| Posted at 6:54 PM on Nov 30, 2008 by glendalegirl, #36975 |
I am certain there is no permanent damage, but you should definitely stop the ring now. Your reactive symptoms sound very much like mine. I was on the ring longer, 6 months, with no symptoms and then they started all at once and got bad very swiftly. I too had the intestinal and stomach problems and I got so sick that I thought I was going to die. I lost weight and even wondered if I had some weird wasting cancer eating away at my insides. It took several months for that to clear up and I had some of the worst depression I can ever imagine anyone experiencing. I refused antidepressants, but I was clearly a candidate for them. Life was black. I couldn't function at all. My sweet, understanding husband had to take over the child care and I let the housework fall into a shocking state. I could do nothing and I mean absolutely nothing to pull myself out of it any faster. My poor, hormone abused body took 4 and a half months to recover its former healthy and happy state - hardest 4 months I've ever lived through. I am once again plugged into life and keeping all the balls in the air.
I hope your recovery will be much faster and that you will feel like your old self very, very soon.
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