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Connecting the dots between hormones and mental health

Today is PME day. What on earth does that mean, you may well ask? It stands for Premenstrual Exacerbation. So we've all heard about women being 'hormonal'? This is far worse. This is when your hormones trigger an underlying mental health condition, in my case bipolar. So no surprises that rapid cycling bipolar is much more common in women. 

So I'm starting to connect the dots between hormones and mental health; I say me, because it's not the health professionals I've dealt with who are telling me this, for the most part; it's me informing them! Nowadays you have to be an expert in your own health. You have to know what to ask for and then go out and make it happen. 

Finally I've been put on HRT, and so far, so good. Time will tell but we really must see the holistic picture when treating women with mental health conditions.

#PMDAwarenessMonth2022




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