PMDD: 'I Want a Child but I'm Scared to Come Off the Pill'

PMDD: 'I want a child but I'm scared to come off the pill'

Marianne has pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder, a condition which affects as many as 8% of women.

'My PMDD makes me scared to get pregnant'

“I want to have a child, but I also want to be sane.” Marianne Barry, 29, from Cardiff, has pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), a condition which can cause symptoms of severe anxiety or even suicidal thoughts. It affects as many as 8% of women, yet the average wait time for a diagnosis is around 12 […] The post ‘My PMDD makes me scared to get pregnant’ first appeared on News Health.

Today we come to talk about a hormone elephant in the room that is still very little talked about: the Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD), a real condition, recognized and that can start from the first menstrual cycles. TDPM: that guest that nobody asked Perhaps you are seeing a young woman who, after starting to menstruate, enters periods of overflowing anxiety, intense sadness or drastic mood changes that last longer than expected. And no,…