Ptsd And Pms

[lilredannie]

Im wondering if any ladies suffer from EXTREME pms symptoms worse now that pre-PTSD?

 

[Meadowsweet]

My mind has always been a bit messed up, but at times it is more messed up than at other times. What I've noticed with this, is that PMS kind of multiplies what I'm experiencing. So when I'm on steady ground PMS is mild miserableness. When things are bothering me, but I'm managing them, PMS can make those issues explode and I become overwhelmed. But then there are times when I'm already so overwhelmed and trying to deal with it, that I don't notice such a distinction between other weeks and PMS week.

 

[falling_wave]

I think pms just exacerbates symptoms due to hormones creating fluctuations in mood.

 

[lilredannie]

I am feeling borderline psychotic. Every emotion or thought is magnified. The week before and the entire week of. Not to mention my periods are longer than ever. My fiance is trying to be here for me... but just doesn't know what to do! I can't keep living like this. Its ridiculous!

 

[Friday]

Nope.

 

[Kefira]

I have always had awful symptoms around my period. But there isn't any pre-PTSD experience of that for me. It took me ten years and it getting significantly worse, but I finally have a diagnosis and am being treated properly. Several Drs assumed it was psychosomatic before I finally got someone to do tests. I'd highly recommend ruling out other causes even if it's been worse since the PTSD.

 

[hodge]

My PMS was always really bad, but I got PTSD after my periods ended. I hate to think of what they would be like now, blah.

 

[theshadowoftheliving]

it's hard to know; the PTSD came first.

That said, PMS makes things worse, for sure, but not in terms of flashbacks and those symptoms - just in terms of the depression, anxiety, avoidance, etc.

 

[NoWhereKnowWhere]

My trauma happened when I was 16 I can't really remember what it was like before then. Pms for me as well as the period pain seems to be getting worse as I get older. But yeah I'm f*cking batshit crazy with pms. Like my partner knows when I'm due because how mental I get. Haha

 

[Spiderallis]

I know I'm in for about three to four days of heavy suicidal thoughts before being incapacitated by pain for another three days. I don't know what it could have been like before the trauma. In my many years of misdiagnosis, PMDD was brought up- it's premenstrual dysphoric disorder, I think?

 

[BlackbirdSinging]

It seems like PMS makes the PTSD symptoms I experience worse. It's like about every 3 weeks I'll have more symptoms or the symptoms are more intense. If it gets bad enough and the symptoms get very strong I've even ended up getting triggered easier and I've even had emotional flashbacks.

It frustrates me because I can avoid certain people or places that I know can be stressors or triggers for me. But I can't do anything to avoid the fluctuations of my hormones triggering the PTSD symptoms.