Can you offer me some perspective?

[devi-pavarti.livejournal.com]

Hello - I just joined but have been lurking for a while. I'll give you the "All About Me" stuff and then post my question.

I'm 24 and have been married for a year on Monday :). We've been together since i was 17 and live in Arlington, VA. This journal was created after we had a pretty intense pregnancy scare (where the Dr. thought I was pregnant and put me on pre-natals and everything). I've been documenting going off the pill and our journey toward babydom. We aren't trying yet but probably will start in about a year. I'm Pro-choice and pretty political. My other journal kstyler is devoted to articles and other information I find online or hear on npr that I think warrants some discussion. I do put some personal things up there but mostly try to inspire debate. I post articles in the post and then my thoughts as the first comment. If you want to read more about that go to the rules. I welcome lurkers and posts on both journals.

Oh this is long - maybe I'll post my question

So as I already said I went off the pill recently. Feb 24 to be exact. I was on demulyn for about 10 years and am now feeling really weird. Since I haven't been off of hormone adjustments since I was 15 I don't even really know what's normal. So this is what I've been feeling

My lower back is throbbing and my shoulders are all tense and sore. All of my muscles are sore like I've been working out hard everyday - and we all know that isn't true. I'm cold and hot and moody. Yesterday some friends came over to hang out and play. I hung out for a while but eventually just went inside and went to bed. I slept for like 3 hours too. It's so unlike me to take a nap but I just couldn't get myself together. I kept wanting to cry and I was all shivery and exhausted. Plus I've been sleeping like the dead lately. Normally I get up 3 or 4 times a night to pee and lately in the morning it's like I just went to bed. There's definitely something going on. Also for diner last night Don and I got ribs to share and uggh - I can hardly even think about it. I guess it wasn't that bad itself but to me there were these disgusting globules of fat and gross gross bones and just - yuck. I couldn't eat anything. The only thing I could stand was a big Oreo Mocha shake at XandO.

Is this normal?

Comments

[jaclyn.livejournal.com]

oh.my.god.

that whole food thing you mentioned???? that is SO me.

I just got off the pill about two weeks ago, after being on for amost seven years.

For the past week or so, every time I eat something, I am just like "god, this is so gross, it's just sitting there all dead and crumbly and gross. why do I eat like this?"

but even if it were a salad, it would be the same thing.

wow.

[erynchrista.livejournal.com]

I'd love to help you out, but I have only been on the pill about a year and probably won't be going off of it soon. But, ugh, it sounds like what I went through when I went ON the pill. Heh..All moody... and BLAH. I think it's just because of the hormonal changes in your system. Maybe the doctor could put you on an extremely low dose of something just to get you back on your feet, if that's what you need. :D