Be Confident in Knowing Your Own Body

I know that there are times that we need to seek medical advice to get solutions to certain problems.

I understand that doctors are highly educated professionals.

But they aren't always right.

When I was in High School, I was informed that the reason I was always tired was that I was anemic. At the time, I was told to take iron supplements.

I've been taking iron supplements on and off for the past almost 30 years.....and they don't always do the trick.

Doctors have been suggesting ways to help me for years....and, sometimes I wonder if they are really listening.

At one point, it was recommended for me to go on "the pill," but I told them that I can't handle the hormone in them....so, they recommended the depo shot, because, according to them, it shouldn't have the same effect.

I know why that shot is used for birth control;  I gained 20 lbs. and became a raging lunatic!

Back to square one....and the recommendation of "the patch," because "the low dose of hormones will be fine!"

WRONG.

Soon after, Mirena was the next thing being suggested.  I refused for quite a while, repeating that I can't take hormones, and more than one doctor insisted that the hormone is so low that I won't even know it has anything.

I finally had enough and agreed to try it.

Less than a week after it was inserted, I was paying bills and started to cry.  Now....I may not enjoy paying bills....but I was wondering why I was overreacting.  I was upset over a few strange things....when it hit me....the Mirena.

I gave it a chance....for over a year, in fact......but I'm tired of the emotional roller coaster.  So, I went in to have it removed.

When I explained why I wanted it out, the response was that it probably wasn't the Mirena and that I'm probably perimenopausal.  Seriously?????

I got it out.....and then wondered why I had a headache for three days that wasn't going away.  I also just wanted to curl up in a ball and do nothing.  That's when I started wondering if it was because I no longer had that "barely detectable" hormone....so, I looked online, and found others who felt the same way when it was removed.  They even called it the "Mirena Crash."

Today, my headache is gone, but I can't seem to get out of my own way.  I lift my foot to step over something and STILL trip over it.....twice.  My head is in the clouds....  and I'm pretty sure it is from the Mirena.

I'm done trying things that I know my body can't handle.  I understand that doctors have our best interest in mind.....however, we also know ourselves....and they have to be willing to listen to that.