Hi there,
Can any of you ladies tell me if you find your anxiety symptoms become worse at the time of or around your period? Yesterday I felt very anxious, more anxious then I have felt in the past few weeks. I drove downtown, had a panic attack and called my mom in tears. I was hysterical. She told me I should try to continue on with my day (driving downtown is my homework from the psychologist, I am agoraphobic.) I went on with my day and met up with a friend and when my mind was off of of my anxiety I felt totally normal.
I recently went off birth control (after being on them for 5-6 years) and I've noticed I've been having a lot of health related anxiety about my... parts. I've been convinced I have cervical cancer (I felt a lump), ovarian cancer, something just wasn't "right", I even went searching for a missing tampon that I knew wasn't there (my searching is probably what caused the lump.)
Could the change in hormones be making me wacky? (well, wackier.)