Sometimes as women we really do get ripped off! I am so glad that I found this web-site. What an eye opener.
I had a TL at the age of 26 after my third child - 10 years ago. I always knew from the first period after the TL that something was wrong. I had horrible pain...pain that I just wasnt used to. I just thought that it was what happened and that it would go away. But it didnt and pretty soon I never thought that the TL had anything to do with what was happening to me - until I stumbled across this web site - it never occured to me that I wasnt getting old and going crazy. I just thought fate and hormones and genes gave me a harder time at life. I just assumed it was only me, or as some would say in my head. I have been on Lexapro for a year now and keep Xanax with me all of the time (incase I cant control my panic attacks). I have been researching everything that can help with cramps, mood swings and fatigue. I am always willing to try anything within reason or sometimes not within reason to feel "normal" all month long. What a gift it would be to wake up every day with normal aches and pains and be a little bit tired. Every month exactly 7 days before the start of my period - I cramp and cramp and cramp....it hurts....sometimes headaches - mostly pain and almost uncontrollable fear and I can get so tired - I get afraid to drive - I feel like I am in slow motion, or not strong enough to move. Then the blessed day occurs and I think - well its almost over - the whole day I spend in agony, my tummy and my lower back screams with pain. I bleed for four days and am left exhausted for a week longer. I have one good week a month. I have to work, I have to take care of my kids and be a wife so I have fought hard to stay on top of all the daily chores and to appear happy about it regardless of the pain. If I had known that having a TL may be the cause of most of my problems - then I would not have had one.
I want to share some good news -- I have found that changing my eating habbits and exercise habbits has helped a lot. In my quest to feel "normal" - I stumbled across a friend that told me to try her eating plan out and I did and I have to say that it has worked. I am very strict with myself. I eat no sugars or fats unless it is found naturally in food. I eat nothing that has been processed - only natural. No soda - only water (lots of water) - one cup of coffee. I eat 6 meals a day -with equal parts protien (chicken, fish or lean beef - cheese or natural peanut butter), and carbs - (veggies and fruit) - I end the day before bedtime with a smoothie (with protien powder, yogart, and frozen fruit) as my sixth meal. I have been doing this for seven weeks and it works. I can sleep soundly, (more importantly) After 7 hours of sleep I can get up refreshed - which was not easy for the past few years, moods have been better and more controlable - I still feel - but I am better equipped to deal with anger or fear, fear is at an all time low - I still cramp - but dont feel the need to empty a bottle of advil everyday. I take two advil and one tylenol before bed two days prior to the start of my cycle and I seem to be doing fine. I walk a mile every day - rain or shine. My husband gets the woman he married back -- and he seems happy to meet her again. I am happy to be there for him and for me. (I literally did not live - my pain and moods took over my life) My kids get a mom who can be involved in there lives. I have a new freedom. I am going to take this information to my doctor - and I really hope that she can suggest something more for me - but - until then - changing me has worked. So to all of you out there suffering as I have - good luck and keep searching until you find something that works for you. I wish you all the best!
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