Have you ever dismissed your feelings because you’re “just feeling hormonal”? In an extract from her new book, The Female Factor, Dr Hazel Wallace unpacks the science behind how the menstrual cycle impacts our emotions.
experience a worsening of pre-existing mental health conditions, such as anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder
The Female Factor, by Dr Hazel Wallace, looks at the gender health gap including the hormonal woman mythabdominal pain was the most common experienced premenstrually However, some women have symptoms so severe that they stop them from getting on with their daily lives, which is diagnostic of premenstrual syndrome . This collection of physical and emotional symptoms can occur in the two weeks before you have your period, usually gets better once your period starts and often disappears by the end of it.
However, like PMS, symptoms should resolve when the period starts – if not, there could be something else causing them, such as depression or another cyclical mental health condition, such as bipolar disorder.Exercise and periods: “I tried exercising based on my menstrual cycle and here’s why I’ll be sticking with it”
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