Hi friends,
I was feeling pretty good the last couple of days since today is day 6 after my surgery. This has been one of the toughest days I think I have every dad cognitively speaking. I am so spaced out that I feel like I am high on drugs. I have the detached surreal feeling where I have to wonder if I am awake or alive. I am dizzy, spacy and on the verge of crazy. I had to even take a small amount of Prozac, thinking my chemicals were off.....no duh. That has not helped. I am now going for the XANAX. It does not help that I am having that damn nausea again and I didn't eat enough today. That just tops it all of doesn't it. Low blood sugar along with that crazy nut bag woman who is about to lose it. I am one week before my period and I don't have the symptoms the week before. They always hit me when I am on my period. Now I am wondering if something is wrong with me now after my surgery! I have had every test from several doctors. They all come back normal. What kind of test do I need for my head? I actually had a CT scan over a year ago and the doc didn't see any problems then. That test was when a bookcase fell in my face so maybe they overlooked something! Help...

Debra:

You are not crazy or losing it!!!!
Remember that this is peri and things can shift from one month to the next. You say that you will be starting soon, just because you usually have symptoms during your period does not mean that you wont start having them before or even afterhand.

I used to have my problems bfore my period (teenage years). Then for a while I did not have much trouble at all. Then when I hit my mid 30s I started noticing changes before my periods every siingle month. Then when I hit my 40s I started having trouble all over the board. Now I have trouble from a couple days a head of time through my period and sometimes up to a couple days afterward.

Please dont assume that you are having problems from surgery. It could be that all the anxiety that was built up before and after surgery is surging forward and making you feel vulnerable especially with the period on the near horizon.

Hugs to you,
Jeaninne

Thought I had best respond to this even if only to tell you............Just breathe. Calm your mind here. You know what is going on and you are letting your mind run away on you. Your head is okay.....its your hormones that are messed up. Did you finally take a xanax? Know that we are out here and right with you hon xo

Hi Jeaninne, I agree with you on the build up of anxiety before the surgery. I had so much that it was almost unbearable. Then of course I had the first few days on xanax and painpills. Today I took nothing and that stupid nausea has come back and I can hardly eat again. I am now calmer since I took my 1/4 prozac and 1/4 xanax and I ate a meal. I just get very scared because it feels like my brain is misfiring and I can't put thoughts together and my balance goes way off. I think after a nap I will feel better because right now the xanax and let down from the anxiety attack just kicked my butt. Thank you for pointing out what I was too hysterical to see..........................Hugs Debra



Thanks medium at large, Your right, I let my mind run away from me. Actually, I think my brain just fell out! The xanax finally kicked in. I hate having to depend on drugs and yeah, I will be the first one here to say don't suffer, take the stuff that helps you through. Its just that not having control sometimes and not being able to mentalize myself through it. I am just hoping like most ladies here, that this is ONLY hormones and not some brain defect or organic illness. Nice, there goes my brain again. I think it just hopped the next train out again.....................Debra