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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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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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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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- 17w
I started having intrusive thoughts about my sexuality when I got into a relationship with my ex and I wondered if it would seemingly go away but it hasn’t and I find myself ruminating about it constantly especially before or during my period. Has anyone else felt with this?
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Hey everyone, I wanted to come on here today to just share this post because I’ve been struggling with this recently. I just wanna know if this is a common thing in relationship OCD. So last Friday me and my boyfriend had a conversation that was important, and my emotions were high and I got a little emotional about something he said and we had a long talk about it, the conversation went great and afterwards everything was okay. On Saturday I was so excited to see him after work and I was overflowing with feelings of happiness and excitement. Sunday was great and we stayed on FaceTime just enjoying the day together after he went home that morning, and then came Monday. I remember getting a thought like this, “What if I’m losing feelings for him and I’m just leading him on?” And even this thought, “I don’t really feel anything towards him right now, does that mean I fell out of love with him?” And then the anxiety came, I could literally feel myself breaking out in cold sweats and I could feel the pain in my chest after these thoughts crossed my mind. But what bothers me so much about this is on Saturday and Sunday I felt so content and happy with him and I was so happy and I didn’t have any anxiety whatsoever, and then Monday came, and I had those thoughts and I feel almost numb and I can’t feel anything else except the feelings of worry and fear and my anxiety has been at a all-time high and I keep feeling this pain of guilt and hurt in my chest and I just wanted to know if anyone else has experienced the same. Because personally one thing I hate is that one day I can be so happy and energetic and then the next day I can feel numb and feel absolutely nothing towards my boyfriend. I’m not sure if this can correlate with my menstrual cycle as well, but I’ve heard that that can also make your relationship OCD worse and cause you to feel differently about your partner. Just wanting to see if anyone has dealt with the same!
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- 12w
Hey friends. I hope you all are doing good today. Just struggling mentally myself. Feel like a terrible mother, but I want another baby. My OCD has gotten better despite the terrible episode I had that I seem to not get over. I hope someone comments that could just give me some support with POCD
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