Emma Hardy

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The Hook Up · What It’s Like To Have PMDD w/ Emma Hardy · 6 May 2026 podcast

And that really escalated my treatment plan after that.

I needed to take time off work because of that.

And I needed to find a way to get better.

But I was also, with hindsight, it's like, I mean, hindsight is everything.

It was also quite scary, the thought of coming off the pill once I was on it, because I wasn't sure whether it was the change in hormones from adding or subtracting a medication or if it was the pill itself that was making me feel so low.

And even though I was depressed the entire time I was on the pill.

It was like stable at that point, whereas going on it hadn't been stable at all.

And yeah, it was just I was so terrified of what I might do to myself.

I didn't want to come off it.

So I kept and I didn't want to come off it and risk having that kind of spike of hormones again, which my doctor was like, you're crazy.

You need to just like need to just listen to my advice.

And like, yeah, she's probably right.

But yeah, then I eventually went on SSRIs.

that was amazing it was I was so scared of it because you hear all these things about SSRIs messing up your sex life and it did mess up my sex life but the good news is that I no longer wanted to kill myself which I mean is so much like it's not a good trade-off and I think women are often given two bad hands to choose between but I would choose that hand every single day

Yeah.

I take SSRIs very minimally now.

So usually like without the pressure intensities of COVID with my partner being very understanding and having been through it so many times now.

Usually the DBT methods and being able to be in a workplace that allows me to take time that I need and have a more flexible structure around my cycle.

I can manage it pretty well on my own, but I do take SSRIs, specifically Prozac, which is shown to be more effective for people with PMDD because, I mean, you'll have doctors who will say this better than I can, but apparently...

It blocks some neurotransmitters that are... So PMDD is not about your body having off hormones or having bad hormonal balance.

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