Stress/Relief

[valkryor]

It's amazing how much stress you carry when you're 8 days late.

It's equally amazing how much relief you feel when you start.

Comments

[fuzzpsych.livejournal.com]

I believe a "woo hoo" may be in order... :)

[valkryor.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty happy about this change in events...:D

[okoshun.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know that sense of relief. So very well.

[valkryor.livejournal.com]

It's a downside of not having a medicated cycle, but the rest of the ick that went with fake hormones is not worth the medicated cycle. :)

[okoshun.livejournal.com]

I really like my medicated cycle - makes it much easier to plan dates that way.

What kind of ick do you experience with fake hormones?

[valkryor.livejournal.com]

Impressive weight gain, wicked mood swings and breasts that hurt ALL THE TIME (and not just a little sore - very "don't touch me" sore).

No more pills for me.

[okoshun.livejournal.com]

I had similar issues (mood swings, painful breasts) with a few of the pills that I was on - orth-tricyclin, minestrin and some other one from many years ago. I'm finally on a pill (Alesse) that doesn't do that to me which I'm terribly happy about.

I wish that Depo-Provera didn't have the horrible side effects that it did. The fact that I only had to have a shot every 3 months and the fact that I didn't have a period for 2 years was *fantastic*.

However, the depression that I was in for the second year of the two years (that I didn't realize was depression until near the end) wasn't so good. My doctor still *swears* to me that depression isn't a side-effect of Depo-Provera, even though the thousands of posts I found on the weeb totally contradicts that.

I keep thinking every once in a while how I'd love to go back on the depo, but am soon talked back to my senses by the very reasonable epi_lj.