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[CLKD]

Do have a lookC at The National Association for Pre-menstrual Syndrome [NAPS] Dr Dalton did a lot of Research in the 1970s/80s about how hormone upheaval might affect us. 

[Kathleen]

Hello again Starfish.

I have been on this forum long enough to remember other ladies who have been as desperate as you.  They went on to document their progress with the help of medics and other professionals.

I am not sure how to find the relevant posts but perhaps if you use the search facility you may come across them.  I recall some who needed the help of various mental health services, including crisis teams.  I remember how these ladies improved with the right  treatment.

I hope that you can get the help you need just as previous MM posters have done.

Keep messaging here if it helps you and the lovely ladies on this forum will support you.

Take care.

K.

[Mariab]

Hi again Starfish,
I have been on pregabalin for 8 months and have stayed at the minimal dose, it does give you side effects for the first few weeks and then it starts to ease,
Along with the citalopram and hrt.. I also have had to incorporate self help as in meditation and excersise..
It has been a very hard journey and I have almost given up many times...but have given myself a good talking to and just got up and moved on with life even feeling really bad..I still have blips quite often but try and use the acceptance technique also.
I don't agree with your gp that there is nothing there can be done...
Did you say what hrt you have been on if any ?

[alltheleaves]

You will get better , you need to tell yourself that and your gp shouldn’t say things like that .
There are loads of similar stories, where women have overcome this with the right treatment, I have been dropped into a full menopause after cancer treatment the last 3 months have been awful and I too am not able to get to work yet .
I am feeling a little more stable this last few days , maybe everything is coming together finally, I recommend eft tapping , it has helped me in terrible moments, brad on you tube has one for  everything even for the feeling that you won’t get better , i have done that one many times x

[Turtle45]

@alltheleaves tell me more about your eft tapping please? Do you do it for a set amount of time? I’ve done it a bit and it helps a little.

[alltheleaves]

@alltheleaves tell me more about your eft tapping please? Do you do it for a set amount of time? I’ve done it a bit and it helps a little.

I do it on a morning when i get up if i need it or not , i do brads depression one and then i do his happy one , there are studies to say it works, they had two groups and the tapping group measured less depression and anxiety after 6 weeks of regularly tapping.
I also do it at anytime I feel awful , so it probably takes about 15 mins in a morning, but i sometimes do my own relating to what feeling i have , i also have been doing Wim hof beginners breathing on you tube that reduces stress levels, another tip a friend of mine has said is get outside as much as possible, the red light from the first sun  helps regulate your hormones x

[CLKD]

when I had severe anxiety my psychologist recommended deep breathing, she gave me tapes - remember those  - but it was finding time to practice, the idea being to use the techniques immediately anxiety reared it's ugly head.  Half a day at a time and don't plan too much .

[Jules]

Hi Starfish. You mentioned being at home all the time. Is there any sort of social prescribing in your area? I would expect your mental health team to have mentioned it if so but I used to work for a local authority who ran 6 week courses for people with anxiety and depression. I led the art classes. When I was first diagnosed with ME I was in a dark place, I started painting and just for that time, it gave my mind some respite. I had a couple of people in my classes who had been housebound,  one who'd not been out for 3 years, someone brought her, she didn't speak the whole way through but must have found it helpful as she did the whole course and it got her out. If I was able I'd come and paint with you. Please believe you can get better.

[CLKD]

Music too can heal ........ dance like no one is watching ;-).

[Jules]

Music too can heal ........ dance like no one is watching ;-).

I think for someone struggling to go out, a dance group could be hard, people without anxiety or depression arent always confident to do that, whereas an art, gardening , photography or cooking session give experience of being with others but you can also lose yourself or go unnoticed as it were.

[CLKD]

I wasn't suggesting going out to dance but mayB close the curtains ........ 

[Jules]

I wasn't suggesting going out to dance but mayB close the curtains ........ 

Oh right.

[getting_old]

Music too can heal ........ dance like no one is watching ;-).

Good advice. The number of times I've seen people say how much better they feel if they put on a favourite song and dance along 

[Vicky81]

Hi starfish
I'm so sorry you're going through this....anxiety was my worst peri symptom. And recently came back.
I'm on yasmin combined pill which really did help control the fluctuations....maybe an area to explore? See if it helps?'x

[CLKD]