Iv been off since jan.
Honestly all of you girls are what is getting me through my dark days.
I don’t know where I would be without you all.
It instantly makes me feel better.
It makes me so sad these thoughts are about my boyfriend he’s the most important thing in my life.
I feel like everything is getting ruined
Honestly all of you girls are what is getting me through my dark days.
I don’t know where I would be without you all.
It instantly makes me feel better.
It makes me so sad these thoughts are about my boyfriend he’s the most important thing in my life.
I feel like everything is getting ruined
Thank you for responding.
It’s the worst thing I could possibly think of to be stressed about.
I wouldn’t wish this upon my worst enemy.
How long have you been off BC?
It’s the worst thing I could possibly think of to be stressed about.
I wouldn’t wish this upon my worst enemy.
How long have you been off BC?
I hear you honey.... and we are here to tell you it gets better. our early days were terrifying too and with time and various methods of help we are getting through it.... I don't know if you have as yet found a pattern to the ocd thoughts, or have any good days as yet but look for the pattern to when the ocd thougts are the worst... have you had a period since stopping bc?
Yeah they were worse in the beginning but
Have been pretty bad today.
I’m around ovulation time.
I often worry it’s not hormones and there’s something actually wrong with me and I’m different from everyone else.
Have been pretty bad today.
I’m around ovulation time.
I often worry it’s not hormones and there’s something actually wrong with me and I’m different from everyone else.
Iv also had three periods since stopping.
I feel like I should be better by now
I feel like I should be better by now
Yeah ovulation seems to be the difficult period... if you look back to tab 190, look for a post I posted from Robert , it explains why.... at least you have a period monthly, that's a good start... but, this is going to take time... I know you don't want to hear that cause its such a hard thing to be going thorugh but anything from 1 - 2 years in some cases. NOt sure if you are on any supplements to help, GABA is really well recommended with OCD thinking and physical anxiety sumptoms.... B6 and B12 , Zin, Vit C , D3, magnesium and Omega 3 along with a cleaner diet as in whole foods , nothing canned or processed, sugar or coffee for a period of time. lots of sleep and water.
We all have our days when we wonder whether this is hormone related or not but we all look back and have one common thing, BIRTH CONTROL.... prior to stopping it life made sense, then we stopped and life as we knew it no longer makes sense..... just take time to care for you now, and find someone you can trust to talk to who can remind you its going to be ok. as for your BF, if you didn't love him you wouldn't have chosen to be with him in the first place. hang in there sweety its a bumpy ride but that why we all here to help keep each other going.....
We all have our days when we wonder whether this is hormone related or not but we all look back and have one common thing, BIRTH CONTROL.... prior to stopping it life made sense, then we stopped and life as we knew it no longer makes sense..... just take time to care for you now, and find someone you can trust to talk to who can remind you its going to be ok. as for your BF, if you didn't love him you wouldn't have chosen to be with him in the first place. hang in there sweety its a bumpy ride but that why we all here to help keep each other going.....
Hey, I've had 5 periods and it's been 8 months but I'm still experiencing daily symptoms... it does take a long time :(
have you found anything that helps with your symptoms?
I wish I could find something but I've tried multivitamins, magnesium, gaba, lemon balm, propranolol, prochlorperazine, kalms, none have helped and some I feel make it worse. Time is a healer and the good days are becoming more frequent. But I'm having a bad day today with my dizziness and nausea :(
oh goodness.... shame sweety! I also struggle with nausea and dizzy spells, at least those always go away.... its the mental stuff that bugs me the most and feels like it will never stop, till it does and then i'm like "ok self, remember that the bad days always stop" i'd rather deal with physical symptoms then mental issues .... :-)
I think because I have health anxiety, it's always the physical symptoms which trigger my panicking, I just have these negative thoughts about illness and disease, like can it really be just hormones causing me to feel dizzy every day for 6 months!?! Is it a brain tumour? Stuff like that.. it's not so much the physical symptoms that upset me, it's the worrying about them and if I'm dying or if I'll ever get better :( I am obssssed with symptoms and what they mean!
OH, ok now I understand. Hmmm it seems that the anxiety has affected us in various ways. Some struggle with health, others with relationship, me the 2 recurring obsessive thoughts are "what's the point of life" and " what if I'm never happy again" . like you say, its more the obsessiveness of the thoughts than anything else. Sorry sweetie I didn't mean to be insensitive. The OCD thoughts irritate me so bad, working out helps a bit though, for some reason. Ive just been reading an article on how sex hormones affect neurotransmitters and that intern leads to OCD....
I hope it helps! Honestly, I'm losing it over here. It's hard to remember that I do have good weeks when I'm in the bad weeks.. My rational mind says it will pass soon but my non rational side just says it won't get ever get better and I'll never feel in love with my fiance again. It's devastating because I had so much head over heels deep love for him until the beginning of January. I'm just so desperate to feel like that again. I can deal with literally anything, even the worst anxiety and depression if I can feel those feelings again.
I hear you so loud and clear. if it helps put things into perspective, in love feelings are not the only determining factor that you love someone.... loving someone means you would do anything to ensure their happiness, you put them first about yourself, you make a commitment. the vows say it all.... in good time and bad times, in sickness and health, through richer or poorer.... those in love feeling are supposed to mature and become more about living out your love for your fiancé than feeling in love with him if that makes sense.
Put it this way, we don't always feel like going to work or doing the right thing, but we do it anyways because we know its the right , responsible thing to do.... I think for us as women its so hard because we are created to love and nurture and feeling play a huge role in our makeup so I get that you want to feel in love with him.... deep down you do love him, or this wouldn't be making you feel so vulnerable....
Put it this way, we don't always feel like going to work or doing the right thing, but we do it anyways because we know its the right , responsible thing to do.... I think for us as women its so hard because we are created to love and nurture and feeling play a huge role in our makeup so I get that you want to feel in love with him.... deep down you do love him, or this wouldn't be making you feel so vulnerable....
Has anyone tried Kava for their anxiety and OCD thoughts?
Going to ask my naturopath for this next visit :)
Going to ask my naturopath for this next visit :)