@joannamoncrieff@ConversationUK As someone with pmdd, I comepletly disagree. I need to know what I have, whats going on to make sense of it. I really don't want to go back to the days of pmdd isn't real!
Disability assessments are notoriously incredibly traumatic and triggering. Many claimants have increased self-harm, suicidal ideation and sometimes hospitalisation before them. Imagine the pressure it would now be if 4 points ON ONE ITEM is necessary not just for PIP but LCWRA!
Over 1 in 10 women suffer with premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) - a debilitating condition which causes severe physical and emotional symptoms in the two weeks before their period.
Thank you to Lawra for sharing her story on @ITVChannelTV.
How is it possible that over 800,000 women in the UK - over a third of whom have attempted suicide - suffer from premenstrual dysphoric disorder, (PMDD), yet it has no public profile?
(I have never heard of it).
Is it the usual: โjust wimminโs problemsโ? https://t.co/YK2hb7KYbI
@silverpebble the org that wrote the complaint letter is gone but I found this, may or may not be useful. I hope you get some peace soon https://t.co/f7qRevfCRA It sucks we have to advocate for ourselves
When was v ill with this condition in Feb-really not safe but no mental health beds, I tried to plead with my GP, to explain that w/o a hysterectomy I may not be around for my daughters & to please advocate for me. Instead he told me I had โproblems with my emotionsโ & said no.
Hardest thing is that Iโve been trying so hard to get a hysterectomy for 3-4 yrs,refused multiple times by male GP & surgeon despite me explaining in detail. This conditionโs a threat to my life-not all the time but enough to be dangerous. Have to fight my way out of this, again.
Not sure whether to tweet this but PMDD (mental illness,in my case severe caused by hormonal changes & strongly linked to autism) has got the better of me again & Iโve been referred to the MH crisis team. Iโm aware my thoughts arenโt safe. Canโt ask friends to help bc is too much
PMDD has truly ruined my life. I don't know how to exist some days and it's just so painful. I don't know what to do with so much physical and mental pain at times.