PMDD
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hotpinksequins
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I'm a 20 year old female, with terrible, terrible period pain. I'm almost positive that it's PMDD. About two weeks before hand I start getting sick. I wake up feeling nauseous. I get really emotional, I get headaches, I get a terrible back ache. About a week before, my breasts get so tender, I can't even lift my arms above my head. The first three or four days of my period, I get terrible cramps, so much pain I can't even move, I can't sleep, I can't eat. I have pain in my stomach, and a pulling pain in my thighs. It's awful, and it really disrupts my life for two to three weeks a month. I am miserable.
I went to the doctor last week, and he didn't seem concerned at all. He told me that my exam seemed just fine, and I just had pain. He said it like it was no big deal, I felt like he didn't take me seriously at all. My husband just tells me, "Oh, you just have a painful period, it's nothing serious." He said if the doctor said not to worry about it, don't worry about. But I can't help it. I feel like no one understands the way I feel, and no one takes me seriously. My mom deals with some pain with her period, but usually for her, taking a pill does help. I know she understands, but I also feel like, people maybe just think I exagerate. Taking any kind of painkiller does nothing for me. I've tried every over the counter pain pill. I've tried naproxen. I use muscle relief creams, or those patches, and I've used a heating pad. Nothing helps.
It's not only the physical pain and sick feeling, it's mental too. I feel so exhausted all of the time, and I have mood swings, I get so emotional, I sometimes feel like I just want to die. Literally one night, I think the only thing that stopped me was that I took out my phone and just stared at a picture of my grandma. I knew that hurting myself would hurt my family. Afterward, I almost felt insane. Why would I think a thing like that??? Under normal circumstances, I am not that way at all. It's like my thoughts all get clouded, I get depressed. I don't know how to fix it. The physical pain, I have no choice but to go through, and after it's over, I don't even remember how I possibly could have felt so bad, but the emotional, mental stuff, I remember, and think I'm crazy.
I don't know what to do. The doctor prescribed a mild, low dose birth control pill that I can start the Sunday after my next period. The doctor told me "Hopefully you'll feel better within three or four months" which for one thing, I thought was a rude thing to say, and for another, that isn't helpful. I know it will take time, but was there nothing he could do for the time being? And this isn't even a birth control pill prescribed for period pain. I don't anticipate it helping me at all. I'll try it though. Right now, it's a week before my period, and I feel awful. I have a headache, cramps, and have felt too sick to eat all day. I don't know what to do, and I hate having to deal with this. I want another doctor's opinion, but I have military insurance, and everyone has told me that I can't go to a doctor off base unless they directly refer me to one. Can anyone give me any advice? Please?
PMDD
Posted by hotpinksequins
I hope I'm posting this in the right section!
I'm a 20 year old female, with terrible, terrible period pain. I'm almost positive that it's PMDD. About two weeks before hand I start getting sick. I wake up feeling nauseous. I get really emotional, I get headaches, I get a terrible back ache. About a week before, my breasts get so tender, I can't even lift my arms above my head. The first three or four days of my period, I get terrible cramps, so much pain I can't even move, I can't sleep, I can't eat. I have pain in my stomach, and a pulling pain in my thighs. It's awful, and it really disrupts my life for two to three weeks a month. I am miserable.
I went to the doctor last week, and he didn't seem concerned at all. He told me that my exam seemed just fine, and I just had pain. He said it like it was no big deal, I felt like he didn't take me seriously at all. My husband just tells me, "Oh, you just have a painful period, it's nothing serious." He said if the doctor said not to worry about it, don't worry about. But I can't help it. I feel like no one understands the way I feel, and no one takes me seriously. My mom deals with some pain with her period, but usually for her, taking a pill does help. I know she understands, but I also feel like, people maybe just think I exagerate. Taking any kind of painkiller does nothing for me. I've tried every over the counter pain pill. I've tried naproxen. I use muscle relief creams, or those patches, and I've used a heating pad. Nothing helps.
It's not only the physical pain and sick feeling, it's mental too. I feel so exhausted all of the time, and I have mood swings, I get so emotional, I sometimes feel like I just want to die. Literally one night, I think the only thing that stopped me was that I took out my phone and just stared at a picture of my grandma. I knew that hurting myself would hurt my family. Afterward, I almost felt insane. Why would I think a thing like that??? Under normal circumstances, I am not that way at all. It's like my thoughts all get clouded, I get depressed. I don't know how to fix it. The physical pain, I have no choice but to go through, and after it's over, I don't even remember how I possibly could have felt so bad, but the emotional, mental stuff, I remember, and think I'm crazy.
I don't know what to do. The doctor prescribed a mild, low dose birth control pill that I can start the Sunday after my next period. The doctor told me "Hopefully you'll feel better within three or four months" which for one thing, I thought was a rude thing to say, and for another, that isn't helpful. I know it will take time, but was there nothing he could do for the time being? And this isn't even a birth control pill prescribed for period pain. I don't anticipate it helping me at all. I'll try it though. Right now, it's a week before my period, and I feel awful. I have a headache, cramps, and have felt too sick to eat all day. I don't know what to do, and I hate having to deal with this. I want another doctor's opinion, but I have military insurance, and everyone has told me that I can't go to a doctor off base unless they directly refer me to one. Can anyone give me any advice? Please?