Episode Details

Ever experienced pain or symptoms that didn’t feel right, only to hear it’s ‘just bad period pain’?

Trigger warning: Discussions of PMDD, mental health struggles, and suicidal ideation (in the context of healing and transformation).

In today’s episode, I’m joined by Adriana Tantau, a menstrual mentor and educator helping women live symptom-free menstrual cycles after being let down by the system.

Adriana shares her decade-long journey to a PMDD diagnosis, the frustration of being misdiagnosed, and being told her only options were antidepressants or birth control.

Through nervous system regulation and menstrual intelligence, she went from barely surviving her cycle to being completely symptom-free. Now, Adriana teaches other women to do the same inside The Cycle Codes™ movement.

From understanding symptoms to navigating a healthcare system that often overlooks women’s experiences, Adriana brings both compassion and clarity to a topic that many women struggle with in silence - or may not even be aware of.

In this episode, we chat about:

• What Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) is, the early symptoms Adriana experienced, and why they were dismissed for so long
• Adriana’s journey through sobriety and the night she experienced a ‘dark cloud’, she later recognised as PMDD
• How Adriana left behind the version of herself who thought pain was normal, who swallowed pills, drank alcohol just to get through the month, and who believed her body was broken
• The limited medical treatments she was offered and why she chose to find another way
• Why PMDD is often misdiagnosed as anxiety or depression
• The holistic steps Adriana took to begin healing naturally, and how she now supports other women
• How understanding your cycle and regulating your nervous system can become the most empowering tool for your wellbeing

Adriana unpacks a lot in this episode. From her childhood experiences and sobriety journey to her PMDD diagnosis and current motherhood journey.

This conversation is a powerful reminder that you deserve options, to be heard, and to feel supported on your path to wellbeing.

Connect with Adriana:

Instagram: https:/www.instagram.com/thecyclecodes 

Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6RckYyVBPSul2DZkyh0HuY

Join SYNCED — a 6-week live masterclass series helping women move from fight-or-flight to symptom-free living through menstrual intelligence and nervous system regulation. https://tr.ee/6gZkdlJmsy

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