Kristin
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May 27 · Posted
eight weeks on the new dose
I want to put this somewhere concrete because I spent a long time reading other people's accounts before I made any changes, and the specific ones helped more than the general ones. Eight weeks ago my doctor adjusted my estrogen. The first two weeks I felt off in a way that was hard to describe, not worse exactly, just unsettled. I was waking earlier than usual and my appetite was strange. By week four the anxiety had dropped. Not gone, but the volume came down. I have had anxiety for years so I was not expecting that to be the thing that shifted first. The weight has not changed. My sleep is better in the sense that I stay asleep longer, though I still have nights that don't work. The clearest change is that I can read again. I don't mean I had stopped, but for about eighteen months I'd get to the end of a page and realize I hadn't taken any of it in. That has improved. I have a review next month. I'm keeping a note of the dull details now so I don't lose them.
May 26 · Posted
eight weeks on the low-dose pill
Eight weeks ago my doctor added a low-dose anxiety medication to what I was already taking. I want to put down what actually happened because I spent a long time reading accounts that were either very dramatic or very vague. The first two weeks I felt slightly dulled. Not sedated, just quieter in a way that was hard to assess. I ate the same things and noticed I was less interested in finishing my plate, which I did not expect. By week five the background hum of worry that I had been carrying for about three years was noticeably lower. Not gone. Lower. I could sit with an unread email without my chest tightening before I opened it. Weight has not changed. Sleep is marginally better, which may be the reduced anxiety rather than anything direct. My reading has improved, meaning I can stay with a book for longer without rereading the same paragraph. I have a follow-up in two weeks. I am keeping a short log because I know I will minimize everything in the room if I do not have it written down.
May 25 · Posted
Notes before an appointment
For anyone else who goes blank in appointments: the boring notes have helped me. I have been writing down weight, sleep, mood, and what was happening around it so I can describe the week more clearly.
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eight weeks on the new dose
I want to put this somewhere concrete because I spent a long time reading other people's accounts before I made any changes, and the specific ones helped more than the general ones. Eight weeks ago my doctor adjusted my estrogen. The first two weeks I felt off in a way that was hard to describe, not worse exactly, just unsettled. I was waking earlier than usual and my appetite was strange. By week four the anxiety had dropped. Not gone, but the volume came down. I have had anxiety for years so I was not expecting that to be the thing that shifted first. The weight has not changed. My sleep is better in the sense that I stay asleep longer, though I still have nights that don't work. The clearest change is that I can read again. I don't mean I had stopped, but for about eighteen months I'd get to the end of a page and realize I hadn't taken any of it in. That has improved. I have a review next month. I'm keeping a note of the dull details now so I don't lose them.
eight weeks on the low-dose pill
Eight weeks ago my doctor added a low-dose anxiety medication to what I was already taking. I want to put down what actually happened because I spent a long time reading accounts that were either very dramatic or very vague. The first two weeks I felt slightly dulled. Not sedated, just quieter in a way that was hard to assess. I ate the same things and noticed I was less interested in finishing my plate, which I did not expect. By week five the background hum of worry that I had been carrying for about three years was noticeably lower. Not gone. Lower. I could sit with an unread email without my chest tightening before I opened it. Weight has not changed. Sleep is marginally better, which may be the reduced anxiety rather than anything direct. My reading has improved, meaning I can stay with a book for longer without rereading the same paragraph. I have a follow-up in two weeks. I am keeping a short log because I know I will minimize everything in the room if I do not have it written down.
Notes before an appointment
For anyone else who goes blank in appointments: the boring notes have helped me. I have been writing down weight, sleep, mood, and what was happening around it so I can describe the week more clearly.
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Thank you Lorna, and everyone who replied. This is exactly why I posted. Reading these has made me feel much less ridiculous, and I am adding a few notes before my next appointment.