Dr. Louise Newson
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5 series
first heard Apr 2025
last heard 3d ago
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And it's not always the absolute level in the body, it's the change.
Because our body likes things to be constant.
Our bodies are designed for something called homeostasis.
which means that we need to have the right balance of a condition, especially in our brain, to function properly.
So if, for example, we've got this big drop or even a big increase of hormone levels over a short period of time, that upsets the kilter and that can really trigger a lot of symptoms.
So 95% of us will have PMS, premenstrual syndrome.
And most of us have been told it's just part of growing up.
Adolescence is a difficult time.
We'll always have symptoms before our periods.
And people are just being told, you're just hormonal.
Just wait till your period comes, you'll feel better.
And for a lot of people, they do just put up with it.
And increasingly through social media platforms, through other forums, people are learning more that perhaps they shouldn't be suffering in this way.
Many decades ago, they defined the term premenstrual dysphoric disorder, PMDD, after they defined PMS, premenstrual syndrome.
And what they really are saying is that it's more severe symptoms.
The symptoms are the same, but they affect people in more severe ways.
In the 1960s and 70s, PMDD was made a psychiatric condition, which I think was a real problem, actually.
When you look back in the history of medicine, there's a few things that have really damaged women.
And this is one of them.
Because the antidepressants had come to market, the drug companies were working very closely with psychiatrists.
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