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Pmdd Journey

Miilicent — Tue, 05 May 2026 06:06:04 GMT

I guess you could call Pmdd a journey. I'm 54 and have been recently diagnosed with Pmdd and have started Hrt. I have lived with depression/anxiety most of my life and had recently started psychological help with working through that. I've never really experienced PMS symptoms, then this hit, oh boy I didn't know what was going on. I live with my husband and 26 year old son who has his own mental health issues. I have a 20 year old daughter who lives away from home but is going overseas for 3 months to work. I'm going to miss her so much as I see her as my shining light. I'm feeling it hard at the moment as I don't have friends to talk to and you have to support yourself between psychology visits, which is hard as sometimes you just don't want to think. Are there any good online support services for pmdd. Or is anyone else going through a similar situation. Thanks for reading.

Re: Pmdd Journey

Josephine1965 — Wed, 06 May 2026 02:33:35 GMT

Hello Millicent.
im a 60 year old lady who has also lived with depression and anxiety all my life. Mine due to childhood trauma. Never really resolved even though seen councillors, psychiatrists and psychologists. Still ongoing. I would love to chat with you. I’m also married ( 41 years now ). I have 4 adult daughters. 2 still living at home with us. Life certainly has its challenges, most days.
I don’t have the health condition you do but I’ve had other quite debilitating illnesses over the last 10 years. Causing me to retire earlier than I would have otherwise. I wait to hear from you. J

Re: Pmdd Journey

Miilicent — Thu, 07 May 2026 01:23:21 GMT

Thanks for responding Josephine, so nice to have someone to talk to. My depression/anxiety is probably a chemical imbalance. Although my mother had depression and I have always been shy and introverted. Myself and hubby have been married 32 years. I'm relying on him a bit now for support as I don't have anyone close by. He doesn't really give me the empathy, understand & encouragement that I would like but he let's me be. It must be hard when you don't really understand what's going on. At the moment I'm trying not to get too attached to what my son is dealing with cause in the past that can determine how I feel and at times I struggle with my own issues. Life can be challenging when you have adult children living at home. Sometimes I feel I just want to take off, get away but if I did that things would be a whole lot worse. I'm finding at the moment the Hrt is helping. At least I've got a name for my condition and I'm taking something to treat it. Its a transition I'm going through. I'm guessing you are in menopause? How did you go with perimenopause? At the moment I'm not working. We were in a fortunate position that I could stay home look after the kids for the last 26 years. Last year I tried a couple of jobs, then all of a sudden I lost my confidence, this perimenopause hit. Now I'm just going to sit tight, get this under control & see what happens. Sorry if I've rambled but its nice having someone to talk to. My heart fluttered yesterday when you said you'd love to chat. Thank you.