If you need help now
You deserve support today, not only after your pattern is understood.
Urgent help in the UK
If your life is at risk right now, or you don't feel you can keep yourself safe, call 999 or go to A&E. For urgent help that isn't an emergency, use NHS 111 online or call 111 and select the mental health option. You can call Samaritans free, day or night, on 116 123. If you'd rather text, text SHOUT to 85258.
999 or A&E
If your life, or someone else's, is at risk right now. A mental health emergency is as serious as a physical one.
NHS 111
Call 111 and choose the mental health option, or use NHS 111 online, for urgent help that isn't an emergency. NHS urgent mental health help (opens in a new tab)
Samaritans: 116 123
Free, any time of day or night, to talk about anything. samaritans.org (opens in a new tab)
Shout: text SHOUT to 85258
A free, 24/7 text service in the UK if talking feels too much. giveusashout.org (opens in a new tab)
If your mood follows your cycle
The NHS lists suicidal thoughts as a possible symptom of PMDD. If your darkest days come before your period, that's important to tell your GP, and it's never something you have to wait out alone. NHS: PMDD (opens in a new tab)
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