Empowered Perimenopause With Francesca Liparoti

Episode 18: Perimenopause and PMDD

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Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) is a health problem similar to premenstrual syndrome (PMS) but much more serious. It’s predominantly characterised by intense mood swings and other emotional and behavioural symptoms. Such as severe depression, anxiety, irritability, mood swings, tension, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, and suicidal feelings. Symptoms start within the 2 weeks leading up coming on your period and usually go away as soon as the period arrives or within a few days of it starting.

For some women with PMDD, it can get worse as they move into and through perimenopause. And for some women without PMDD, their PMS can start to present more like PMDD and it may be something to address. 

In this episode, I discuss: 

• What PMDD is and go into detail about the particular set of symptoms that characterise it and help doctors to diagnose it 
• How PMDD differs from PMS
• Various potential mechanisms that might underlie PMDD
• Natural ways to manage it if you have received a diagnosis from your GP (whether you are choosing to use conventional medication or not)

Dive in and listen to episode 18 on your favourite podcast platform. Enjoy 🙂

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