Navigating Reproductive Mental Wellness: Oophorectomy, Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD), and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)

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Dana is a dedicated literacy educator, passionate social justice advocate, and resilient survivor of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD). Her personal and professional journey reflects a profound commitment to both individual healing and community empowerment. Despite long-held aspirations of becoming a mother, Dana made the courageous and medically necessary decision to undergo surgical menopause—including a bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and hysterectomy—at the age of 33 as a treatment for PMDD.

Her path has been shaped by years of grappling with complex mental health challenges, as well as an earnest and heartfelt pursuit of single motherhood by choice through donor insemination. Ultimately, Dana made the difficult yet empowering choice to relinquish the possibility of biological motherhood in order to safeguard her mental, emotional, and physical well-being.

Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, Dana remains deeply committed to nurturing and supporting the development of children through her work and personal life. She continues to find purpose and fulfillment in fostering the growth of other people’s children and remains open to the possibility of becoming an adoptive parent in the future.