Ladies, do you notice your cycle effects your ASD/AS?

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Just curious.

I'm always at my best all round during menstruation, in terms of AS characteristics I tend to find it easier to be social, affectionate, intimate and I generally have a clearer mind, this can continue into my follicular phase, but luteal phase I become far less social, more likely to have meltdowns and experience worse sensory issues.

I don't consider myself as suffering from PMS, but hormones and cycles certainly effect my personality enough to see a change - I wonder where is the line between how our cycles effect our mental and emotional selves and it being classed as PMS, hhmmm.

i become worse in every way when i'm PMSing.

PMS definitely makes everything worse!

I am definitely more antisocial but that's probably a good thing because I shouldn't even be out in public because I'm so short-tempered during that time (the rest of the time is not nearly as bad).

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i'm more tolerant of others during ovulation but before my period I think of my energy as being more sensitive to the crap in my life that I shouldn't put up with anyway. It's like a filter that helps me clean out the unnecessary elements. I don't mind it. It helps me streamline things. I'm always just as sensitive to stimuli, it seems, though. And I'm still socially awkward.

I tend to feel my worst around my cycle. As in, my personality takes a turn for the much worse.

It's unusual that you find yourself feeling so well. I've never heard that response before! But it's certainly interesting. I remember my mom saying she felt the best she'd ever felt when she was pregnant with me. Maybe it's a similar effect?

I'll have maybe one day of high energy, well for me, and general good spirits. But the rest of the time I am a monster. Quick tempered, easily annoyed, meltdowns. Of course I get all the great things that come with PMS and menstruation, breakouts all over, cramps, backaches, headaches, not being able to stand up or walk a lot because suddenly gravity is my enemy.