To The Ugly Voices in My Head I Say, Again, Fuck Off.

PMDD is a jerk.

Photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash

Here I am, facing down another ‘period week’ without my hormones. Last month was frightfully intense and dark — PMDD is not to be taken lightly. But, it had to be done, doctor and body’s orders — 5 days off to allow my uterus to purge itself. And now again? Fuck.

Drowning Without My Hormones

So this month I’ve changed a few things up these first few days:

• an extra bump of Prozac in the evening
• loads of protein at every meal
• wine only within reason
• little to no caffeine
• rest.rest.rest
• Pay attention to my self-talk and mindset, move to a different room or position if needed to help reset my brain away from ugly and/or scary thoughts.

So far it seems to be helping A LOT.

Today I called in sick at work, slept in till after 11am and had such a gentle wake-up time for myself.