Survival mode symptoms and conditions

Howdy,

Mom from Wyoming who's daughter was a non-smoking, non-drinking 20 year old driving, full time college student and part time working young woman. She was diagnosed with polysistic ovary syndrome and she wanted to have "normal" cycles.

The OBGYN clinic gave her Yaz pack to take. After one month and a half, she developed severe headaches, began to throw up, abdominal pain, became covered in acne, anxiety at being alone, and her depression worsened. She could not sleep through the night and was fatigued for the next days activities.

On March 16th, she woke me screaming of a neck ache and demanding to go to the ER.

They did a CT scan and a MRI to confirm that they had discovered she had 2 blood clots one in each sinus area and one blood clot in the base of the brain drain. She was hospitalized for a week.

She has lost her quality of life and her independance. She will need to be on medications and blood thinners for the next 6 to 8 months (maybe the rest of her life) and NEVER use any form of birth control again.

She cannot drive, work or continue college due to the reactions of the blood clots and the pressure on the brain. Her short term memory was affected by the 2 blood clots in the sinus area. She is living in a survival mode and recalling things that happened when she was 13 years old as if they are happening today.

The doctors have informed us her sisters may be subject to the same effects if they take the same birth control.

We were lucky to have a radiologist that could read the CT scan and have us return to the ER and then a professional staff admit her to the hospital. I thank God I have my daughter and she is on the long road to recovery.

Hi Sherry...
I feel your pain...I recently talked with a nutrisionist who helped me lose 15 pounds. I was doing what it sounds like you are...not eating at all and trying to work out as much as I could. She told me that not eating was the worst thing you could do. Your body goes into survival mode and stores ALL the fat you do intake because you aren't feeding it! If you actually eat enough GOOD foods to be full, your body will sense that things are OK and start shedding the pounds instead of stock pilling them for later. The other suggestion she had, which worked well for me, was drink only ICE WATER with every meal. It shrinks the pores in your stomach that absorb fat (because they are so cold) and therefore, you should retain less fat. Besides, it helps you to feel full as well. WATER, WATER, WATER...I know it sounds silly when you are retaining it to begin with, but it's the same effect as not eating, the more water you drink, the less you retain. This really did work for me and I still use it as part of my daily life, I've only gained 4 pounds back after stopping this pill about 7 weeks ago and I'm praying that I can keep it at that, we'll see.
Protien bars (low carb ones with at least 20 grams of protien) for breakfast, help to speed up your metabolism, also. The other thing for me was bread products or anything with much flour in it (pasta especially). I cut them out almost totally. Made me feel so much better when they were gone! It was a VERY hard thing to give up though, I'm a bread freak!
I really hope that some of this helps. Keep your chin up....
Cristy