Severe Anxiety and PMS (the week before and the week after?)

[angeliz]

Hey girls...

I just wanted to hear back from some of you whom suffer extream anxiety around that time of the month. I seem to have it really bad the week before sometimes 2 weeks before and then as I am coming off my period, it seems to start again. The same irritable, anxious, nervous, type feelings I have before my period. Do any of you have the same feelings even the week after? I feel so stressed, tense, shakey inside and mentally feel like I am just a time bomb. The feeling of being on edge that much......

[King]

These feelings could be due to huge hormonal changes you're getting every month.

For some people there is an anxiety related condition called PMDD (Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder). Up to 5-8% of women are thought to have this disorder.

More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premenstrual_dysphoric_disorder

I'm not saying you have this condition but you might read it and relate to it, I would recommend you speak with your doctor further if you felt it could be a possibility.