{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Balancing Hormones Naturally","title":"Understanding PMDD: From Misdiagnosis to Management","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3638,"description":"If you've felt out of control in your body some weeks of the month, thought maybe you were bipolar or had a personality disorder, felt suicidal or manic out of nowhere, you might not be broken. Your cycle might just be signaling that your progesterone is tanking when it should be at its highest, and once you know that, everything changes. This is Monica Grohne's story, and she's here to tell you that you don't have to stay a victim of this diagnosis.\nIn this episode:\nWhy thinking you have a personality disorder or bipolar diagnosis might actually be PMDD, and why so many therapists are starting to catch this.\nThe diagnostic process for PMDD and why there's no single lab test, which means it requires cycle tracking and usually a few months of data.\nWhy your standard OBGYN might run normal bloodwork and miss the root cause, because \"normal\" lab ranges aren't the same as functionally optimal.\nWhat low progesterone actually does to your brain chemistry when it should be highest in your luteal phase, and why GABA tanks with it.\nHow energy deficiency and high cholesterol can play a role in your progesterone conversion and what to do about it.\nWhy cycling SSRIs works for some people but isn't your only option if you actually address the foundations.\nThe foundational things that matter for PMDD (spoiler: it's the same blood sugar and sleep and stress management that matters for everything else).\nWhy women are terrible at boundaries and how that directly impacts your ability to take care of yourself and your hormones.\nWhat it actually looks like to live with your cycle instead of against it, including how to plan your month and adjust when life doesn't cooperate.\nHow to reframe from \"I'm softer so I need to avoid things\" to \"I'm actually in control of what's best for me\".\nPMDD is real, it's not your fault, and it's not a life sentence of suffering. But you have to be willing to do the work to understand your body instead of just accepting that you're crazy. Monica did it,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/86wOr6F_xPdgn7OPf0XXH95ik4VSvdkxX5yC3FNCRRo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jZDg5/ZjRlYmM5NDBiZTc4/MDg0MmUyMWY5OTAx/NWQyYi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}