Depression and cycling

[Irulan]

Originally posted by kpc
you took mid cycle medication and this helped w the PMS? So you didn't have to take it all month? Was there a problem on tthe first few days after you finished that month's dose?
Glad you were able to work thru all of this. Were you cycling during these years or did you take it up after the treatments?

well, I've always been active. If I wasn't cycling, I was walking, working out, hiking skiing. Sometimes activity is all that kept me from sliding into a depressive abyss. I've got some serious biochemical issues going on, and SEVERE PMS is just one part of it. Understand, this is not garden variety pms: I was unable to function. It's the kind of PMS where you are suicidal. You can look up PMDD if you want. So, yes it did help a lot. But I had other low grade, constant depressive issues that had to be treated seperately, and once they were managed the PMDD was managed also, tho it flares up about once every 6 months or so.

I've got a seriously screwed up family medical history of depressive issues. We can track all sorts of things ( bi-polar, suicides, depression) back 3-4 generations, and in various branches. At least there are better treatments available now than there were 100 years ago.

hth?

I.