Post by sunshine78 on Jul 10, 2008 2:09:46 GMT -5
I was wondering if anyone else had the following symptoms after being on this for a while:
Feeling like someone stuck a straw up your butt, and sucked every last drop of energy from your body, feeling like you just woke up... ALL DAY LONG, feeling like PMS is longer than usual... and not just the bitchiness/ short-fuse part, but the constant cravings and feeling of starving, too... not sleeping, even when you're exhausted, and once you do, you can't manage to drag yourself out of bed, no matter how long you've been asleep... and I don't know if it's just because of the constant exhaustion, but I generally don't feel like myself. My personality is still there, it just seems kind of... suppressed, sometimes.
OH, and then, there's the weight gain... which, if you're a strutter, turns you into a waddler.... and all of these things are quite enough to make a girl feel slightly depressed.
I've been on this before (it was Ortho Tri-Cyclen, but apparently, they're the same)... but I don't remember feeling like this, before. Also, last time I was on it, it did nothing for my cramps. This time, it's helped the actual menstrual cramps, but every type of pain in between is still rather ridiculous. I swear, THE DAY my cycle stops, sometimes the day after that, I get the stabbing/twisting harpoons... and they come and go for a week... then, on or around mid-cycle day, it's even WORSE... and then... it's just kind of downhill from there... but the menstrual pain when the cycle starts over again is a lot shorter.
I do not understand, and I'm really pissed off about the "trial and error" part of hormonal therapy. I almost think it's worth more pain for a longer time, and actually feeling like myself. The only problem there is... the pain, and the meds I have to take to manage them.
Feeling like someone stuck a straw up your butt, and sucked every last drop of energy from your body, feeling like you just woke up... ALL DAY LONG, feeling like PMS is longer than usual... and not just the bitchiness/ short-fuse part, but the constant cravings and feeling of starving, too... not sleeping, even when you're exhausted, and once you do, you can't manage to drag yourself out of bed, no matter how long you've been asleep... and I don't know if it's just because of the constant exhaustion, but I generally don't feel like myself. My personality is still there, it just seems kind of... suppressed, sometimes.
OH, and then, there's the weight gain... which, if you're a strutter, turns you into a waddler.... and all of these things are quite enough to make a girl feel slightly depressed.
I've been on this before (it was Ortho Tri-Cyclen, but apparently, they're the same)... but I don't remember feeling like this, before. Also, last time I was on it, it did nothing for my cramps. This time, it's helped the actual menstrual cramps, but every type of pain in between is still rather ridiculous. I swear, THE DAY my cycle stops, sometimes the day after that, I get the stabbing/twisting harpoons... and they come and go for a week... then, on or around mid-cycle day, it's even WORSE... and then... it's just kind of downhill from there... but the menstrual pain when the cycle starts over again is a lot shorter.
I do not understand, and I'm really pissed off about the "trial and error" part of hormonal therapy. I almost think it's worth more pain for a longer time, and actually feeling like myself. The only problem there is... the pain, and the meds I have to take to manage them.