Can anxiety spike during ovulation? Per my Flo app, I’m 9 days out from my period. I’ve noticed it’s a common thing that I start to get more anxious than usual during my fertile window and luteal phase

If you are taking birth control correctly you don’t ovulate so the Flo app is useless

are you on any hormonal bc? bc like said above you don’t ovulate but otherwise yes anxiety can happen during ovulation from hormones fluctuating. i sometimes experience that!

@greenwitch I’m not on hormonal bc! I do have an IUD but from my understanding I still ovulate with that?

@Sparkles14 depends on the type of IUD. There’s hormonal and non-hormonal options.

@Yi_eune I have a hormonal iud but it was from my understanding that it doesn’t stop ovulation but thickens the cervical mucus to prevent the egg from being fertilized by sperm

@Sparkles14 that is correct, but it is possible for a hormonal IUD to stop the release. {yzmmmnN9D} I do think you’re best off just deleting your Flo app for now. It serves no purpose while using birth control as it is designed for natural cycles x

@Yi_eune I think my question was interpreted the wrong way! I use Flo to track symptoms like mental health because I know my anxiety spikes more the week before my period and also have noticed that it spikes where my ovulation would be!!! Wanted to see if that’s a common time to noticed increase in mood swings/ anxiety

@Sparkles14 ohhh! Yeah I understood it in a different way. Is anxiety something you struggle with a lot? Have you ever had someone to guide you with coping mechanisms?

@Yi_eune yes I take medication for it! I just notice that the anxiety spikes more about 2 weeks before my period and wanted to see if that’s common :)

I think it’s fairly common for anxiety to spike in certain times of the month. When I was on a triphasic pill, during week 2 of it I was extremely anxious to the point of panic attacks. I ended up switching bc methods because of it.