Personal Stories
“I felt like a Jekyll and Hyde monster…one minute I would be my normal self and then the next I would just flip at the smallest thing and shout and scream at everyone. I was such a nightmare to be around, everyone would feel like they were walking on egg shells… afraid that I would explode at any moment. I felt awful and hated the way I was behaving and feeling, but I just couldn’t seem to control it” (Anonymous)
“For several years, I thought I just suffered from really bad PMS, but inside me, I had a gut feeling it was something more than that, but I just didn’t know what. When I finally found out about PMDD, it was like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders, I finally knew what was wrong with me, and I that wasn’t just ‘being dramatic ’or’ exaggerating like people kept thinking I was. What I was suffering was a real disorder and knowing that my symptoms had a name, helped me to realize that I wasn’t alone and that there was help out there” (Anonymous)
“I dreaded every month when I knew I was due… I have suffered from PMDD for numerous years and knew what was waiting for me each time… yet try as I might, I was hopelessly unable to do anything to stop it from happening each and every time. PMDD was destroying my life. It felt like every time I started to enjoy life again, the PMDD would be due round again and drag me right back down again.” (Anonymous)
“One minute I would be laughing with my friends… and the next minute I would be bursting into tears and getting upset over the smallest thing that wouldn’t have even bothered me on a normal day. Even though I tried to explain to my friends what was happening, no one understood” (Anonymous)