What I began to recognise was that my mood and levels of anxiety, as well as my relationship with food, would fluctuate throughout the month. While we all have our good and bad days, the cyclical nature of my symptoms was unmistakable. After doing a little research, I came across PMDD (Premenstrual dysphoric disorder). The easiest way to explain PMDD is as an exaggerated and extreme version of PMS (premenstrual syndrome). The reality, though, is hard to describe…