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[pepperminty]

Oh God,

Just started the Pill yesterday and have woken up nauseous and terrified . I can't stop crying and feel so ill. I want to be sick .

OMG what do I do? I can't bear this at all I am terrified. I was fine yesterday. Really feel like I can't go on.

TERRIFIED TERRIFED TERRIFIED. I can't get out of bed . I want to be sick ,

Do I start taking the HRT again of keep with the pill and hope? I don't know what to do? I cannot function like this . Overnight I have gone from normal to this on one pill .

Peppeminty xx

[pepperminty]

I have loose bowels and bad head and I cannot function for any longer like this.

I don't know if it is safe to take the HRT again today . I cannot think at all I am scared.

Pmintyxx

[Spangles]

Hi Pepperminty
I'm sorry to hear you feel like this, it sounds very familiar as I'm like it most days! It sounds to me like you are experiencing some anxiety, I'm not sure if one pill would do this so soon. Maybe phone your doctor and see what they say, why did you switch from HRT to the pill? Could you switch back? Hope it doesn't last too long for you, I know how nasty it is to feel like this.
Shellb
xXx

[Dancinggirl]

pepperminty - I'd just stop everything for now and give your body a chance to recover. It won't matter you are are not getting any hormones for a week or two and this might give you a chance to reassess things. If you keep chopping and changing then you can never find a solution. DG x

[babyjane]

I agree with Dancing girl.  I used to take so much different stuff (but not HRT) and my body didn't know which way was up.  I was taking medication to counteract the effects of medication.  The effects of cutting right back was no worse and gave me time to evaluate what I really needed to take and what could be managed.

[SadLynda]

Pepperminty, please do update us on how you are.  I am hoping you phoned the GP or somebody who could perhaps sit with you for a while.

thinking of you x

[pepperminty]

Hi ladies,

It is so difficult to be rational when you are in a state. I have calmed down a bit and have decided that the surge of hormones doesn't  agree with me.
The same thing happened on the 2/10 Hrt when I upped the dose , but it took 2 weeks to have this effect and the pill is a higher dose still , so I suspect that is why it has done this over night.

My moods are fine on the 1/10 it is just the tiredness and long periods , but at least I can function. I felt better immediately when I went back on the 1/10 overnight before , so I think I need to do that and stop the pill even though I have only taken one tablet.

I cannot keep on taking it in the hope that in days / weeks /months it kicks in because I need to function and I cannot even go out today.

Funny how yesterday I was absolutely fine!!

The doctor just sent a message to me via the secretary and he said to keep on for one week and see how I feel. I just said that I cannot function like this and if it carries on I will be completely at the end of my tether as I cannot leave the house. I cannot take another day of this let alone a week.

I think this has taught me that I can function on a low dose and any increase sends me haywire?

On a positive note at least I tried I suppose.

It is very hard when you are living alone and trying to evaluate yourself. Or make a decision. At least I can function on 1/10, without the anxiety.

The GP is supposed to be getting back to me again, but I think I have made up my mind that 1/10 is the answer at present, until I see the meno nurse again, as I need to get the periods sorted so they are shorter.

Still in a state , but more in control.

Thanks for your support

Peppermintyxx

[dazned]

 

Hope you see some improvement soon .

[pepperminty]

My best friend is out all day , so I am alone. Can't stop crying. I am in a new relationship and want to feel fine for that, if that makes sense, as I can hardly leave the house, so how can I date like this ? Sorry I am rambling , but I have to unload.

I look awful overnight too again. Trouble is when I get like this I get all the emotional symptoms and the physical ones together, so I am paralysed.

I know I haven't gone nuts if that makes sense, it is just hormonal.

This is when you need some one to give you a hug. Thanks everyone for posting , so I don't feel so alone.

Lets hope tomorrow I will be posting that I am fine . But for the moment I feel like a wreck.

Pmintyxx

[pepperminty]

Thanks Sparkle,

she will call me later this afternoon, and I can hopefully talk through it with her as when you are like this you need a calming voice of reason.

My Gp said take it for a week - but how can I be like this for a week , I know that even if I take it again I may be ok tomorrow, but I am too scared to take the chance if I am not as I cannot stand being a lunatic crying uncontrollably and feeling ill.

I have phoned the meno nurse and hopefully she should call me back and I want to ask her what I can do about the long periods on Femeston - so I can at least weigh up my options logically. I didn't discuss that with her previously as I was going on the pill!!

I am not feeling so physically unwell , but I am still exhausted and emotional.
It is so hard to make a decision for the best.

I do need to talk through the options logically, somehow.

Pmintyxx

[pepperminty]

Hi just spoken to meno nurse who said stick with the 1/10 for 4 months and come back to see her. She also suggested coming off everything and seeing what happens, but I am too scared to do that. She said that she can evaluate everything then.

She found it difficult to believe that one tablet could do that to me, and thought it maybe anxiety and seemed a bit miffed I had seen my GP, which wasn't very helpful. So 1/10 for 4 months and then review I suppose.

I know it isn't anxiety causing this I was actually fine going to bed , just woke up like this with physical symptoms.

I am really worried, and can't seem to stop.

Pmintyxx

[pepperminty]

My boyfriend just text me and said he will call me later to discuss, bless him. I suppose it kind of effects him too as he doesn't like to see me like this.

I am still teary, but hopefully I will be ok tomorrow after I have stopped the pill and had friend and boyfriend talk logically to me going through the options.

Thanks everyone again.

Pmintyxx

[SadLynda]

glad to see you are okay, though not much further forward really

I know nothing about the hrt either, so cant help.  I do know what that feels like though, or at least when the anxiety is bad and makes me feel totally out of control.

sure you will feel lots better later with your friend and BF to chat too.

take care x

[pepperminty]

Thanks again ladies, this forum can be a life line .

I am a bit miffed with the menopause nurse as she implied that my anxiety was self imposed in a way, well funny how it went on 1/10 then! She seemed to think that it should have gone completely on 2/10 as well, and couldn't understand why it made me manic. She seemed to think I had a duff packet of 2/10.I showed her a picture of how I looked after 2/10 and it wasn't pretty. Funny how when I stopped it went back to normal , I know the mind is a powerful thing , but I really wish professionals would stop assuming we are all depressed and need counselling when it is a hormonal issue causing the problem. That's treating the symptom , not the cause.

My boyfriend has suggested taking one more pill to see if I have any effects tomorrow, and I understand that he is coming from a contraceptive standpoint as that would make things easier from a sex point of view, but he also says that he will support me whatever and he will I know.

So can I cope with taking it again if I know I have the support if it goes tits up tomorrow?

I really do  not know what to do for the best.

I suppose my main worry was being a lunatic for a while - and it effecting my relationship. Maybe I should try the pill for one more night and see how I feel tomorrow? I am feeling physically better now , but still teary.

Should I give it a week and put up with the symptoms and  see will I get anymore symptoms?

I don't know what to do!

Pmintyxx

[CLKD]

OH YES IT CAN!

When I went on The Pill I was sick after 2 tablets    …….. Mum thought I was pregnant  ……… my GP at the time gave me a different Pill.  Do not rely on it for contraception!!!! get the boyfriend to use condoms  because if you are vomiting then the effect will be GONE!!!

The sudden burst of added hormone can upset the whole body.  How do you feel now?