Kejonida
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- 4y
AnonymousAAnonymousA
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Ooooh yeah I always have a bad episode around my period. I’ve started taking magnesium glycinate. It’s made my cramps go down significantly. Not OCD related but thought I’d share!
MRR7221MRR7221
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I have severe endometriosis so my hormones are everywhere during my period. Is this pill form??
AnonymousAAnonymousA
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@MRR7221 Yes and you can buy it from Whole Foods or Amazon. I get the brand pure encapsulations. It’s actually amazing how much it’s reduced my cramps and also just reduced some brain fog I’d been having.
ReadyForImprovementReadyForImpr...
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I relate to this as well. Sometimes I have the most intense anxiety and OCD out of the blue and it's almost always related to my menstrual cycle!
Nour04Nour04
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does anyone else feel way more chill during the cycle and then BAM period and bad episode? because apart from my period i feel almost normal during the rest of the time
jammyyjammyy
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definitely yes, i always think things are getting better and i feel slightly normal again and then boom it gets bad
Nour04Nour04
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@Jammy (she/her) woww okay thanks for this i actually feel relieved!!!!!
Nour04Nour04
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@Nour04 and urm do you have less anxiety and maybe less thoughts???
jammyyjammyy
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@Nour04 yes definitely, i mean the thoughts and anxiety are always there but no where near as bad as when i’m on my period!
ucsancyucsancy
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Same. Me RIGHT NOW.
WorryBrainWorryBrain
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Same
MRR7221MRR7221
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I actually was just going to post a thread and ask if this is something that is common with others. I just got over mine and my anxiety started about a few days ago- the perfect correlation.
WorryBrainWorryBrain
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 4y
So I started taking these Flo vitamins all natural and they help a lot
MRR7221MRR7221
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I’ve heard of those. They help with anxiety??
IsabellaIsabella
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Yessss, pms makes way worse and I’m on my period rn. Plus I got triggered bad the other day. the mixture of hormones, depression , and ocd is really difficult 😕
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