Living Well with PMDD

In today's episode, Heidi shares Part 2 of her Living Well With PMDD Method. Heidi uses this method herself and helps her clients implement it in their life. The goal of this method is to take you from hiding in your closet crying to doing things you want to do and need to do regardless of what day of the month it is or where you are in your menstrual cycle.
 
 The LWWP Method (revamped!)
1. Life coaching
2. Tracking and Preparation
3. Medicine/Supplements/Vitamins
4. Defaults
5. Your Thing

Topics
 3:04 Preparation
13:50 Creating Defaults
22:25 Your Thing (the secret ingredient 🙂)
27:54 Invitation to the next Love and Support Call

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In today's episode, Heidi shares Part 1 of her 5-part Living Well With PMDD Method. Heidi uses this method herself and helps her clients implement it in their life. The goal of this method is to take you from hiding in your closet crying to doing things you want to do and need to do regardless of what day of the month it is or where you are in your menstrual cycle.

The LWWP Method
1. Life coaching
2. Medicine/Supplements/Vitamins
3. Tracking
4. Preparation
5. Defaults

Topics
6:20 Life Coaching
8:22 Tracking:  Menstrual Cycle dates 
11:54 Medicine/Supplements/Vitamins
15:21 Tracking: Signs and Symptoms

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In this episode, you'll hear Heidi describe two specific times her cycle has been thrown off in the past year: one was for a family reunion and the other spending a whole Saturday with friends. 

She shares her theory that this happens when one woman spends an extended period of time with a different woman (or group of women) that she hasn't been around recently.

Heid shares her Emergency Plan (E-Mode) for when PMDD symptoms hit at an unexpected time.

E-Mode: 4 Do's, 1 Don't
1- Recognize your PMDD symptoms are likely active
2- Take 3 deep breaths
3- Do one thing for yourself. (Or plan it.)
4- Decide next steps
Don't: No self reflection or self coaching during this time

Resource: https://www.health.com/condition/menstruation/10-things-that-mess-with-your-period#:~:text=However%2C%20many%20things%20can%20cause,to%20regulate%20your%20menstrual%20cycle.

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Heidi shares a win and explains the timing of her fluoxetine use.

Key Points: 

• To reduce interference with her sex drive, her doctor (third one to speak with about PMDD) recommended only using it Days 18-28 (for sure) and Days 1-7 (if needed). 
• Her doctor claims this has worked well for many of his patients.
• She takes it in the morning.
• When she's taken it in the evening, she woke at 2 a.m. and had a hard time getting back to sleep.

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Hi there, remember to register here for the free Love and Support call happening monthly.

The next one is this Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 at 6 pm PT/ 7 pm MT/ 8 pm CT/ 9 pm ET. 

If you missed this one, these occur on the fourth Thursday of each month at the same time as is listed above. 

Register once and receive email reminders for all subsequent calls :). 

Happy living! 
-Heidi

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For today, we’ll cover three phrases that will help you grow compassion for yourself, honesty with yourself and others, and make life more bearable. 

3 Must Know Phrases: 

-“I’m feeling (fill in the blank) right now.” Example: “I’m feeling sad right now.”

-“I’m not feeling well.”

-“…And that’s okay.” Example: “I do not want to go grocery shopping and that’s okay.”

Here’s the podcast episode I recommend listening to. It’s from Alex Clark’s The Spillover Podcast with Dr. Patrick Flynn: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-spillover-with-alex-clark/id1507839530?i=1000619737774

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Check out Heidi's website here. In this episode, Heidi shares:
-a supportive website for women with premenstrual disorders
-a Facebook group she is active in
-a new guideline released by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
-a stunning statistic: 34% of women with PMDD have attempted suicide, and
-information about getting accommodations and/or benefits at your workplace.

Resources:
https://iapmd.org/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/inspiredbypmdd

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Hi! In this episode we review things we've covered so far on this podcast and focus on 7 take aways.

7 Take Aways:
1.  PMDD manifests with severe PMS symptoms
2.  The National Institute of Health estimates 5-8% of women that experience a menstrual cycle have PMDD.
3.  PMDD is unique primarily because of the timing of the symptoms and the severity of the symptoms.
4.  Women with PMDD experience depression.
5.  Tracking can help.
6.  There are various treatment approaches... an SSRI is a common one.
7.  There is hope!

References:
https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2002/1001/p1239.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK532307/

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Wondering if using medication is right treating your PMDD symptoms? Tune in to hear my opinions and rationale for using medicine and supplements to help alleviate your symptoms. Hear my experience of losing my medicine too! 

**Here is the link to look at the Semaine Health brand supplements mentioned. I use the PMS & Period Support a few times every period. I have their “Daily” supplement but don’t use it regularly.

http://www.semainehealth.com/HEIDIBRADFORD98

Use code HeidiBradford98 @ checkout for 20% off your order. The code discount is good for one purchase. 

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This episode has an introduction including a story, 100 download celebration, and an invitation to come to a free group Love and Support Call.

Then learn about the 4 Phases of the Menstrual Cycle (in no particular order...it's a cycle!)
1. Menstrual
2. Follicular
3. Ovulation
4. Luteal

PMDD symptoms are active during the Luteal phase.

Time stamps:
01:57 Story
07:18 Celebration
07:39 Invitation
08:56 4 Phases of the Menstrual Cycle
09:32 Menstrual Phase
10:45 Follicular Phase
11:55 Ovulation Phase
14:27 Luteal Phase
16:01 When PMDD symptoms are active

Resources or references to:
https://www.healthline.com/health/womens-health/stages-of-menstrual-cycle
https://katenorthrup.com/the-411-on-menstrual-cycle-phases/

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