Post-MS Anyone?
I am thrilled that AF arrived, but I found myself in a bit of an emotional slump today. I wracked my brain to figure out what was wrong with me and then it dawned on me that I hadn't had many periods this year given all the IVF attempts we'd undergone. I'd forgotten, literally forgotten, that I'm one of those rare birds that doesn't get PMS (as in pre-menstrual syndrome), but I instead go through a bit of a Post-MS of sorts.
Many women find themselves feeling cranky, bitchy, desperate to eat chocolate *before* their periods. Not me. Mine screwed-up hormones kick in afterwards. In this case, CD3. I find myself depressed, sad, weepy, just plain miserable. I don't fly into rages, but find myself feeling more withdrawn and sullen. I don't understand why this is. One friend, a nurse, said that maybe I'm having a sort of negative feedback reaction to the increasing hormones at the start of AF. Hmm, maybe.
I haven't met anyone like this. Anyone else as whacked-out as me out there?
Many women find themselves feeling cranky, bitchy, desperate to eat chocolate *before* their periods. Not me. Mine screwed-up hormones kick in afterwards. In this case, CD3. I find myself depressed, sad, weepy, just plain miserable. I don't fly into rages, but find myself feeling more withdrawn and sullen. I don't understand why this is. One friend, a nurse, said that maybe I'm having a sort of negative feedback reaction to the increasing hormones at the start of AF. Hmm, maybe.
I haven't met anyone like this. Anyone else as whacked-out as me out there?
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posted by linda at 10:48 PM
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post a commentNot Post-MS, but I seem to be suffering this month from mid-MS. I'll be damned if I didn't start crying for no reason a few days ago, I was lower than snake at sea level yesterday, and my breasts now put Pamela Anderson's to shame. They are so sore it hurts to walk or lay on my stomach (favorite sleeping position). These wacked out hormones just suck regardless of when they kick in!
Not Post-MS, but I seem to be suffering this month from mid-MS. I'll be damned if I didn't start crying for no reason a few days ago, I was lower than snake at sea level yesterday, and my breasts now put Pamela Anderson's to shame. They are so sore it hurts to walk or lay on my stomach (favorite sleeping position). These wacked out hormones just suck regardless of when they kick in!
You know you do not even have to ask me ;) I am your not-so-evil-just-hormonal twin hehe.
Hrm... My DH knows the first day of my period because I have NO energy and want to sleep. He considered the entire stimming portion of last cycle one giant "first day of period" time. So, I may be cranky, but I'm not awake enough for it to matter!
Pax,
MLO
YES! I've been lurking at your blog for ages, but haven't posted before. (Enjoy it a lot, btw, and sorry for your recent result...)
Anyway, for years I've had a sort of mood dip around CD 2-5. It's usually only one day, but it can happen anywhere during the first five days of my cycle. I'll be sad and think life is horrible, etc. - but it only lasts for one day.
I first noticed it when I was in my late 20's and asked my OB about it and she said something like, "Oh, it's probably just hormones" and I didn't think much more about it. I mean, why would you when you're not TTC and don't really think about such things? It wasn't debilitating or anything - I would just get down and sad for a day.
Now that I'm deep into the IF world, I wonder if that's when my E2 drops. After failed cycles, I notice I have a huuuuuuge emotional dip when the hormones get out of my system - which takes about 3 days for me, usually. Generally spend several hours in tears.
I thought I was the only one out there like this. I wonder what it means.....
I just wanted to thank you for your blog. I am on cycle #4, 5 days into the 2ww with 2 embys- maybe?doing? f*cking? something? like implanting? My last cycle was cancelled after OHSS and the cycle #2 I m/c after 6 weeks with 1 embryo.
As for AF, I felt like that after cycle #2 with every AF. I took 7 months off and it wasn't until maybe that last couple months that i became my symptomless self again.
I wish that all the elements add up to a positive cycle for you in #5. Be well.
FYI- my new RE does 200mg progest suppos 4x a day starting on transfer day- whata mess, but 2ice what I had ever done before...