[squish_is_me]

I have been doing really good and mostly have been DR free for a few months. I seem to begin feeling disconnected every month the week I am PMSing! At one time I was in school for nursing and understand the rise and fall of hormones and how this can make you feel a lil not yourself. However the past few months I have really been feeling just totally wacked out the past few months! I had my son in Jan so I have been cycling regularily for about 4mo. I am honestly not quiet sure if my extra nuts feeling at the time of my cycle has to do with my DR a lil , which I honestly wonder about, or if it is just a hormone thing and I should talk to my OB. Anyone else? Any thoughts?

 

[Guest]

Honestly, I am not sure but the rise and fall of hormones can do so many other things why not make DP/DR worse. My DP hit me again in May when I was about 5 months pregnant so I can't relate much to the whole PMS thing. Did you have DP/DR when you were pregnant and if you did, did you find it hard to bond with your new baby because of it?
Kate

 

[person3]

hormones can DEFINITELY take part, and it takes months sometimes for the hormones to get back to normal. Don't think that just because your period is back and your son is born that your body isn't still recovering from that. It should probably level out very soon for you though. but PMS it will be that way for a few days, probably for a while.

 

[ShyTiger]

I have just completed a 12 week study on my panic disorder. Part of it was that i had to monitor and rate panic daily. Panic attack numbers and severity increased just before and during the first 2 days of my period. I also found depression would also flare up and dp/dr would intensify. This happened everytime during the study and has since. I just never really realised it until the study. I mentioned this to the people doing the study and they said that it was something that was known to occure, and was actually quite common.

 

[squish_is_me]

Ok in reply to all these:
Being Pregnant - my first truely noticable episode happened while I was pregnant. In fact I sorta think that may have brought it on. I was a wack job my whole pregnancy! I was so totaly paranoid and I had crypaling anxiety! I still went to work and stuff... but I have to! That is something I cant just not do cuz I am freaked out! Have to take care of my kids! When I had my son I actually got a whole lot better! I have hear pregnancy can bring on panic attacks and anxiety in some woman. Quick biology lesson for you ladies: monthly your bodies hoemones like estrogen and progesterone rise continuously until you cycle. Then they drop straight down! My belief on why we have PMS. Well when you get pregnant the same thing happens for 9months straight!!! I am sure that is why we all feel so nuts and out of sorts by the time we pop! lol anyway when you have your kid they drop just like your period only it is nine months worth! My belief on why we get PPD! So anyway when I had my son I went waaaaaaaaaaaaay back to normal! If 1 is normal and 100 is farthest from normal... Id say when I went into labor I was at like 90! Within a few days of having my son I was at like 30 -40! Within a few eeks I'd say 20. My DR got waaaaay better but never went away till I found this place. I did not have any trouble bonding or anything! In fact for DR making life seem so unreal it was almost refreshing having everything be SO REAL! lol until we went home and it was no sleep time! that is anything but refreshing! So I dont think you should worry about that! It will be fine. Just remember when the baby comes and you get those unreal moments... talk to your husban or BF or if you two spilt your mom or something! And remember PPD is not a joking matter especially mixed with this crap! So talk to smeone if you need to, like a professional! Is this your first?

About me getting back to normal: Well I had my son in Jan so he will be 7mo old this Sat! So I figure I should be back to normal by now! I know it takes a while. I was nursing my son for the first few months till I started working FT again. I thought about seeing someone then but the hormones secreted by lactating can sorta mess with you too! So I have more or less completely stopped lactating and between that and finding this site I have been mostly normal for months now! Aside from a few random flare ups of DR.

