The Clomid Crazies

This round of Clomid really threw my hormones out of whack! I started taking it last Wednesday and felt the moodiness by Thursday afternoon. Let's just say I didn't have the most wonderful Thanksgiving.  I took 50 mg, for two months, and didn't have any bad side effects on my moods. I was pleasantly surprised because I had talked to a few people who told me that it gave them terrible mood swings, which I'm affectionately calling 'the Clomid crazies'. :)  So this month I took 75 mg., but I never thought that 25 mg could make such a different on how it affected me. I was like Jekyll and Hyde. One minute I was crying, the next I was mad at my husband for breathing too loud, and the next I was just down-in-the-dumps depressed. It was absolutely awful. And I tried my best to control it, but it was next to impossible. Thank goodness my husband realized that the meds were really messing with my hormones and he didn't take my craziness to heart. I don't know if I can handle another month of it! Especially not if I have to take higher dosages.

I decided to take it this month to see if it would work because I've noticed a pattern with my cycle since the summer. I skipped June, then had a period in July and August. Then I skipped September and got a period in October and November. So that would mean (maybe) that I would skip this month. So I want to see if the Clomid is even really working or if the one time I got good results from progesterone levels was just coincidence. If I don't ovulate this month, then the Clomid is obviously not working. Which means that we'll be seeing a specialist when the new year rolls around. Actually, we'll still probably see a specialist even if the Clomid works! My regular OB just doesn't seem to be concerned about me not being able to get pregnant. I want to go to a doctor who cares and will do whatever he can to help me and not just throw meds at me.

Anyway, the Clomid crazies are coming to an end, and this afternoon I started to feel a little more like myself and less on edge and moody. Thank goodness!