Any women or people with uteruses suffer with pmdd here? The intensity of my obsessions tends to fluctuate with luteal-phase hormonal sensitivity that occurs with pmdd, and I’m just wondering how others navigate that. Also for any of you that feel like the week or two before your period is a manifestation of real-life hell and you can actually *feel* the drop- and then once your period comes you feel like all of it was for no reason and the obsessions basically leave you- you might want to look into premenstrual dysphoric disorder. It connected so many dots for me. Hoping everyone is having better days!!❤️❤️❤️

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!❤️

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.

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?

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!

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

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).