Comments on: PMDD and The Mid-Cycle Switch http://www.smashingskulls.com/2008/10/10/pmdd-the-mid-cycle-switch/ Punk Rock, PMS and a PhD Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:44:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Skully http://www.smashingskulls.com/2008/10/10/pmdd-the-mid-cycle-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Skully Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:20:23 +0000 http://www.smashingskulls.com/?p=3#comment-3 Isn't mania brilliant? That's the trouble with meds, they dull the good bits as well as the bad bits! Turns out it was a precursor to PMDD. Last pre-menstrual phase was really bad... not as bad as it was two years ago, but in PMDD territory none the less. My progesterone levels are really screwed up at the moment. Are on some progestins now so I'm hoping that was the cause and my trip back to PMDD was a one off! I'm on my post-menstrual high now! :) Isn’t mania brilliant?

That’s the trouble with meds, they dull the good bits as well as the bad bits!

Turns out it was a precursor to PMDD. Last pre-menstrual phase was really bad… not as bad as it was two years ago, but in PMDD territory none the less. My progesterone levels are really screwed up at the moment. Are on some progestins now so I’m hoping that was the cause and my trip back to PMDD was a one off!

I’m on my post-menstrual high now! :)

]]> By: Stef http://www.smashingskulls.com/2008/10/10/pmdd-the-mid-cycle-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Stef Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:51:20 +0000 http://www.smashingskulls.com/?p=3#comment-2 OH! if I could have the mania, LOL I think that's the hardest part for me about being on the Topamax and Prozac is I don't get my bigger hit of mania. On the other hand, I don't get my biggest hit of depression either so it's a trade off, I suppose. :) I have cyclomythia too. It says alot now that I know, but I guess it was so mild that it was hard to tell. I went up/down so quickly it was never for long enough periods for any major red flags. As I have gotten older, unfortunately, when I am off the Topamax, the mania is in smaller dosages and the depression in LARGE! I am with you, if I could keep just the mania, I'd be happy. It is strange that it did come and go. Of course if you were on meds and had just started that would be a given that it could happen. In your case though, very strange. Maybe it will disappear again. A girl can hope! Good luck in figuring it all out. It's just a day-to-day road, as you already know. And, enjoy that energy while you have it, I would. Stef OH! if I could have the mania, LOL

I think that’s the hardest part for me about being on the Topamax and Prozac is I don’t get my bigger hit of mania. On the other hand, I don’t get my biggest hit of depression either so it’s a trade off, I suppose. :)

I have cyclomythia too. It says alot now that I know, but I guess it was so mild that it was hard to tell. I went up/down so quickly it was never for long enough periods for any major red flags.
As I have gotten older, unfortunately, when I am off the Topamax, the mania is in smaller dosages and the depression in LARGE!

I am with you, if I could keep just the mania, I’d be happy.

It is strange that it did come and go. Of course if you were on meds and had just started that would be a given that it could happen. In your case though, very strange. Maybe it will disappear again. A girl can hope!

Good luck in figuring it all out. It’s just a day-to-day road, as you already know. And, enjoy that energy while you have it, I would.

Stef

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