WTF is PMDD

+ how finding out feels like it saved my life.

Long before being diagnosed with PMDD (Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder) and put on medication for it, I had speculated that maybe it was more than simply PMS. Things always felt a bit more unhinged than normal for about 10 days leading up to my cycle. Almost on the dot of the 10th day countdown I could feel something shift in my body, a true dysphoric …