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What is it like to have PMS/PMDD?

Common Symptoms	Patients' Latest Severity	My Current Severity
	Severity Severe Moderate Mild None
Irritability	12 (21%) patients experienced severe severity 17 (29%) patients experienced moderate severity 20 (34%) patients experienced mild severity 9 (16%) patients experienced no severity	None Mild Moderate Severe
Mood swings	11 (19%) patients experienced severe severity 18 (31%) patients experienced moderate severity 20 (34%) patients experienced mild severity 10 (17%) patients experienced no severity	None Mild Moderate Severe
Tension	14 (26%) patients experienced severe severity 18 (34%) patients experienced moderate severity 14 (26%) patients experienced mild severity 7 (13%) patients experienced no severity	None Mild Moderate Severe

What do patients take to treat PMS/PMDD and its symptoms?

Commonly prescribed and frequently used treatments

Treatment name	Efficacy	Overall rating of side effects	# of Evaluations
Fluoxetine (Moltoben, Flunil, Actan, Verotina)	1 (25%) experienced major efficacy 2 (50%) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (0%) experienced slight efficacy 1 (25%) experienced no efficacy 0 (0%) could not tell	1 (25%) experienced severe side effects 0 (0%) experienced moderate side effects 2 (50%) experienced mild side effects 1 (25%) experienced no side effects	4
Sertraline (Eleva, Lustral, Tolrest, Daxid)	1 (50%) experienced major efficacy 1 (50%) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (0%) experienced slight efficacy 0 (0%) experienced no efficacy 0 (0%) could not tell	0 (0%) experienced severe side effects 1 (50%) experienced moderate side effects 1 (50%) experienced mild side effects 0 (0%) experienced no side effects	2
Citalopram (APO-Citalopram, Citabax, Mylan Citalopram, Alcytan)	0 (0%) experienced major efficacy 1 (50%) experienced moderate efficacy 1 (50%) experienced slight efficacy 0 (0%) experienced no efficacy 0 (0%) could not tell	0 (0%) experienced severe side effects 0 (0%) experienced moderate side effects 2 (100%) experienced mild side effects 0 (0%) experienced no side effects	2
Paroxetine (Zydus Paroxetine, Pexeva, Paxxet, Pondera)	0 (0%) experienced major efficacy 0 (0%) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (0%) experienced slight efficacy 1 (100%) experienced no efficacy 0 (0%) could not tell	0 (0%) experienced severe side effects 1 (100%) experienced moderate side effects 0 (0%) experienced mild side effects 0 (0%) experienced no side effects	1
Norethindrone (norethisterone) (Nor-QD, Noriday, Errin, Camila)	0 (0%) experienced major efficacy 0 (0%) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (0%) experienced slight efficacy 1 (100%) experienced no efficacy 0 (0%) could not tell	0 (0%) experienced severe side effects 1 (100%) experienced moderate side effects 0 (0%) experienced mild side effects 0 (0%) experienced no side effects	1
Ibuprofen (CVS Ibuprofen, Ibuprofen 5% gel, Advil Extra Strength, Ibubeta 400 Akut)	0 (0%) experienced major efficacy 1 (100%) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (0%) experienced slight efficacy 0 (0%) experienced no efficacy 0 (0%) could not tell	0 (0%) experienced severe side effects 0 (0%) experienced moderate side effects 0 (0%) experienced mild side effects 1 (100%) experienced no side effects	1
Medroxyprogesterone Acetate (Provera, Depo-subQ provera 104, Depo-Provera)	0 (0%) experienced major efficacy 0 (0%) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (0%) experienced slight efficacy 1 (100%) experienced no efficacy 0 (0%) could not tell	1 (100%) experienced severe side effects 0 (0%) experienced moderate side effects 0 (0%) experienced mild side effects 0 (0%) experienced no side effects	1
Progesterone (Progerone, Prochieve, Progesterone Skin Creme, Prometrium)	0 (NaN) experienced major efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced slight efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced no efficacy 0 (NaN) could not tell	0 (NaN) experienced severe side effects 0 (NaN) experienced moderate side effects 0 (NaN) experienced mild side effects 0 (NaN) experienced no side effects	0
Naproxen Prescription (Anaprox-DS, Naproxen 375, Naprelan 500, Naprosyn)	0 (NaN) experienced major efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced slight efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced no efficacy 0 (NaN) could not tell	0 (NaN) experienced severe side effects 0 (NaN) experienced moderate side effects 0 (NaN) experienced mild side effects 0 (NaN) experienced no side effects	0

These charts show data from PMS/PMDD patients' latest treatment evaluations

Who has PMS/PMDD at PatientsLikeMe?

159 patients have this condition
5 New patients joined this month
6 say PMS/PMDD is their primary condition

<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60-69	70+
Current Age
3 patients	37 patients	59 patients	45 patients	9 patients	0 patients	0 patients

Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom	# of patients	Proportion
0-19 yrs	52	52
20-29 yrs	15	15
30-39 yrs	6	6
40-49 yrs	2	2
50-59 yrs	0	0
60-69 yrs	0	0
70+ yrs	0	0

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status	# of patients	Proportion
Diagnosed	64	64
Not Officially Diagnosed	31	31

These charts show data from PMS/PMDD patients who have completed their condition history

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