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PMDD TREATMENT & SUPPORT<\/span><\/div>

Life-changing specialist care for premenstrual dysphoric disorder

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PMDD can cause intense emotional and physical symptoms in the days before your period \u2014 including mood swings, irritability, anxiety, low mood, overwhelm, fatigue, and a sense of losing control. PMDD is not ordinary PMS, and it is not a weakness. At Pathways, we provide careful, evidence-based care to help you understand your cycle, manage symptoms, and feel more stable, supported, and in control.<\/div><\/header>
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OUR APPROACH TO CARE<\/span><\/div>

PMDD affects every woman differently. Your care should reflect that.<\/span><\/span><\/h2>
PMDD can look different from one person to another. Some women experience intense sadness, anxiety, or tearfulness. Others feel irritable, emotionally reactive, disconnected, exhausted, or unlike themselves for part of every month. These symptoms can affect relationships, work, family life, confidence, and daily functioning.

\nAt Pathways, we take time to understand your emotional symptoms, physical symptoms, menstrual cycle pattern, sleep, stress, medical history, and any co-existing anxiety or depression. Your treatment plan is then built around your needs, your cycle, and your goals for feeling well again.<\/div><\/header>
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Personalized Psychiatric Assessment<\/div><\/div>
We begin with a careful assessment of your mood symptoms, cycle pattern, sleep, stress, medical history, and daily functioning. This helps distinguish PMDD from PMS, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and other conditions that may require a different treatment approach.<\/div><\/div>
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Evidence-Based Treatment<\/div><\/div>
Treatment may include therapy, lifestyle support, psychiatric medication when appropriate, and coordination with gynaecological care where hormonal treatment may be considered.<\/div><\/div>
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Cycle-Based Symptom Understanding<\/div><\/div>
PMDD symptoms follow a pattern. We help you track and understand when symptoms appear, how they affect your life, and what changes after your period begins, so treatment can be more precise and effective.<\/div><\/div>
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Confidential, Non-Judgmental Care<\/div><\/div>
PMDD can be difficult to explain, especially when symptoms are dismissed as \u201cjust hormones.\u201d We provide a private, respectful space where your experience is taken seriously.<\/div><\/div>
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MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION<\/span>Understanding premenstrual dysphoric disorder<\/span><\/span><\/h3><\/header>
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