The more you know….
I’m hell bent on bringing awareness to this Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder.
If roughly 2.3 million American women suffer from PMDD and the suicide rate of those with PMDD is 34%, that means an estimated 782,000 women are dying from this disorder annually.
WHY ISN’T THIS BEING ADDRESSED????????
If you know any women dealing with PMDD (or similar hormonal health problems) send them this link 👇
Seriously! I know someone who has struggled immensely with it and in researching have found very little formal research, while online forums clearly show it is an incredibly challenge for those who suffer from it
Thank you for shedding light on this.
this is an important issue and the suicide rate and risk is definitely increased for PMDD sufferers (for systematic review and meta-analysis see e.g.: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8721500/) but your absolute numbers are way of. Probably by a factor of 50-100x.
There are not ~700k American women dying of PMDD related suicide every year. That would imply that almost half of all women that die in the US each year die because of PMDD related suicide (see e.g.https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db492.htm). Still a very important issue!
Hey - thanks for keeping me honest on this. You’re totally right, my math was way off. That’s why I’m in a non-technical profession lol. I also saved the meta-analysis you shared. Lots of powerful data in there.
I agree, it is a good analysis and definitely supports the main point that this is a problem that needs more attention.
In general, woman's health and just generally considering the differences in man's vs. woman's clinical realities is unfortunately still underappreciated in medical research and physician's training (classical example: knowing the differences in heart attack symptoms). The good news is that it does get better these days and is getting on people's radar more and more.
Agree. So much more work needs to be done, but it gives me hope that people are finally becoming aware of the gaps in healthcare for women.
