Wow! Nice to know I have some company in my misery. Here's my dilemma.. (hoping someone has experienced the same thing and can offer any advice that worked for you). I struggle with cyclothymia and I notice that every month, two days mid cycle, "day 14" (when I'm ovulating) is the scariest day of the whole month!! I'm literally not fit to be with people. Something will invariably set me off...my reaction is anywhere from total meltdowns to fits of rage as I unleash the Cracken! On those nights when I've become a cyberchondriac I learned about premenstrual magnification... It happens midcycle to women who are afflicted with bipolar, our symptoms can be intensified. Small comfort to know the dark days have a name! I've been a pseudo guinea pig trying to figure out how to weaken if not annihilate the day 14 nightmare! Just like you say in this thread, I went to an OB/GYN and he put me on Lutera about a month ago. He said I would need to take it for three months to see or feel any results. I have gained 13 pounds in 4 weeks!! I thought it was the lamictal that I began taking at the same time, but oh my gosh!!! I'm like the pilsbury doughchick!! My stomach has ballooned out, thunder thighs that rub and leave a rash! Baaahaaa! And my butt... Yikes! Shoplam!! Overnight!! My pdoc recommended that I quit the Lutera, stay on the lamictal and perhaps at a higher dosage, my happy pill will be effective in suppressing the beasty within!! Anyone been where I'm at? Any succes stories? What worked for you??
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