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Rachael was diagnosed with PMDD (premenstrual dysphoric disorder) last year - which is a severe form of PMS (premenstrual syndrome).

For most women symptoms of PMS can last a few days, but for someone with PMDD, they can last for weeks.

Rachael had suffered with PMDD since her teens:

鈥淚鈥檇 start to over-think things, get very angry for no reason. I would not allow my partner out of the house.鈥�

She now takes a hormone gel to help manage her mood swings, and finds comfort in looking after horses.

鈥淭here鈥檚 been times in my life where I鈥檝e quit jobs and it was horses that kept me sane.鈥�

Since using the hormone gel medication she said 鈥淚鈥檝e had no suicidal thoughts since I started taking it鈥� It鈥檚 greatly improved my life.鈥�

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