About hormones: THANK GOD!!! I am serious! Me and the father of my children just split on the 6th. Well that is when he moved. This past sat was my first weekend without the kids. I had my best friend of like 8yrs come spend the weekend with me and me and another very close friend of mine (also of8yrs) all decided to go out. I was supposed to be having a good time but as the night wore on I got more and more down! I couldnt seem to pick myself up! I felt totaly off my rocker! I was feeling jealous of the two of them cuz they were drunk and hanging on each other and I didnt care... I was projecting my feeling about my break up. Thing is by the end of the night I was ready to loose it! I shoulda been having a good time! The night ended with me balling my eyes out for hrs about me and BF splitting! Now I realize there is something to be said for saddness and all that and that I probably needed the cry. But seriously! I woke up the next morning thinking what the hell was that!!! Like I couldnt even figure out why I had gotten myself so out of sorts! I have noticed that the past months since I have gotten my period regular again I have been this way like a few days before I start! Just totally off my rocker! Since I didnt have a period for almost a year straight (you know the whole pregnant thing) I sorta am not used to this! Also I used ot be on BC but since I am not with anyone I opted to not be on it. Honestly I dont really have the money for it and I alwasy thought it made me feel wacked out. Now I am starting to think it only made me feel wacked because I am really realy bad about taking it right! I am starting to think maybe it balanced me and that I should try going back on it to see if it helps!
THANKS LADIES!! Seriously I knew this had to in part be hormonal but I kept wondering why I felt so much more luike my DR was flarring up when I was cycling! I am glad to hear I am not the only one! I hate feeling like a nut job for a few days every month!!! Thanks for taking the time to answer!

 

[Guest]

Hey Squish,
Thanks for you reassurance about the whole bonding issue. It has been bothering me for quite some time now.
Kate

 

[terri*]

Hi Squish,

Nearly 30 years ago, after I had my daughter, it became apparent after about 4 or 5 months that something was not right. Back then there was not much, or any really, talk of pms or ppd. After about a year of dealing with this sobbing, anger, doing crazy things woman, I went to a new gyno. He told me to start charting how I felt everyday as he thought I might have something called pms. Well, I did it for 3 months and oh yeah, I had THE pms. It would start about 12 days before my period and last until I finally started. It was hell. From those days on I always marked when my period was going to be on the calendar to help alert me that it was the hormones making me feel so crazy and do such crazy things.

PMS is bad enough, but then to have DR or DP on top of it ??! :shock: There were some days before my period when I could not even drive because I was so irrational and, in my case with DR, my visuals were all but hullucinations.

I am so sorry you are having to deal with all this and a new baby too. I hope you will chart your periods and really become aware of the time before you start. If you can repeat the reality of it all to yourself in your head, it will hopefully be of some help in your life.

Most sincerely,
terri

 

[squish_is_me]

Kate,
No problem! Glad I could make you feel better! I think there is nothing you should worry about! I was really freaked out too! In fact I didnt even know I DR at the time and was still sorta afraid that if someone knew how I was feeling they would label me crazy and take my kids! So I can understand having worries about DR and a new baby! The challenge for me is always the intense DR days and the demands of a baby because sometimes its like I just need to escape! I have enough trouble on those days coping let alone dealing with constant demands! Remember those are the times that if baby hnas to cry for 10 min while you collect yourself then that is just what has to happen! I am here if you ever need to talk!
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Terri,
Hey thanks! I have noticed it is every month just before my period I get super wacked out! I feel normal now that I have been on for 3 days! I never thought of that. Mybe I should char it then when I could know when I start feeling out of sorts thats what it is and maybe going to a big social gathering wont be good because I will not be feeling myself! ThANKS A LOT LADIES!!

 

[Guest]

Hi Ladies
I went off the pill 3 months ago & noticed that it did help with the PMS. I still got it 12 days before but it wasn't as severe.
Hormones definitely play a part in all this & I guess there is nothign we can do than ride it out.

Being DP/DR free for a while now I am so not looking forward to pregnancy hormones. I have gotten through a cancer scare without anxiety dp/dr so hopefully I can just be calm & take each day as it comes with the pregnancy.

Hopefully in our lifetime the scientists will figure all this out!