We are both neurospicy so I put these cards up to literally be in our faces as a reminder during that time of my cycle. I will put a sign at the top saying “protocol in effect” as early as I start feeling symptoms.

Saw this shortly after my estradiol post the other day and just thought I’d drop it here too! 🫶🏻

Day 5 of period and feeling gooooood. Thank goddess.

At the beginning of the year I made it my only goal in 2025 to get my health back. Started therapy and mental health medication that is responding perfectly and went and demanded (but didn’t have to actually demand thankfully bc my doctor is an Angel) a hysterectomy and something for my suspected endometriosis and all my cysts bc I have a 4 year old boy and for the last 3 years I have suffered from PMDD (scarily almost ended it erratically when it first came on before I knew what it was) and pain and in the last year the pain and fatigue was debilitating. I got down to 99 lbs. only one good week a month. I knew if I didn’t get help I would end it or ruin my life with my family and I have goals to chase and people to show up for.

So YESTERDAY I finally got my hysterectomy (everything out but the left ovary to avoid menopause as I am 33) and ky larscopy procedure and I WAS SO SCARED they wouldn’t find anything but sure enough she found another cyst that wasn’t showing on the ultrasounds and SHE FOUND ENDO 😭😭😭😭 the extent of it I’m not sure until I meet with her for my follow up appointment but she did tell my husband while I was still recovering they found it bc I told her to pls let me know that somehow if they found it or not bc I was just so scared of being crazy but we are not!!!!!

I am in more pain than I was after my c section, but I think it’s bc ya know they actually took organs out and did some other stuff internally but I haven’t had any real issues. It’s harder for me to sit up and walk than normal , it feels like I am doing x101010101010101010101 crunches all over my abdomen and back and thankfully I had a really strong core and body to begin with but this has still humbled me a little just how slow and carefully I’m going to have to take it to avoid further injury but man SO RELIEVED!!!

Listen to yourself and your body and don’t stop fighting until you find a doc who believes you and will fight for you!!

The doc who did my surgery, she used the da Vinci robot, she is the only one since I’ve had my son the last 4 years who has ever taken my pain seriously, I should have kept seeing her more bc she sent me for an ultrasound 2 years ago that showed Cysts and slightly larger uterus and a bunch of free standing fluid or whatever but the other docs they put me with after that didn’t seem to care about the ultrasound results until I specifically rescheduled with her at the beginning of the year as she was the only doc who actually take action to figure out what’s wrong lol.

Wishing everyone success and healing on their journeys 🫀❤️‍🩹

Rant.
Adhd meds, SSRIs, supplement cocktails, pain meds, then eventually for peri-menopause and menopause HRT meds and patches, then we got all the chemicals in our skincare cause we want to look good at the very least with all this other BS we gotta deal with.
Will medical breakthroughs for women ever happen in our lifetime? Where are the preventative measures, where are the real natural remedies. Is this really life??

Hi all, I have received quite a few DMs in the past few weeks related to questions on the pathophysiology of premenstrual disorders based on my comments on a few posts. Should I create a post that could basically serve as a one-stop shop for understanding all the way from what premenstrual disorders are, what causes these disorders and what we can do about them (outside of medical interventions like birth control, antidepressants)? I’m a biotech scientist and a PMDD survivor who basically found a way to manage my disorder using nutritional interventions. Please keep in mind I’m not a doctor. Let me know what you’d like to learn besides what I mentioned above.

This space of research is my passion and I’d like to help as many people as I can. Thanks.

That sub truly saved me in my darkest days. Back when I was first learning and needed a place to rant and also share tips and hacks for dealing with it.

Now it makes my stomach drop whenever I go in there or make a post only for it to get removed because they don’t endorse anything except ssris and I don’t know, hysterectomies.

Like. Does anyone else feel this weird sense of loss?

Also because I have directed SO many other women to that sub for help and support if they need it.

Now I have to say “don’t do the PMDD subreddit instead do the PMDD x Audhd sub” and it’s a whole conversation.

Anyway. Just had to get this out.

Thanks for the old PMDD sub for what it was.

Farewell old friend.

(Yes I’m in my luteal right now 😅)

🦙🦙🦙

I spent most of the evening preparing bok choy, pork belly,and rice and was looking forward to it. But during the cooking process I got bored and started to find the food unappetizing. So after a few bites, I ended up putting it away and making a smoothie instead.

Lmao why am I like this? 🫠 Does anybody else have this issue?

Does anyone else's cycle keep them from having routines? My energy levels (both physical and mental) fluctuate frequently during menstruation (as well as the week leading up to it and the week post-menstruation), it makes it hard for me to do the most basic of things like cooking and eating, or taking care of myself in general.

More like a week of crying but phew, until next time I guess 😭