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PMDD

American  

abbreviation

  1. premenstrual dysphoric disorder: a form of premenstrual syndrome in which symptoms are so severe as to be disabling and require treatment.


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Contraception remains the primary course of treatment for women living with PMDD, but for women who wish to become pregnant this poses a dilemma.

From BBC • May 23, 2025

Samantha, who lives in County Down, has been diagnosed with PMDD.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2023

Strange visitors are at her door — PMDD, or premenstrual dysphoric disorder, and a prospective life partner who happens to be a divorced man with a daughter.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2022

It was proposed as a topic for further research, but despite the absence of such research, it was included in the 1994 edition of the DSM-IV under the name premenstrual dysphoric disorder, or PMDD.

From Slate • Nov. 28, 2016

The newest research comes at a delicate moment in the sometimes controversial history of PMDD.

From Newsweek • Feb. 15, 2010