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'Half the month I want to live, the other I want to die': The hidden condition affecting 1m women

A Million Women Cycle Through Despair Each Month. Medicine Is Finally Paying Attention.

A BBC report highlights Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD), a severe hormonal condition estimated to affect around 1 million women in the UK. Sufferers experience debilitating psychological symptoms — including suicidal ideation — in the weeks before menstruation. Despite its scale, the condi...

Whether you share this article with a woman in your life who has described cyclical, inexplicable low periods. Whether you learn the name "PMDD" so you can recognise it. If you are a sufferer: whet...