PMS: The Menstrual Cycle and How Your Mental Health Is Affected by Progesterone and Estrogen
Premenstrual syndrome or PMS can make a woman feel physically uncomfortable, but mental health can also be affected as mood and anxiety tend to mimic the rise and fall of progesterone and estrogen throughout a woman’s menstrual cycle cycle. During PMS, progesterone and estrogen plummet causing serotonin and the relaxing effects of progesterone to plummet as well.