Kudos to me, the Inspector Clouseau of my own body. Never one to know what the heck is going on with any given body part or system, today I think I nailed it.
I am bluesy as an all get out today. I am eating like they're about to stop making food, and I just feel like crying.
Why, hmm, when did I last start my period, anyway? Exactly three weeks ago! (When I first started writing this, I thought it was *four* weeks, not three, so I am feeling less excited and AH-HA about this post, but I'll leave it up anyway. Might as well see what happens with these cycles.) I have had that IUD for so long, I've lost all sense of what a "normal" cycle feels like. But I remember when I was tracking my periods on iPeriod last year, before I had the IUD replaced. Two days before my period started, I would feel sad as an all get out. Just really, really blue. Lonely.
Ah...good for me? Hmm, good for me for figuring it out , anyway. Now, why do I have to crash so hard when I'm about to get my period? Is this PMDD, instead of PMS? I don't know what PMDD is. I just watch tv commercials, haha.
Anyway, something to track. Could explain why I bought a (small) bag of taco-flavored Doritos on my car ride this morning, which I soon dumped out the window. I needed to, so I'd stop eating the damn things, which were making my stomach wad up in a protesting ball. I bought Chewy Sprees, too, which were even worse, agonizing from the get-go, and were also dumped to get them away from me. String cheese = yes, crap gas station food = NO.
To follow up on the Mirena IUD removal, just for the heck of it: I removed it 4/21, started my period with a vengeance on 4/23. 4/26 was the last day of my period and it looks like I'm coming up on it again. Wow - could I already be on normal cycles? Except for being a bit short for my usual (whatever that is), that seems like a pretty normal cycle. Yay me!
Oh, and I've lost 9 pounds since removing the darn thing, let's not forget that. Now to figure out how to manage this terrible drop in my mood...
Sorry your having such a bad mood and day :(
ReplyDeleteAh ha! See YOU are getting better about reading the 'cues' your body is giving you! I'm a short-cycler (and even though it is the only downside to my period it sure is worth whining about) because I get mine about every 23-25 days. Remember back in Feb when I only lost -2lbs AND it is the shortest month. I got mine twice that month...aren't I lucky?
ReplyDeleteAnyway, enough about me...I'm glad that you are possibly getting normal periods now...yay!