Anxiety and the menstrual cycle

Hi, this is my first posting here. Found the site through a long dead posting about anxiety levels rising during ovulation, and was wondering if anyone had dealt with this more recently.

Basically, I have some sort of anxiety disorder (not sure what it would be classified as, since my former therapist didn’t like diagnosing ), by i’ve noticed that it usually gets 10x worse around ovulation. I go from moderately overthinking some things to 2-3 panic attack a day, racing heart, irritability, inability to sleep or being excessively sleepy, etc for about 5-7 days... it started maybe a year or so ago, but had been getting worse, to the point where it’s inpacting my work and life. It sounds very much like PMDD but obviously until I find a new psychologist I won’t know for sure. I’m not on any birth control or other medication, and I’m scared to try and start any since some people seemed like they were badly effected by it.

So I was wondering if anyone else is going through this, and if you leaned more on your gyno or psych for a solution. Thanks!

Hey P.P. I have just posted on another thread I am the same I have overthinking and so on and can deal with it unti ovulation and period time then sleep gets interrupted at the moment I can fall asleep no worries but get woken up by heavy breathing and sweating then it’s like a switch is flicked and I’m pretty much back to normal.