Post by Sam on Feb 8, 2016 23:21:51 GMT
Options include drugs targeting serotonin and various types of hormone therapy.
Most women experience some degree of emotional or physical discomfort a few days before and just after their menstrual period begins each month. About 5% of women of childbearing age, however, experience premenstrual symptoms that are so severe they cause significant mental distress and interfere with work, school, or relationships — thereby meeting the criteria for premenstrual dysphoric disorder, or PMDD, as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition. Another 18% to 35% of women suffer from less severe, but nevertheless bothersome, premenstrual symptoms.
Although sometimes dismissed as trivial, PMDD can disrupt a woman’s life and relationships so completely, she may despair that life itself is not worth living. About 15% of women with PMDD attempt suicide. Fortunately, treatment options exist for PMDD — but the most effective are not always prescribed.
Most women experience some degree of emotional or physical discomfort a few days before and just after their menstrual period begins each month. About 5% of women of childbearing age, however, experience premenstrual symptoms that are so severe they cause significant mental distress and interfere with work, school, or relationships — thereby meeting the criteria for premenstrual dysphoric disorder, or PMDD, as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition. Another 18% to 35% of women suffer from less severe, but nevertheless bothersome, premenstrual symptoms.
Although sometimes dismissed as trivial, PMDD can disrupt a woman’s life and relationships so completely, she may despair that life itself is not worth living. About 15% of women with PMDD attempt suicide. Fortunately, treatment options exist for PMDD — but the most effective are not always prescribed.
but I never give up.