As you may know if you read any other my other tabs above on my site, My biggest dream is to be a nurse someday. I am very close to the end of all of my prerequisites for the program, and am very happy about that. However, some things went wrong this semester, and I have to sit out this fall. I was very sad for several days a few weeks ago, but decided to move on. And again, if you have read any of my other tabs up there, you will also know that I have PCOS and have fertility problems. SO....my husband and I decided that since I am officially free this fall, we may as well begin the process while I am unattached to more responsibilities and can be a little bit more calmer than usual since I have a little less stress.
That being said.....a little over two weeks ago we decided to go off the pill.....and my hormones are going crazy.
Last week I didn't know which emotion to feel when. I mean, I was a basket case. Literally. I wanted ice cream everyday, pizza, candy....and in the end, I would end up eating absolutely nothing. Yup, this is a side effect for me of being off the pill, one that I particularly like, but it is very real. I am WAAAAY less hungry than I have ever been in my life. I mean they say that sometimes being on the pill makes you gain weight, but never did I imagine that it affected my hunger!
So seriously, if I had known this sooooo many years earlier, I would have told my gynecologist that I would not use the pill as a part of my treatment and to take out my ovaries and freeze them for later a long freakin time ago!!!!
My Question for You: I know this is personal, but I have no idea who you are (except for being my bloggy buddy:-) and not very many people read my blog anyways ;-) Boy, would I love to know if I am alone over here in this observation....Are you on of off the pill, if off and have been ever on it, are you less hungry as well? Or is it just me, guys?



Monique-
ReplyDeleteDon't apologize for writing about whatever you want on your blog. And we won't tell...
I don't really have any experience- at least not to the extent you are talking about- with appetite and hormones.
Sounds like a good idea to try to maintain a stress free environment during the fall though. Good luck!
I was only off the pill for about 1 1/2 weeks before I got pregnant... at which point I became very hungry. That's to be expected, right? Well, there were a couple months when I went off the pill when my husband was in China, but I was super busy working on a quilt after work (trying to keep my mind off of missing him while he was gone) that I didn't really even notice my hunger. When I get working on a project, I forget to eat until it's about 3 hours after I should've eaten. So...I guess I can't really say whether being on/off the pill affected my hunger.
ReplyDeleteThanks guys. Things are going much better this week, thankfully!
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