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hey so 21-92% of autistic people who menstruate also have pmdd, and I think more people need to know of that (coming from an autistic transguy who also has pmdd, and had no idea of this until their then undiagnosed pmdd drove them to a breaking point)
Heart attacks symptoms are different for women. I recently learned this.
In light of recent events I am posting this here
I know there’s an existing post somewhere, but here’s the list of OBGYNs in the USA and other countries that will perform tubal ligation (aka female sterilization) without arguing with you
EDIT: this list is not mine. It has been curated by Dr. Fran Haydanek, here is her instagram
Ed Recovery and Periods!!
I need help to try and figure out if the irregularities in my periods are because of my ed or not.
I also want to recover regardless of whether or not my periods are affected my the disorder.
I have to talk to someone who knows about at least one of these things since I cannot stand to even consider the humiliating experiences of making my parents take me to the doctor and all the 'told you so's'.
Thank you very much for reading through this
This is a huge win in the fight against marital rape.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has just made a major ruling in favor of a French woman who was blamed for her divorce because she refused to have sex with her husband.
The woman, whose identity is kept private, had been married since 1984, but her relationship took a dark turn when her husband started abusing her in 2002. Then, she stopped having sex with him.
By 2012, she wanted a divorce, but her husband argued that she was the one at fault for not having sex.
The French courts initially sided with him, but the ECHR finally stepped in, ruling that this was a violation of her rights. The court made it clear that women cannot be treated as "faulty" for choosing not to have sex in a marriage.
Women are not objects in relationships —they are equal partners with the right to consent or refuse. This ruling challenges the harmful belief that marriage comes with a sexual "obligation" and affirms that everyone deserves respect, freedom, and the right to live free from sexual pressure or violence.
I know there’s an existing post somewhere, but here’s the list of OBGYNs in the USA and other countries that will perform tubal ligation (aka female sterilization) without arguing with you
You can also call or text 988 to connect you to local mental health resources and crisis counselors. It will connect to local, then regional, then the national backup centers in the USA. 988 can also route you to the Veteran's Crisis Line, Spanish Language Crisis Lines, and other resources. You can find out more about the 988 process on your State or County's health department websites.
Pay as you can Plan C Pill Protocols from $5, with future use pill protocols for $250. It's election season in the Post-Roe era. Pass it on for your sisters.
There's also dietary changes, supplements & vitamins, and psychotherapy options for treating PMDD. I'd recommend going to a female D.O. + OBGYN who generally will present you with a more well-rounded and wholistic (not holistic) treatment plan. My original PMDD team consisted of a psychologist, a psychiatrist, a dietician, an endocrinologist, and a D.O. gynecologist.
We figured out hormonal birth controls aren't an option for me due to both lifestyle factors and the exacerbation of my PMDD symptoms. We also restricted/eliminated soy from my diet as my intolerance of it went beyond bloating, and it also influenced my mood and psyche due to hormone levels being thrown off when I'd eat soy products as part of my inflammatory response to it. We added in psychotherapy with a focus on DBT and regulation skills to help me better adapt to psychological stressors. For about 3 years, while I was gaining those skills, I was on antidepressants.
My current treatment plan addresses both my seasonal affective disorder, birth control needs, and my PMDD through vitamin D & magnesium supplementation, a paragard IUD (non-hormonal copper IUD), dietary changes to a more whole foods high protien diet, and exercise. I haven't had a true PMDD episode in almost 4 years with this plan. Treating the underlying psychological disorder, getting my hormones balanced, and controlling the inflammatory response has done incredible things for me.
Talking to your primary care doctor or gynecologist about PMDD is an important step, and if you feel your needs are being ignored or aren't being addressed by your medical team, you can and should change providers. Your doctors also can't help you if you don't ask them to help and advocate for yourself. I've gone through a lot of good doctors and bad doctors and now have a fully female medical team whom I trust and who trust me.
Pre-menstrual depression is always depicted as like "He He! I had a box of icecream bars and cried while watching the Titanic!" But in reality, it's more like, "I'm standing the edge of an abyss. There is nothing good inside of me, I'm filled with rage and desperation."
It's crazy that being told how to deal with that is never a part of anyone's menstrual sex education.
Heart attacks symptoms are different for women. I recently learned this.