happen in my life. I feel that I have always been someone with a peaceful mind and one of the worst intrusive thoughts I can ever remember having before this happened, was “what happens if I cut my finger right now” while I was cutting fruit. That’s pretty much it. After this whole horrible intrusive thought spiral started happening I was so scared because I have never had such awful intrusive thoughts like this that were the complete opposite of me, it just quite literally started out of NOWHERE, and that’s what was so scary and terrifying. It was like my whole life got turned upside down because of this and I’ve been mainly isolating in my room, feeling so much anxiety and dread and guilt/shame. I get four of the same thoughts and one intrusive image repeating over and over again even if I would not try to think about them, and it caused me so much distress and anxiety that I would be so anxious and cry everyday just thinking how I could ever possibly think such horrible intrusive thoughts like that. It’s caused me insomnia which I’ve never dealt with before and I went three days in a row without being able to sleep no matter how hard I tried (even while taking melatonin). Other days I struggle so much to fall asleep due to the intrusive thoughts being much more present at nighttime, and even when taking melatonin that doesn’t do anything because of my mind being so active and having so much anxiety. Is this what they call an OCD flare up? After constantly looking up all the symptoms of ocd (the more and lesser known ones alike), I noticed there were some symptoms of it that I displayed in childhood when the ocd could’ve been more dormant or mild you could say (skin picking), because once again I have never had such horrible intrusive thoughts like this out of nowhere and constantly repeating in my mind that felt like they were out of my control. I noticed that these intrusive thoughts started on the second day of my menstruation when I was in a lot of pain and was feeling very emotional/stressed. One of the things I’ve heard a lot is that during the menstruation cycle is when ocd flares can happen more often due to the increase in hormones during that time, and I wonder if that’s what happened to me? I’m also overall such a big over thinker and have been for as long as I can remember. I also have had anxiety and depression since middle school as well. Any insight would be very much appreciated 😭
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