I've talked before about how satisfied I've been with the Pill (none of the side effects some people dread from it, nice weight redistribution), but I have one gripe: in the process of going on/off of placebo week. I get pretty dramatic mood swings. I was on top of the world yesterday, and tonight I specifically avoided all phone calls because I was afraid I'd just end up crying in the unlucky caller's ear. Such is life. Fortunately the mood swings (for me) are only in the transition days between the placebo pills and the real hormone ones (or actually from no pills to the hormone pills; I never actually bother to take the placebo ones, just take a break from the pack for a week).
I just discovered the blog Eat the Damn Cake, it's pretty awesome. Definitely my recommendation d'jour, especially this post: This One is Your Real Body.
A friend of mine invited me to go to a power yoga class with her tomorrow morning, and it's given me a maddening amount of stress over what should be a simple decision. The main issues are 1) is that it's during my normal workout time, and thus would automatically interfere with routine (What! The OCD monster is rumbling to life...), and 2) I also have no idea how it would compare to my usual workouts in terms of energy, which means I don't know how much it could substitute for, whether to count it against my exercise budget (at a time when I'm trying to cut back), how I should time my food intake in relation to it, and a million other calculations/quantifications/evaluations. Welcome to my brain, watch where you step because it's a mess. This is really frustrating me tonight, because it's just this kind of bullshit that eventually robbed me of all the team sports I used to be involved in, Ironically, I couldn't play sports because they interfered with my exercise routines. Makes a ton of sense, right? Anyway, we'll see.
I blamed the Pill for my mood swings, but it seems as though the fact that I haven't slept for more than 4 hours per night (and never 4 contiguous hours) since sometime last week is probably not insignificant. Hence I should probably wrap this up. I hope everyone's week is off to a great start.
5 comments:
If I could I'd go back on the pill like a flash. Going up a cup size and getting rid of the period pains of doom would be awesome, even though I don't need it for contraception! But alas, all the combined pills contain lactose (in the UK anyway), so would make me horrendously ill. Rubbish. Anyway, although I haven't been on the pill for years I sympathise with the mood swings - I get like that with PMS. I'm fairly stable most of the time, but for a couple of days a week it's like I'm possessed! Urgh.
I'm curious to know if you braved the yoga now :)
Different pills have different formulations, so if you're getting mood swings on one, ask to switch to a different brand. I switched from one generic to another once when I found myself sobbing over a car commercial. Yaz works best for me, but everyones' bodies are different.
I hated the mood swings from the pill. It made me feel like a crazy person! I empathize with you completely. I'm sure it's frustrating. Don't feel bad about being emotional...it's totally okay.
I was with you on the placebo pills. What a dumb concept. And an emphatic "grr" to the mood swings...I went off the pill a few years ago (as you know) and voila, I was suddenly a stable person again. The whole time that I thought "marriage" and "moving" had made me crazy? It was probably just the pill. So like JoGeek said, think about switching if this is a recurring issue for you.
I hope you go to yoga OR that you sleep in and take a nice enjoyable walk in the sunshine (I'd suggest a sit in the sunshine but I know better, haha.)
Hope your week improves!!
Have you considered skipping the placebo weeks? I'm on continual dose & it works woooonders for my mood.
Post a Comment