Getting Pregnant

Spyctre · #1 August 22nd, 2010, 04:28 PM

I was wondering if anyone had unusual PMS symptoms like anxiety or depression, especially ladies that ovulate irregularly.

laceymm888 · #2 August 22nd, 2010, 05:49 PM

You could have PMDD... do the symptoms go away once your period starts? Are they worse the week before your period?

Spyctre · #3 August 22nd, 2010, 08:20 PM

No, I am usually very upbeat when I'm not on my period. As soon as it hits, though, I get paranoid, slight heart palpitations sometimes, anxiety, nervousness, small panic attacks, slight case of the funk or blues, and irritability.

I normally ovulate around day 19, and that's a little late on average. Last cycle I ovulated on day 60 because of some slight stress at the beginning of my cycle. Looking back on that, I would classify my mood then as manic. I was running around frenzied for three weeks strait. Since stress can delay ovulation, I was wondering if there might be a connection between my period symptoms and my late and sometimes irregular ovulation.

I wonder if other women often experience the same thing and ovulate late/irregularly because of it.

Spyctre · #4 August 22nd, 2010, 08:25 PM

I just looked up PMDD. I pretty much match that list. Thanks for throwing it out there. I've heard of it, but hadn't really paid attention to it before.

New question: Anyone with PMDD ever experience late ovulation?

Babybear4 · #5 August 22nd, 2010, 10:11 PM

I have PMDD, but I don't think O is irregular. I am only in the beginning of my 4th PP cycle, and I ever charted O before, but I have always had a very normal 28-30 day cycle.

You might also want to look into other things as well. I am bipolar, and I think more so than PMDD, I go into a depressed episode prior to AF. If you are having mania, you may also be bipolar.

Spyctre · #6 August 22nd, 2010, 10:38 PM

I just read up on bipolar, and while it's similar to some things I've experienced, I don't think that's it. I think mine is completely hormone related. I am normally pretty up, but it seems like as soon as AF hits, I'm just in a funk. It was really bad the first day of AF, and just kind of hovering all day on day 2. Today I had bits of happiness with some down. It's better than yesterday. Tomorrow should be really good, and by the time I'm off AF it's normally gone.

Treatment for what I think I have is a balanced diet, rest, and exercise. I've been a bit restless lately so maybe a salad a day with some DDR and a Tylenol PM at night will fix me up.

alicenwonderland · #7 August 23rd, 2010, 11:26 AM

I had a definate hormonal problem. I would have some days then i'd feel so horribly hopeless, weepy, and distraught and wonder how i got along... and then realize i was about to ovulate. The next day i would be fine. Weirdest thing. I also had similar issues when starting AF.

I was ready to blame it on mental illness or whatnot, until i was able to line things up with my cycle. I know its just hormones, because i didn't have this problem at all when i was on the pill. Or at all now that i'm pregnant.

My ovulations were variable. Some late some close to being on time. I can't really say i noticed if there was a difference in mood with those.