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In today's episode, we are digging into PMDD.

I am sharing a research study that looked at mood, cognitive performance, appetite, how that changes for women with PMDD compared to women

without PMDD. And we are going to look at the study findings. They measured hormone levels,

what the implications are. And we're going to talk a little bit about the strengths and weaknesses

of their approach.

So without further ado, let's go ahead and jump into today's episode with a focus on PMDD.

So the title of today's study changes in mood, cognitive performance, and appetite in the late ludial and follicular phases of the menstrual cycle in women with and without PMDD.

This study was published in hormones and behavior.

And I wanted to talk about it today because I feel like it really does

highlight some of the differences between the way that the psychological, psychiatric

community look at an issue like PMDD versus how you might look at PMDD. If you track your menstrual cycles and are looking at the menstrual cycle as a really important factor in it.

What I find to be most interesting about this study, as we will dive into, is that they essentially dismiss the hormonal implications of this.

And that's really fascinating to me because by definition, how they define PMDD and how they

define PMS. So I'll actually, I'll actually give you a bit of a quote for what they talk about.

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