Hello All
Haven't been around much lately. Overall, have been feeling much better these last couple of months. Not sure if it's down to Prof Studd's regime, or 100mg of Sertraline (my GP thinks it's both).
Also, my cycle has recently lengthened to 29/30 days, from 24/25 days. But period getting very, very light, more like spotting really and only lasting 2-3 days.
Last month I had been feeling fine for a few weeks, but then had a nasty blip as I came to being mid cycle, and it lasted nearly a week. Felt the awful flatness, anxiety etc. Then it lifted suddenly, and I felt really good again - right up to my period starting, then through my period and out the other side. Felt better than I have in years, infact.
Then suddenly, as I reached mid cycle again (day 12 to be exact) my mood really slumped again, and have been feeling rotten again since last Tuesday. Just really low, anxious, no pleasure in anything.
I wondered if anyone has any ideas about what is going on? I would hazard that, despite my 4 pumps of gel per day, my body is still reacting to the drop in oestrogen and rise in progesterone as I go into the 2nd half of my cycle?
If this is so, I am totally at a loss as to how to help myself anymore than I already am doing???
Also, I am due to take Utrogestan for the first time in 3 months, next week (my GP said I could go long cycle, as I still have a light period every month anyway, and because I felt dreadful on it, and during the withdrawal, the last time I took it back in August).
I am dreading taking it next week when I am already feeling horrible as it is. My own period should start roughly on Dec 12th, so the withdrawal bleed from the Utro should coincide with my own bleed (Prof Studd advised I try and coincide the two like this).
I did this coincided bleed for the first time back in August, and I felt really awful. The first time Utrogestan has reacted so badly for me. My GP thought it was because I was adding Utrogestan at the very same time my own progesterone was rising prior to my period starting. I felt like I was about to burst into a million pieces.
When my bleed came, it was no heavier than my normal very light ones nowadays, despite 'adding' Utrogestan.
I just don't know what to do, or where to go from here?