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[–]Tiktaky 22 points23 points ago

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Some women do have an excuse to blame their hormones.

I suffer PMDD and enter second stage labour each month instead of just cramps. I black out from pain and go into auto-pilot.

Because PMDD comes with depression, OCD, and Bi-polar, I have sometimes awoken after a black out to find myself walking down a busy road or in my kitchen, cleaning with bleach or trying to bake. It scares me, and makes me more anxious, which just makes the experience worse.

I'm perfectly rational at any other time of the month. But when I'm on my period is like I'm a sleep-walker with a mental disorder.

And it sucks because when I say "I'm about to get my period, so please tell me if I do anything crazy" people tell me to grow up.

[–]stuman89 9 points10 points ago

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Jesus. Fuck everything about that.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

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Harsh reality: If you act like an asshole people will hate you. Mentally ill? No one gives a fuck, especially after you've acted like an asshole to them.

[–]Tiktaky 3 points4 points ago

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Sorry, that last part got me confused, are you saying that mental illness changes noting if you are rude?

It's the boy who cried wolf. If you blame PMS or a mental illness every time you do something that others get shitty with. On a day when you are really having trouble with you emotions no one will listen to your reasons.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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I'm saying that if you are an asshole to someone they won't generally care about why you were an asshole after the fact. Whether you have a good excuse or not won't matter. They have no good way to determine if your excuse is legitimate and most of the time they won't appreciate it anyway.

[–]happleattack 0 points1 point ago

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That has got to be one of the worst ways of removing yourself from the gene pool, or atleast disadvantage yourself

[–]locked_in_the_trunk 0 points1 point ago

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I already have children and trust me the pain and bleeding gets worse after bearing children. I still have ovaries so no hormone replacement needed. I feel 100% better

[–]locked_in_the_trunk 0 points1 point ago

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One word - hysterectomy

[–]Tiktaky 0 points1 point ago

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I'm only 19, no doctor in the world would even consider that. I've had several D&C's and I'm on a waiting list to get an oblation. All the women in my family have had hysterectomies, Some took the whole lot, some left the ovaries, some left the cervix. They were all more irrational and crazy AFTER the surgery. Its like they have PMS 24/7 now. I can manage my sanity with drugs, they can't.

[–]locked_in_the_trunk 0 points1 point ago

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If they still have their ovaries then their hormones are not affected. If they will do an ablation, what's the diff really. You cannot have kids after the ablation either so I don't understand that theory. I had one of those first because it is just day surgery just because I couldn't take 6 weeks off work at the time - it worked some. No one I know has any regrets regarding their surgery even the ones that had total hyster. Their meds have helped with menopausal symptoms. Weird that there is a waiting list for ablation! I'm in Canada and I didn't wait at all, just one visit to ob/gyn and surgery was booked I wish you all the best. :)

[–]Tiktaky 0 points1 point ago

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I could have the surgery tomorrow, but I have to pay out of pocket. Because it's an elective surgery, You have to wait in order to have it covered by health care.

A hysterectomy would be useless and its pretty high risk (hence why doctors wont do it. It's a danger vs. outcome issue rather than a fertility issue) The ovaries and hormones cause the illness and I don't want to go on HRT at 19 years old. The oblation option was taken because the doctors want to stop me having physical periods, just leaving me to cope with the emotional side of things.

On the fertility side, I'm having to go through a lot of paperwork and therapy because I'm refusing to freeze eggs. (They wont let me donate them to science when I'm 45, my only option is to incinerate them or donate them to a blood relative. I'm not paying them to hold onto something that will be burned in 20 years time after never being used.)

[–]locked_in_the_trunk 0 points1 point ago

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Ok wow good luck with all of that! I feel for you. Ablation may or may not stop the periods. Mine slowed but didn't stop and I still had a lot of pain. Turns out I was stage four endometriosis so I still experience pain because I have ovaries and with them I still get the "emotional" part of the period as you have described it - pretty accurately I must say.

I take it you have decided against children...you are pretty young to make such a life long decision but I'm not going to preach to you, sounds like you have heard enough of that. I didn't plan my kids but am very grateful for them. (My youngest is actually your age!) I doubt you would regret having children but you may very well regret not.

Take care and I hope you get some well deserved relief. :)

*edited because spelling is important

[–]Tiktaky 0 points1 point ago

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Jesus, stage 4? how did you not resort to stabbing yourself in the uterus? I'm so glad I don't have endometriosis, from what I've heard is so much harder to manage. Thank you for the advice and support :)

I'm sorry the ablation didn't work as well as it could of in your case, hopefully in time a solution may arise.

[–]whoami9 -1 points0 points ago

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Look, that sounds really awful, really. I really feel for you.

Which is why I feel really bad about making this suggestion:

Can you lock yourself in a cage like werewolfs do on full moons to avoid killing their friends and family?

[–]dancepuppetsdance 4 points5 points ago

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Sweeping generalisation, much? Hormones are unpredictable, and some women can go from 0 to crazy like a yo-yo in this time. If you don't know women who do this, great, lucky for them and for you. When you're clawing the walls and blacking out from the pain even when you're on dihydrocodeine, it makes you a tad irritable. You're right that this doesn't happen to everyone, but categorising it as a mad few really demeans those who properly suffer on a monthly basis.

