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title: What physical and emotional symptoms do women with PMDD experience?
description: Women with PMDD experience severe physical symptoms such as pain, dizziness, fatigue, nausea, and sleep problems, as well as emotional symptoms like irritabil
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/premenstrual-dysphoric-disorder-and-its-psychological-affectation-in-the-2023/
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Study, 2023

# What physical and emotional symptoms do women with PMDD experience?

Women with PMDD experience severe physical symptoms such as pain, dizziness, fatigue, nausea, and sleep problems, as well as emotional symptoms like irritability, anxiety, and depression that significantly disrupt work and daily life.

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Women with PMDD (specific details not provided)

## What they did

This article reports on research about the physical and emotional symptoms women with PMDD experience and how these symptoms affect work performance.

## What they found

Women with PMDD report severe physical symptoms including extreme pain, rapid heartbeat, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, low blood pressure, loss of appetite, sleep problems, low sex drive, and fatigue. Emotional symptoms include irritability, crying, social withdrawal, guilt, feeling worthless, anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, stress, and burnout.

## What it means for you

This describes the many ways PMDD disrupts women's physical health, emotional health, and work. Treatment can combine talk therapy and medication during the menstrual cycle. The main limitation is that the article does not provide numbers on how common each symptom is or how many women were studied.

## About the study

Original title Premenstrual dysphoric disorder and its psychological affectation in the workplace Authors Nancy Lizet Almaraz Trejo, José Ángel Castillo-Martínez Journal Journal of Basic and Applied Psychology Research Year 2023 Study design Study What was tested None - review of treatment options Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.29057/jbapr.v5i9.7750](https://doi.org/10.29057/jbapr.v5i9.7750)

## Topics

[Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pmdd/)[Menstrual cycle and mood](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-cycle-mood/)[Low mood and depression](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-depression-mood/)[Psychotherapy, counselling and education](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-psychotherapy/)[Work and productivity](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-work/)

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