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Old Jul 14, 2016, 09:17 AM
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I know there are others with much worse than what I'm facing but I still have this little voice in my head that tells me I'm a lemon. I'm 26 years old, & I have psychiatric issues, neurological issues & now probable endocrine & reproductive issues. What will I be like when I'm 80?

This may be TMI just a warning. So along with the whole seizure thing I've also not had a period for 4 months. I saw my GP expecting the full work up, he did a few blood tests & said go see my pdoc, Stelazine can raise prolactin & cause amenorrhea so I figured that was the problem. My prolactin came back normal, so I went back & he still said see the pdoc, I pushed & he ordered a pelvic ultrasound. He said he was surprised when the results came back, he didn't expect it but I have polycystic ovaries (PCO), I will likely have trouble conceiving. I've always been really irregular, missed months on end of periods, took until I was 16 to actually get a period. PCO sucks but there's help when the time comes. I don't have any of the other associated symptoms just the fertility issues, so I can't really call it polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS).

What annoyed me was that he seemed to believe it was my weight but wouldn't say that to me, just "go see your pdoc." Not long after my therapist, who works in the same office & so shares the same patient information, started asking me about my weight. My BMI is 18.7 at the moment. I don't think I have an eating disorder, I'm not necessarily scared of gaining weight but I don't like it either, it doesn't take up much thought though. Like I don't eat when I'm not hungry, when I'm hungry I eat whatever I want whenever I want, I just don't eat for most of the day until late afternoon/evening. I just don't have an appetite before then, even with marijuana, but then I'll often binge at night. It gives me reflux sometimes but other than that causes no clear problem yet. I think it's mainly anxiety, I can't eat unless I'm comfortable. I know it makes me foggy by midday at work, I'll take the ensure!
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Dx: Bipolar II, GAD, past substance abuse, temporal lobe epilepsy.
Rx: Lamotrigine 125mg, Sertraline 50mg, Clonazepam 0.5mg prn.
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