Hi Everyone,
I was diagnosed with PPD in January of this year and this has just been hell all around. My symptoms started back in late AUgust early Sept..but nothing would have led me to believe that this is what was going on. After finally seeing a dr. Nov. 1st believeing I had a thyroid issue and going back.... my third visit I was a crazy, person asking my dr. to put me into a mental institution since I was sure I flat out was crazy.. at this point she said I think you have PPD.I responded with but I am not depressed. She started naming symptoms and they all fit. I immediately went on Effexor an anti-depressant but my dr, who is my general practioner, suggested i look into any and all means of getting better. She told me that not all methods work for everyone and if any dr. told me I was crazy to get a new dr. I started taking bio-identical hormones in the beginning of Feb and noticed that things were getting a little bit better.. I thought I was on the road to recovery and sooner than later I would be me again... Another thing to note is that I had not been having periods, in fact I had not had a real period since July of 2008, so both dr's were thinking that soon that would come back and that once that did they felt confident that a few normal cycles and I would be fine..
Unlike most people iinstead of losing weight I gained close to 20 pounds in a two month period before getting diganosed. I lost a little with the first month and was down 12 pounds by the beginning of May. Suddenly I gained 8 pounds in a week for no reason. I had a follow up appointment with the dr. I was working with for my hormones and he did not like this. He suggested I have my Mirena taken out even though he felt it had no baring on my situation, he jsut did not want anything else giving my body hormones and hoped that finally a period would happen. I went to my midwife in June of 2009 to have my Mirena taken out and to get her ideas on my situation... to back up a little my midwife is an hour away from where I live so I ahd not seen her perviously because i was confident that I would soon be myself with the help of the dr. closer to me. Anyway, back to June 09. Ibhad my Mirena taken out and my midwife pretty much said she was not a fan of the hormones i was on and suggested I take Yaz- birth control to see if that would help me and get my periods back to normal. I started those the next week and started having side effects I did not enjoy.. a few weeks later I had a check up with my family dr and told her of my new program. She suggested I give YAZ another full month and if at that time I still had no period she would help me figure out where to go. So I continued taking YAz, and my effexor but no other hormones... as I suspescted by the end of the 2nd month I still had no period.. I seemed to be feeling better to some extent. Did I mention that I was having hot flashes among other menopausal symtpoms. So I am a teacher and school started at the end of August. I was ready to go back feeling like this year I would feel better and again soon I would be me...no suhc luck by the end of the 2nd week I was not able to function. I started feeling anxious all the time and by Sunday August 30th I had a breakdown with my family.... Oddly enough on Monday I had some blood and actually had to use something for a period. The blood only lasted a day but that was a sign of something at least. I made an appointment to see my Dr on weds and one look at mea nd she took me out of work. She felt that the stress of being at work had brought on my regression along with the sudden hormones my body had to somewhat start a period.. since then I have started working with a new dr.. taking hormones again and some natural supplements nad vitamins. I am having my third somewhat period and each one has gotten a little longer.. the worst part is the days I am having my supposed period I am the worst.. I feel crazy again, I get way beyond emotional, I can't function.... I am starting to feel better mood wise but the fatigue is still not easy to handle, leaving me to have to nap every day even if I get 7 or more hours of sleep... I still gain weight, not as dramatically but no abiltiy to lose weight, I want to exercise but my fatigue seriously stops that... I am having a horrible day today... I don;t want to live sometimes, I would never do anything to myself but it is so hard to continue on when your life is in such chaos and there is nothing more I can do that what I am already doing..... someone tell me that this will get better and I will be me again soon. I can't do this for much longer!!!!!!!that is me in a nutshelllll for right now.... anyone have any ideas?????
I was diagnosed with PPD in January of this year and this has just been hell all around. My symptoms started back in late AUgust early Sept..but nothing would have led me to believe that this is what was going on. After finally seeing a dr. Nov. 1st believeing I had a thyroid issue and going back.... my third visit I was a crazy, person asking my dr. to put me into a mental institution since I was sure I flat out was crazy.. at this point she said I think you have PPD.I responded with but I am not depressed. She started naming symptoms and they all fit. I immediately went on Effexor an anti-depressant but my dr, who is my general practioner, suggested i look into any and all means of getting better. She told me that not all methods work for everyone and if any dr. told me I was crazy to get a new dr. I started taking bio-identical hormones in the beginning of Feb and noticed that things were getting a little bit better.. I thought I was on the road to recovery and sooner than later I would be me again... Another thing to note is that I had not been having periods, in fact I had not had a real period since July of 2008, so both dr's were thinking that soon that would come back and that once that did they felt confident that a few normal cycles and I would be fine..
Unlike most people iinstead of losing weight I gained close to 20 pounds in a two month period before getting diganosed. I lost a little with the first month and was down 12 pounds by the beginning of May. Suddenly I gained 8 pounds in a week for no reason. I had a follow up appointment with the dr. I was working with for my hormones and he did not like this. He suggested I have my Mirena taken out even though he felt it had no baring on my situation, he jsut did not want anything else giving my body hormones and hoped that finally a period would happen. I went to my midwife in June of 2009 to have my Mirena taken out and to get her ideas on my situation... to back up a little my midwife is an hour away from where I live so I ahd not seen her perviously because i was confident that I would soon be myself with the help of the dr. closer to me. Anyway, back to June 09. Ibhad my Mirena taken out and my midwife pretty much said she was not a fan of the hormones i was on and suggested I take Yaz- birth control to see if that would help me and get my periods back to normal. I started those the next week and started having side effects I did not enjoy.. a few weeks later I had a check up with my family dr and told her of my new program. She suggested I give YAZ another full month and if at that time I still had no period she would help me figure out where to go. So I continued taking YAz, and my effexor but no other hormones... as I suspescted by the end of the 2nd month I still had no period.. I seemed to be feeling better to some extent. Did I mention that I was having hot flashes among other menopausal symtpoms. So I am a teacher and school started at the end of August. I was ready to go back feeling like this year I would feel better and again soon I would be me...no suhc luck by the end of the 2nd week I was not able to function. I started feeling anxious all the time and by Sunday August 30th I had a breakdown with my family.... Oddly enough on Monday I had some blood and actually had to use something for a period. The blood only lasted a day but that was a sign of something at least. I made an appointment to see my Dr on weds and one look at mea nd she took me out of work. She felt that the stress of being at work had brought on my regression along with the sudden hormones my body had to somewhat start a period.. since then I have started working with a new dr.. taking hormones again and some natural supplements nad vitamins. I am having my third somewhat period and each one has gotten a little longer.. the worst part is the days I am having my supposed period I am the worst.. I feel crazy again, I get way beyond emotional, I can't function.... I am starting to feel better mood wise but the fatigue is still not easy to handle, leaving me to have to nap every day even if I get 7 or more hours of sleep... I still gain weight, not as dramatically but no abiltiy to lose weight, I want to exercise but my fatigue seriously stops that... I am having a horrible day today... I don;t want to live sometimes, I would never do anything to myself but it is so hard to continue on when your life is in such chaos and there is nothing more I can do that what I am already doing..... someone tell me that this will get better and I will be me again soon. I can't do this for much longer!!!!!!!that is me in a nutshelllll for right now.... anyone have any ideas?????
Kelly
