Sorry for the blog silence as always it has been hectic!
Anyway I went to the doctors on Thursday morning and as I explained in my previous post it was a doctor I was not too fond of but actually it turned out OK.
She freely admitted as I walked in the room that she had no idea what PMDD was so I gave her a brief explanation of what it was and how it affected me. Anyway I talked through the various ways of treating it and we settled on me only taking the Prozac during the luteal phase of my cycle so basically when I'm suffering with the PMDD symptoms she also suggested that for the first week I take just 20mg but if I feel that in the second week I am struggling more with the symptoms I can double the dose up to 40mg a day and we're going to give that a few cycles to see how that works so of course I will keep you informed.
Anyway I was due on on Thursday and gradually the fog has been lifting to the point where today I felt like my old self again.
I went to do my CBT and I was dreading feeling tired, achy and having to concentrate on the instructor but I passed through and actually enjoyed it even more than I thought I would. It is a strange thing still going at 30 miles an hour felt like I was speeding but I gradually got more and more used to it and now I am gagging to get my scooter! I cannot wait to have that extra bit of freedom. I have to go and pick it up on Tuesday morning and already I've sorted meeting someone for coffee, I can always tell when I'm coming out of the gloom as I actually want to spend time with people!
Apart from feeling better the only issue I am having is getting back on track with the Slimming World plan I wish I had more willpower instead of constantly just going "Sod it we'll order a takeaway!" or "Yeah can you grab me some cookie dough ice cream babe" need to pull my finger out and get back on it and while I'm feeling good start bulk prepping meals and deserts to put in the freezer for my bad weeks! I'm determined I will do this this month!
Does anyone else struggle with weight loss or diets and PMDD? How do you cope?
I always welcome comments, questions and suggestions like I said I would love for this to become a support network
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