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HORMONAL IMBALANCE - girls???
I understood that in the 2 big flare ups with OCD (now and 8 years ago) I had problems with my period! Does anyone else have it??? Can it be related????
I understood that in the 2 big flare ups with OCD (now and 8 years ago) I had problems with my period! Does anyone else have it??? Can it be related????
Hi I can relate to that. My mental health spirals with PMS and has spiralled out of control at times with the peri menopause. I am not an expert but female hormones are definitely a trigger for me. Getting them under control is a constant battle, and unfortunately it involves taking everything you enjoy out of your diet ☹️. Hope you manage to sort it out
@shelley5791 Wow! So interesting. Maybe that’s why it happens. Thank you. Hope you are doing ok
Oh definitely! Mines at its worst when I’m ovulating and sometimes I’ve missed periods due to severe OCD.
@Sadie1994! That’s exactly it. How do you handle it?
@confused writer I actually started taking the pill to stop ovulation and regulate my periods.
@Sadie1994! And did it help??
@confused writer Yes 100% for me but for some people it can exasperate anxiety so it really depends on your body
Yup… I got PCOS and it has been a journey to say the least. I see an endocrinologist and she usually checks my thyroid and sugar levels. I think Ima have her do blood test next time on my progesterone and adrenal glands because we haven’t checked those in about a year. Surprisingly, i react well and have a good cycle when taking diabetes medication. Don’t know why! But it regulates a lot of things and I do have to take vit D because my levels are always low. Would recommend you see one as well for some insight!
@Anonymous That’s what I want to do!!!! Thank you so much. My sugar is ok. Thyroid too. But I don’t get my period on time
@Anonymous I have pcos too
@confused writer It sucks man. I am convinced it is what flares up my OCD as well. My levels are usually good too besides my vit D and for some odd reason my CO2. Upon further research, low CO2 levels can be a cortisol issue. But before I go down that explanation spiral, I’ll save you from it 😂 but yes! O highly recommend seeing an endocrinologist, they are the hormone specialist! And advocate for yourself even if your OCD tells you otherwise!
So much yes! I’m just after stopping birth control after give or take 10 years. I can’t ever remember having such a spike in OCD. I’m trying to navigate it as best I can but my oh my has the last two months been hard 😫 thinking of you and hoping this rut passes for you soon! 🙏🏼
@Anonymous 💭 Hope you’ll do better!!! Are you kind of depressed too? Or only anxious?
@confused writer Just really anxious, but I know as the hormones settle so too with my OCD. We’ve just got to be patient and trust the cycle. I sometimes tell myself “it’s not me, it’s my OCD” which often helps when I’m spiralling!
@Anonymous 💭 yes!
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 😭
How are your experiences during an ocd spike while going through a menstruation? It doesn't matter if you are afab, your experience is valid too! I noticed my thoughts get worsened and the spike intensified, but now that I'm taking sertraline I don't feel an panic attack as before but the throughs and feelings are definitely there so is an unpleasant situation
I was wondering why my ocd was so much worse and I think it’s the luteal phase. I got diagnosed with PMDD recently. For a couple cycles, the pre and during was brutal but I was put on supplements that I thought helped. Now, I think the luteal phase just started but my religious ocd is coming back at full force. It’s scary. It feels so urgent. Like I must figure out the answers to every problem because it is life and death. It’s hard to recognize it is OCD. I feel like if I don’t figure everything out, I’m sinning and disappointing God. Does anyone have advice for surviving the luteal phase?
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