Recently, each luteal phase has felt like HELL mentally. I already have anxiety so it only makes it worse, I get more irritable than usual at times, sad, it sucks big time.
The second my luteal phase starts I can always tell, I feel like shit mentally.
Anyone else going through this or has experienced it? And how do you cope?
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THE. WORST.
I use a period tracker so that I know when the doom will hit. Cry my way through it knowing that hormones are making everything worse and reality isn’t that bad. Avoid making big decisions, and never pick a fight. Give myself care and rest, more than usual.
My luteal starts 10 days before my period. 10 days of emotional hell. It’s awful. Sending hugs, OP.
PMDD. I’ve tried a much of medications and I’m yet to find my Goldilocks but at least a diagnosis gives you a direction
Yes! I feel like one minute I’m sobbing because my life is falling apart and the next I’m fine have no idea why I was so upset.
A year or so ago, I posted here that my cycle was starting to scare me because that phase put me in a dark, dark place every month for almost a year. It’s gotten better since then (I contribute life-factors as to why it got so bad) but it’s still the worst I get mentally, every single month.
It may be PMDD babes. I used to have the absolute worst luteal phase where I would feel on edge, easily irritable, and suicidal. The doctors were absolutely no fucking help until I demanded a higher dosage of my SSRI. That’s seemed to have done the trick, tho I still have a lot less energy and am grumpier in luteal phase. Now I make sure to baby myself for that week, eat well, drink lots of tea, and hang out with loved ones.
The last 3-5 days of my luteal phase is consistently a battle of mind vs. hormones. Years ago, I discovered that when I got off hormonal birth control, that once a month for a few days, I think the whole world hates me. I become the most grumpy, impatient nag, simultaneously mired with thoughts and feelings that I’m worthless and I’m no good. No thoughts of self-harm, but I am easily overwhelmed how intense the feeling that everyone hates me.
I feel it’s getting worse with age, especially since I won’t get back on birth control again. I love that my body ‘works’, I hate that it tries to self-sabotage that love with regularity.