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Dealing with terrible PMS with mild hyperthyroid

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Hello, does anyone else have extreme anxiety before, during, and after their periods?

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Silver_Fairy

It may be due to fluctuations in hormones around the time of a period. Oestrogen is an anti thyroid hormone so maybe when it drops, your hyperthyroidism is worse so making you more anxious (a big problem when hyper)

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HarryPotterWho

I do! It started happening more so after the birth of my son in 2009.

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Do you have subclinical hyperthyroid? If so, have you been treated?

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I've had graves' since 2000. I'm being treated with methimazole

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