26/08/2026
PMDD finally gets a page on the NHS — and for women like me, this is HUGE. 💜
For years, PMDD completely controlled my life.
Every single month, it felt like my life was being destroyed from the inside out. My mood, my thoughts, my relationships, my work, my confidence — everything could change.
Then the symptoms would ease, and I would spend the rest of the month trying to pick up the pieces.
I reached rock bottom.
PMDD took me to a place I never thought I would reach. I reached crisis point and tried to end my life.
And I want to say that because women need to understand just how serious PMDD can be. It isn’t simply “bad PMS”. It isn’t just being emotional before your period. For some women, it can completely alter who they feel they are for part of every single month.
For a long time, I thought I just needed to try harder.
Exercise has played a MASSIVE part in helping me. Moving my body, getting stronger, looking after myself and having a routine has helped me enormously.
But I also learned that PMDD is about so much more than exercise.
It took proper support, understanding what was happening to me, getting the right help and finally recognising that what I was experiencing was real.
And now, I can honestly say I am in the best place I have been in for years.
My work is in the best place it has been.
My relationships are in the best place they have been.
And, most importantly, I feel like I have got ME back.
That doesn’t mean every month is perfect. It means I understand myself better. I recognise what is happening. I have support. And I no longer feel like I am fighting something I don’t understand.
So seeing PMDD finally have a dedicated page on the NHS feels like such a massive breakthrough.
Because recognition matters.
Being believed matters.
Research matters.
Treatment and support matter.
And women deserve to know that they are not “crazy”, difficult, weak or failing.
There are women living through this every single month who are silently struggling, and I know how dark that place can become.
If my story reaches even one woman who is currently thinking, “What is wrong with me?” — please know this:
You are not broken. You deserve help. And things can get better. ❤️
I am so grateful I got the support I needed to get back to the life I have today.
PMDD may have taken years from me, but it doesn’t get to take the rest. 💜
