My period makes my OCD symptoms so much worse.

Same. Me RIGHT NOW.

Same

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.

So I started taking these Flo vitamins all natural and they help a lot

I’ve heard of those. They help with anxiety??

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!

I have severe endometriosis so my hormones are everywhere during my period. Is this pill form??

@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.

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!

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

definitely yes, i always think things are getting better and i feel slightly normal again and then boom it gets bad

@Jammy (she/her) woww okay thanks for this i actually feel relieved!!!!!

@Nour04 and urm do you have less anxiety and maybe less thoughts???

@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!