Just got back from the doc's office- I'm not crazy!
Posted
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 5:27 PM
Apparently the diagnosis is that I am not crazy or bipolar, or dysfunctional, I'm just A WOMAN! haha! I just came back from a visit to my doctor to discuss how lately I have been feeling changes in my emotions from one minute to the next and how I and my husband are worried about this change in emotions and mood.
Last week was especially hard for me because I was pretty emotional, but I could not pin point what I was upset or angry about, I just knew that I didnt feel right. After several discussions w/my husband I realized how this was taking a toll on him and how he was feeling hurt by what I had no control over. This emotional shift sometimes does occur very moderately around my menstrual cycle but lately, its been something that occurs post-menstrual cycle and not pre; so I became worried because it wasn't normal PMS stuff that I or he were used to. I made an appointment with my doctor on Monday to sit down and talk about this and my husband was really suppportive of everything and anything that I needed. Last night I was a complete wet blanket, I was feeling so guilty and bad for what he must have been feeling while I was riding my roller coaster of emotins. He was so sensitive and understanding of all of it; I felt so relieved to be able to explain to him that my mood swings are not as a result of anything he's done or hasnt done but are inexplainable and sometimes I dont even know how to reign them in.
My doctor was fabulous, she listened to me, offered lots of suggestions for not only myself but for my husband and she offered us some piece of mind that this is very normal in women and is very fixable! HALELUIAH!!! Those were the words I was hoping to hear! She said that my birth control might be the culprit of all these shifts in my moods so she switched me to another one. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that gets me back on track to being my ol' self again, for my sake and my poor husband's.
Whoever said being a woman is challenging SURE HAD IT RIGHT!
"Here's to great women: may we know them, may we raise them, may we be them."