An Exerpt from My Memoir: PMDD and I
Chapter 1 of my memoir: PMDD- Life Interrupted To understand me and my relationships, you have to understand what I myself was struggling with the whole time which amplified the intensity inside the drama of these relationships. Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) is an extreme version of Pre-Menstrual Syndrome (PMS). PMS is when a woman gets physically or emotionally agitated right before their period begins. They usually feel cramps or extra sad before their period begins. With PMDD, a woman feels completely debilitated in these conditions with extreme physical pain and discomfort. They also tend to be suicidal or have suicidal ideations before their period begins. Once their period starts, the woman can have some relief but the physical and emotional pain doesn’t usually go away until after their period. This means a weak of torture during the period and sometimes a week or two of pre period torture. So that can be up to three weeks out of four in a month...
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