[–]flawlesslylogical 6 points7 points ago

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I disagree to some extent.

It's true that MOST women don't blame their periods, but the transformation is exactly like that - lovely to monster overnight. They usually don't even realize they're doing it which is why it's so frustrating. At least if they blamed the period it would mean they're aware how irrational they've become, but they usually don't. You can't even call them on it because that only enrages the beast even furthur.

I've had girls say things like "you know, every few weeks you turn into a complete dick" and they honestly don't see why I find that funny.

[–]djinnet 2 points3 points ago

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are you on your period right now?

[–]locked_in_the_trunk 0 points1 point ago

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I think women just tend to say what's on their minds during this time. Things that they haven't said anything about that have pissed them off for awhile get addressed.

[–]thementalnomad 12 points13 points ago

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My ex was my ride to an Epica show, which my band opened for, but she got all bitchy and left early, which means I had to go along. That night, Epica, a POWER METAL band, covered STAR WARS SONGS and had LIGHTSABER FIGHTS on stage. And I missed it. We also went to Waffle House afterwards, because she was starving, and she poured her Diet Coke all over my chocolate chip waffle because she was tired of me joking. She would later blame her period.

[–]addictedtosugar[!] 11 points12 points ago

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Good thing she is an ex.

[–]takatori 5 points6 points ago

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That's probably why she is an ex.

[–]B_S_O_D 2 points3 points ago

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ex

Bullet. Dodged.

[–]siouxsie_sioux 3 points4 points ago

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I don't get angry. I just get sad. And when I find myself getting misty eyed over commercials and stuff I know my period is going to happen in a couple of days. It's really dumb, I hate hormones.

[–]mucocele 7 points8 points ago

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PMS stands for PRE-menstrual syndrome. That means all those crazy feelings/emotions are supposed to happen BEFORE the period, and not during. I think a lot of people just lump everything together, when really, all those feelings should be over DURING the period.

http://i.imgur.com/togLt.jpg

[–]Schizotypal 2 points3 points ago

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Odd. All of my exes were the opposite. They would go insane and refuse to admit that PMS had anything to do with it. Bringing it up was regarded as "dismissing their feelings". I am not sure how they explained away my magical ability to predict their feelings based on a calendar. Perhaps they believed I was a master of astrology.

[–]golfr26 19 points20 points ago

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This is how I view most women while on their period

[–]visacrum -1 points0 points ago

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Thanks for today's first genuine laugh!

[–]rushiku 8 points9 points ago

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You know why they call it PMS, right?

Mad Cow Disease was already taken.

I'll be here all week.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Be glad it wasn't your dick bro.

[–]Miley_Cyrax 5 points6 points ago

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"Challenge Accepted" -- womankind.

[–]electricdynamite 0 points1 point ago

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"So I stabbed him. Once, twice... thirty times. Like I said: it was a craaaaaaaaazy day."

[–]NitsuaDneirf 0 points1 point ago

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Blah blah blah

[–]djinnet 0 points1 point ago

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For some weird reason whenever I'm about to be on my period my boyfriend gets all bitchy and yells for the most mundane things. He had two sisters that had their periods at the same time (every month for years!), so i wonder if that affected him in anyway.

[–]KingDaniel 0 points1 point ago

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PMS it's a BITCH!

[–]GinNMiskatonics -2 points-1 points ago

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If you're a woman and you do this that's fine. But just know that I will embrace this as well. You flip out on me for no reason, fine. Following this I will shit in your makeup and rape your cat (not really, I like animals, but something equally disturbing that I have yet to plan) and when you flip out I will blame it on having to deal with your period. At this point you will a) realize what a cunt you're being or b) flip out more. I understand hormonal imbalances but there is a line. It does NOT give you the right to be abusive anymore than it gives me the right to shit in your lady bits.

/endrant.

Tldr; I really could go for a blueberry waffle...

[–]peaceshot 4 points5 points ago

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Blueberry waffle, or BLUEBERRY WAFFLE!!!?

[–]nrodri09 -5 points-4 points ago

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Seriously ladies...the excuse of going crazy or whatever is caused by a period is getting old...

[–]PerlaDeOro -5 points-4 points ago

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Seriously kid, we don't really use this excuse...or any for that matter.

[–]nrodri09 0 points1 point ago

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Not from what I experienced..

[–]locked_in_the_trunk -1 points0 points ago

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Every man should have to endure one run of a painful extremely heavy period and then see if you understand a little better

[–]billwhy -1 points0 points ago

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i'm married to a Katie!

[–]masgrada 1 point2 points ago

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Sure Tom.

[–]angrycooch -3 points-2 points ago

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As a woman named Katie who has 3 month long periods, I feel like saying yes, I really can.

[–]locked_in_the_trunk 1 point2 points ago

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You poor girl - you don't have to put up with that! Seriously I had a hysterectomy and feel fabulous now. It's so nice to be able to plan to go away without worrying about being on your period. Outdoor concert fests - no problems!

[–]no_frill -1 points0 points ago

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Ah, Perfect Man Syndrome.

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