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16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 18

Hi everybody. Hang in there Maggie! I think it's possible, but can be self defeating to try to control your thoughts. It can lead to a spiral of more negative thoughts. Probably I should do some more work on those persistent thoughts that mostly have to do with very mundane everyday things. That's where I'm likely to think "I'm just no good at this." or "I'm totally incompetent" like about opening a package or wiping up a spill. All these years of challenging them & they're still there. Probably a clue that they need more attention. I should print out some more worksheets & give them that attention.

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 131

My doctor did discuss PMDD but not in detail and I did look into this on the internet, but she didn't feel it was PMDD at that time. She did mention that this time of year is bad for SAD, and the sun hasn't been out in the past week and it's been chilly, maybe it's a combination of that and the dreaded hormones. Thanks Danielle for asking.

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 8760

Maggie, Have you ever been evaluated for PMDD? Danielle, Bilingual Support Specialist

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 3043

hi dumpling, my doc verified a whole bunch of hormones before giving me depression ;p and it turns out that one of the major hormones that does the controling of memory, and temperature, and menstrual cycles... the thyroid was being lazy! So yes! dips and peaks in your menstrual hormones will definately affect you... and one of the physical symptomes of depression is a hypersensitivity to pain and discomfort, so your period can cause some big problems. hence, the need for pleasure and exercise... it stimulates the brain to produce those feel good chemicals.

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 101

Hormone levels definitely affect mood. Sometimes it is hard to separate the various causes of the black times. But normal "down" due to hormones alone is much less than the black dog of depression so I think it is just a contributing factor.

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1153

Maggie, Keep challenging those negative thoughts. Push forward to find the positive ones. Brenna, Bilingual Support Specialist

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 131

I was cruising pretty good that last couple of weeks, maintaining some positive thoughts, not letting the negatives ones get in the way and I was approaching that particular time of the month and wham, I sunk...I can't seem to get motivated, and I'm having one negative thought after another. I'm trying to control them and I'm trying to keep busy, which does help, but today's not a good day. I'm sure there is a relationship to "those dives" and that particular time of the month. And I guess I'm at the age where things are starting to go haywire...any thoughts?

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1153

Wildcat, Thanks for correcting me there. You are right. We do have control over our thoughts. I didn't explain myself very clearly. I meant to say that thoughts may pop into our heads unannounced and we can't really control this. It is up to us to control how we react to these thoughts and what we do about them. Brenna, Bilingual Support Specialist

16 years ago 0 +0 / -0 3043

hi brenna, I think i disagree. Thoughts are very much in our control. It is just we are so much in the habit of thinking negatively that we fall into old patterns easily. I have some OCD problems and when I am tired there are some horrid thougts that come up to scare me. They are from my own imagination and if I do not cut them off I hit some very dark lows... "i am a horrid, criminal for thinking like this... I am going to fly off and do one of these horrid things if I lose control..." My depressive episodes are chemical and thought provoked... I know I am sliding down the cliff to the abyss and need to change the thought spirals that drag me under... and if my thoughts were under no control, I would never get out from under my quilts... have a good day!

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