OCD worse on my period ??

Does anyone else get worse OCD symptoms (for me it’s my obsessive and intrusive thoughts, my two big ones that i struggle with). These thoughts seem to bother me so much more the few days before my period and throughout it and it feels like clockwork that is slowly gets better as time goes on. This week was so bad. Some of the worst. I have nearly made life altering decisions that I would not normally make due to these thoughts that feel so real at the time. It is hard to work on them since they are really bad for about a week every month. I cannot explain it very well. I have obsessive thoughts often but on my period they become extremely debilitating. please does anyone else have this. PS i’m 21 and have had issues with my period and my doctors think i may have endometriosis so idk if my period and hormones are just awful and the reason for this.

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

Date posted: 21w ago

Oh ya! Definitely! (I'm a man but anytime ANYTHING messing with hormones is involved, it's going to act up. It's not you it's O.C.D. :) )

Username: Skyline 🕊️ Skyline 🕊️

Date posted: 21w ago

Literally me right now currently going through it with all the feels all the ocd etc. I also think I have Pmdd occasionally because everything can be so amplified. It really sucks hang in there take care of yourself and do something that makes you happy today

Username: bribean bribean

Date posted: 21w ago

@ Skyline 🕊️ thank you i needed that

Username: B.G.B.G.

Date posted: 21w ago

Same. But, My naturopath had recommended Milk Thistle/Liver Support. It helped. But now that I’m getting older I need something extra for my estrogen decreasing. My daughters did Milk Thistle/Liver Support and it helped them as well.

Username: bribean bribean

Date posted: 21w ago

@bgkd that is so helpful i am about to order both of those thank you

Username: B.G.B.G.

Date posted: 21w ago

@bribean I hope it helps. Just make sure you’re not allergic to ingredients. My naturopath says it’s not severe if you are. It will just upset your stomach

Username: moezmoez

Date posted: 21w ago

We are literally in the same boat, I’m 20 ( 21 this month🕺) and my mom has endometriosis and I have all the signs but am too afraid to go to the doctor but that’s a separate issue lol. Yes my OCD and general mental health gets much worse right before and after my period. I honestly think it’s the hormones around that time that causes us this issue. I just try to apply my same strategies I use throughout the week that I’ve learned from ERP. It’s hard and I haven’t completely figured out how to handle it, but you’re definitely not alone.

Username: bribean bribean

Date posted: 21w ago

@moez okay this made me feel so much better i felt like it may have been my OCD making me think it was a thing and i couldn’t really find anything anywhere that explained it so to know i’m not alone literally feels like a weight off of my chest ( i also just turned 21 💃🏼)

Username: moezmoez

Date posted: 21w ago

@bribean Yes! Sometimes it’s hard to find specific things about OCD online honestly because it’s not as researched as other things. I get it though because especially with the pain of endometriosis i feel like it kinda messes with my whole body including my mental health.

Username: marcygirl23marcygirl23

Date posted: 21w ago

About 5 days before my period to 2 days in are a nightmare for me. I’m 24! Had a thyroid disease so went years without my period & just starting to get regular.

Username: Emilia<3Emilia<3

Date posted: 23h ago

I don’t know if you may reply but thank you for writing something like this sweet Jesus I feel so relief that someone else feels the same way 😭😭

Username: FP22

Date posted: 25w ago

OCD AND Menstrual Cycle

Has anyone found a correlation in their OCD / Intrusive thoughts getting WAY worse during their cycle. I am doing fine with medication any other time but when I have my cycle it is debilitating… And have you found anything that helps?

Username: Brianapau

Date posted: 25w ago

Do any of you women have this experience?

Hi everyone, I’ll try to be brief. I am a 32 year old woman who has battled with intrusive thoughts since I first menstruated when I was 15. I get religious and sexual related unwanted thoughts. I have Been on and off the same SSRI since I was 18. So that’s like 12 years total that I’ve taken SSRI’s. It has saved my life because I was seriously thinking about leaving this world since I figured no one can live like this. What I wanted to ask is if any female gets the same symptoms I do before and after their period? Before my period I get really bad PMS and the worst intrusive thoughts. During ovulation I am great, then after ovulation I get anxiety and feel panic attacks wanting to creep in but they don’t. Maybe it’s because of the SSRI doesn’t let me go into full panic but I noticed this pattern. I noticed this pattern because I keep a log in a period app and noticed that I wrote things like “anxiety” before every period and after ovulation.

Username: Chibee

Date posted: 24w ago

OCD during monthly

For the girlies, does anyone’s OCD get SO excruciatingly bad during their luteal/menstrual phase, and I mean to the point you consider you might have PMDD? My periods have been getting so bad for me this past year that I DREAD it coming up, because I am hit with a major depression that lasts for two weeks at most, and it can get really, REALLY bad. Does anyone know how to somehow combat it? Like is there anything I can do to help increase the serotonin lol.

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