Fact Check: Symptoms such as exhaustion, brain fog, irritability, and feeling like the brain can't keep up can o...

Claim: Symptoms such as exhaustion, brain fog, irritability, and feeling like the brain can't keep up can occur the week before menstruation.

Verdict: Correct (95% confidence)

Explanation: According to womenshealth.gov, symptoms like severe irritability, depression, and anxiety are associated with premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), which occurs in the week or two before menstruation. The Mayo Clinic also lists fatigue and irritability as common symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS), which occurs before menstruation. Ubiehealth.com supports this by stating that brain fog, mood changes, and fatigue are common during the luteal phase, which is the phase before menstruation. Th...