PMDD Subreddit let me down
I’ve been dealing with a horrible disease that only affects women. It’s called PMDD - you can look It up but it’s a really devastating disorder that destroys your mental health. After struggling for over 5 years and getting gaslit by endless medical professionals I was so excited when something finally worked for me. Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine. It’s been nothing short of a miracle for me.
So of course I wanted to head over to the PMDD subreddit and share my experience. Because if It even helped one woman stop suffering from this horrible disease It would be so worth It . And I’ve spent endless time on that subreddit when I was so lost and looking for anything that might help me.
Unfortunately something really sinister is going on in that subreddit. After posting my experience It was immediately deleted. I read all the rules of the sub which include never mentioning any cure because they don’t believe in a cure (which fine … I don’t necessarily agree with the “no cure” mentality because that just keeps people sick). Regardless I didn’t call It a cure or anything just simply shared that It helped ME and might help other people.
I attempted messaging the mods for an explanation but my posts were just deleted with no recourse and they banned me permanently from the sub without sending a single word of explanation to me about what rule I supposedly broke.
Why are they so pressed to keep me from sharing one positive experience that helped me with this horrible disease ? I just don’t understand . If anyone is dealing with PMDD I’d be cautious of that sub . It appears they are interested in keeping the no cure narrative alive and making sure women stay sick and hopeless.