Survey study, 1982
Do women without mental health problems experience mood and anxiety changes during their cycle?
Women without current or past mental health issues experienced only minor cycle-related mood changes. Water retention was the only symptom that reached statistical significance.
What they did
11 women with no history of mental health problems were evaluated daily for hormone levels, mood, and behavior throughout their cycle.
What they found
Subjects experienced only minor fluctuations in mood ratings. Water retention was the only symptom achieving statistical significance. Premenstrual elevations in mood and anxiety were not statistically significant.
What it means for you
This suggests that marked mood and anxiety changes linked to PMS may be more common in women with underlying mood conditions. However, this is a very small study of only women without mental health history, so it doesn't show what happens in women with PMS.
11
women studied
23
average age
About the study
- Original title
- Anxiety and mood fluctuation during the normal menstrual cycle
- Authors
- Lahmeyer HW, Miller M, DeLeon-Jones F
- Journal
- Psychosomatic medicine
- Year
- 1982
- Study design
- Survey study
- What was tested
- None - observational study
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.1097/00006842-198205000-00004
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