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What makes you depressed on your period?
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Hormones: Hormone changes bring on depression usually before your period (pms), .
Answered 5/8/2016
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Pain, emotionality: The usual aches and pains and hormones can cause a bump in irritability, emotionality, and depression. For premenstrual dysphoric disorder ssris like Prozac (fluoxetine) and Celexa can be helpful for the irritability and moodiness.
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