Hey all.Last night I had a migraine,today the left side of my face has that strange numb-like feeling and you know what?I am sooo angry.I am 31 years old and I feel like my life is being drained from me ounce by ounce.Every time I start feeling even a little better here comes a bevy of symptoms to knock me back down.I am so sick and tired of not feeling like doing anything,health anxiety every time I turn around whispering "you're going to die,or your having a stroke"I was feeling better last month,this month has been awful.I want to wake up feeling normal,I don't need to feel outragously good,just normal-no racing heartbeat,no nausea,just a normal get up and drink my coffee morning,but nooo--I can barely drink coffee now,and if I don't remember to take my handful of vitamins and my BCP I have a night from hades.Ladies I am sorry that I sound so low,its just if I don't let this out I am gonna scream so loud my neighbors will call the police.GOD help me,when will I get some relief??I don't want to be on various medicines till I die.I just want to feel like me.Please pray hard for me ladies--I am so angry I am shaking.

Hi I am 39 at your age must be worse, i sat there the other night feeling exactly how you are i cried and thought is this it is this my life now, ii check my diary i now keep and most days i have put, am i ever going to normal again. I want to get up and feel like others do, i cant remember the last time i felt 100% normal. my husband said the other night anyone would think you was in your 60's i feel like i am. these weird feeling we experience are awful, i seem to have a list of symptoms weekly. i was never like this before. i suffered with anxiety even panic attacks but it was not a constant battle i had good days good weeks and even months now i am lucky to get a good day, the dr says make the most of the good days, they seem to be far less these days. stress can give you an array of symptoms, i used to suffer with headaches daily the dr told me it was stress he was right they didnt last forever.
Unfortunately i have found with this is one thing goes and another thing replaces it, you will see from my posts mine is the lightheaded of balance it drives me insane at times, i think i am bringing it on each morning looking for it, i am also so tired all the time i always had more energy than this, then bedtime i dont go to sleep early then i am up early i cant seem to lie in anymore, i am awake checking the clock, this isnt me at all. none of this is me, maybe we need to except this is us, hard i know i could cry thinking this is my lot, but i think the more we fight the symptoms the worse we feel i am struggling to except any of this i thought i was to young i really feel for you, like you i dont like to take alot of pills, i dont even like taking a tablet for a headache, but i am taking what i have to to get through this, i think there are some things we can not cope with alone, besides if a tablet will help then why suffer, my step father takes 14 tablets a day to keep him alive he says i dont like taking them but they keep me alive, if you have tablets to make you feel just a little better than you do now, then why suffer. he is right. if we had to take tablets to keep us alive we would do it no questtions , maybe its time to try something to help you as what you are doing isnt helping at the moment, just tell yourself you will do it short term. maybe for a week or so just to see if you feel better. if you dont then at least you have tried, i hope this helps i wish i had a magic wand for all of us. x

Thanks someone--I feel stress is the MAJOR cause of my problems,school is out and my kids are with me constantly.My sleep schedule is all out of whack as well.Last night I cried and yelled and told my husband that I just didn't want to go on like this.He talked to me a long time and finally I felt better.I guess one thing I discovered is that GOD is in control,regardless of how bad I feel I need to trust that he will get me through.I have a big stress knot in my shoulder muscle and I believe that has been the cause of my face numbness,LORD willing if I get this stress under control I will start feeling better.Hopefully you will too.GOD bless.

Lady-E I have been following some of your posts as I have been thinking about BCP too. I did some searching on the net...you are on Yasmin? I know you have been on it a while and I am wondering if now that it is really"controling your system"...that is your own ovaries are now probably shut down if ...perhaps it is now clear that Yasmin may not be for you? I have read about qute a few women having trouble with it....there are so many types out there...my sistger is doing great on Lostrin...which is 20mcg estrogen and 1mg progestin..


.there are so many sypes out there with differen amounts of prog. and estrogen and differenttypes of progesterone as well...there is a great site on the net if you search that lists patient comments, on different pills...how long they took it and why and the side-effect, benefits and so forth....for me I tried Marvelon21...the types of progesterone in it was not good for me so I switched to Alesse...but I had to stop that as well, but that probably was \mainly becasue I did not give a break between the two diffent one so I really can't appropriately assess the effectiveness...anyway...what do you thknk about trying a different one? You are young so you have a lot of years ahead...a few months to try and adjust on a new seems worth it.....I may still try again and I am 48, but heck if I can get a few good years out of it it is worth it for me too!

Hi Lady E.

I have prayed for you today and will continue as the Lord lays you on my heart,He is our strength in times of weakness.I have days harder than others too but we know prayer works..I have friends praying for me also, just wanted you to know you are not alone.We need to lift each other up.

I pray for peace and endurance as you go through this trail of life. This to shall pass.

Sweet Blessings ,
Pamela

Thank you so much,I pray for the ladies here as well.Last night was hard for me,but today I feel better.I am considering getting a stronger bcp,I will pray about that as well.GOD bless.