Nothing of note

Well last month I shifted my cycle as I have a holiday coming up and wanted to make sure my period was well and truly over before then. My experience therefore has been very positive as the ED Pill has done it's job to regulate my cycle and flow.

When starting this blog I anticipated a lot of difficulty coming of Depo, as what I had read were mostly horror stories. So my recommendation would not be to let your body simply go into withdrawal by going off and wait for whatever to happen, happen, but to go to a more recommended way of regulating your hormones and cycle. I do still think however that the reaction I had in the beginning was a withdrawal symptom as my hormones bottomed out before rebalancing at the new level set by the Pill.

My next challenge I guess will be seeing how, if at all, my fertility has been affected.

But that won't be for a little while longer just yet.

Beyond that, as I didn't have any problems with Depo to begin with, I would consider it an option in the future if they haven't got anything better on offer.

Doctor's visit

Well finally I went, and he has no idea why it has been the way it has. Since then I've had no hives, but also because I am going away on holiday in April I figured out that I would be due for my period then and have decided to reset it by skipping my last week of sugar pills. So this means in about a week when this time comes around again I will learn if the hives begin again and as a result it will probably become associated with progesterone withdrawal.

He did attribute my first unruly period with my hormones resetting themselves, but did anticipate that as the Pill starts dominating my functions then this should be resolved.

The hives however he had never heard of a H2 blocked being used in conjunction with a H1, but when I explained that H1 blockers resolved the itching, but H2 blocker intake appeared to result in the hives disappearing he has sent me off for an allergy test. He explained that blockers relate to the receptors and the receptors usually communicate a message to the immediate related area, so skin to skin for example. By intestinal track to skin is less likely as normally you would see intestinal upsets such as reflux or diarrhoea, but that saying if I experienced relief it was worth investigating.

The new allergy tests are quite interesting as in the first case they simply take a blood sample and test allergic reactions in a lab. Apparently they now only progress to skin prick tests when the identified allergen is not one of the standard twenty but response needs to be tested. Not sure exactly as I wasn't really interested.

But now to find out the results.

I just don't learn

I still haven't been to the doctors but I'm sure I'll have to this weekend. On Sunday night I took my last dose H1 blocker and thought since I was feeling so good I'd wait and see how I went. I still had some H2 blocker left, but low and behold Monday night they start creeping back. And Tuesday morning full-blown as if I had never taken any anti-histamine.

I went to the chemist and talked to him about something stronger again and I was given Phenergan, which is promethazine. It has been brilliant, once a day dose at bedtime, although that day I took one at lunchtime when I bought them and then again that night at bedtime. They don't affect me with the drowsiness, they never have as this is the product that I used when I was a child.

Right now though I am fairly confident that it's my Pill setting me off as it is the only constant exposure that I continue to have, despite the fact that the hives didn't kick in until a month after I started taking it.

Did I take photos?

No, silly me. Just a random thought I had.

The hives keep coming

The Hives keep coming with ones on the soft fleshy part under my upper arms mostly affected by two or three and above and below the rear of my knees with a half dozen or so each leg, that just seem to be moderately repeatedly affect. But my upper thighs on the front and between my legs just seem to have a new serious flush still 4-6 times a day.

Promising me, promising you, I will get to the Doctor eventually.

Resuming itchiness

Well I've been thinking I'm updating from Google, but it appears not to be working, so you've missed some unimpressive repetitive days.

On NYE I had my last dose of my H1 blocker. But feeling good I didn't worry about getting to a Chemist before 5pm. The next morning was hell. The H2 blocker is good but doesn't work by itself. So frantically I searched the Net on New Years Day looking for someone open, finally locating a Chemist about 30 minutes dive away. With Fexofen not working the Pharmacist suggested Dexchlorphen a 12 hour acting agent with sedative effects.

We are now back on track with the itchiness, only recurring in the hour coming up to taking my next dose. But the hives are still coming up cyclically about 4-6 bouts a day, noticeable by their inflamed look.

Still yet to see the Doctor, will do so eventually but just can't get myself there at this stage.

According to my Mother however, she believes since coming off Depo and going on the Pill I have slowly been returning to a constant grumpy, irritated mood, which she believes is not the hives, but a replica off how I was before I went on Depo, so she thinks hormonal. She's not happy, saying it's reminiscent of 24/7 PMS. So another thing to mention to the Doctor.