Women with PMDD are twice as likely to die by suicide compared to those without the condition.
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Periodic Bitch tells what it’s like to live with PMDD: an extreme, chronically understudied and widely misunderstood form of premenstrual illness.
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder is a serious condition that affects about 3% of women globally.
Relationship quality was consistently lower for people with PMDD and their partners.
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder affects between 3-8% of the population.
Yaz and Yasmin protect against pregnancy and can help manage some hormone-related conditions.
Pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder was only recently recognized as a mental health condition, so many health-care providers may also be new to understanding this hormone sensitivity and its treatment.
One in 20 women have PMDD – though very few may realise they have it.
A decision to recognise premenstrual dysphoric disorder as a genuine psychiatric condition will finally provide “validation for this awful and poorly understood” syndrome and alleviate the stigma attached…
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