"I don't know why you worry. You have everything going for you." That's what my boss said after I cried for 30 minutes in his office. How did I get to this point???
According to the book I'm reading, hormones affect all aspects of our lives. From lust, to appetite to feeling like going out, to productivity, to sleep, to socializing, and much more. That doesn't leave us with much will power, does it? But apparently, it's all scientifically documented.
According to my doctor, the one who put me on menopause-enducing hormones, I'm just depressed. It's the big scary word: depression. I am slowly but surely drifting apart from Mr. Beautiful whom I had clung to for so many years; I'm alone here in Boston and feeling lonely as hell; work is kicking my butt with too much work, too many responsibilites, too many uncertainties. Enough to be depressed, she says.
I'm confused. And yes, I'm depressed. My sleep patern is completely out of wack - one night this week, I didn't sleep one minute. Not even one. I have no appetite. I have no lust (which is actually a good thing considering that the no man in the horizon situation). I cry all the time for whatever reason (yesterday I spilled my coffee pot all over the stove and that started a tear attack). I feel stress out when I think of my work load. And that's all I seem to think about.
So I'm asking myself that. Is it the hormones? Are they affecting myself so much that I'm unable to live normally? Unable to go out and meet people? Because that would solve a lot of the problems: the loneliness, get my mind off of work and maybe even the lust thing!
But how do I know anymore when a year ago I was diagnosed with endometriosis. I had a surgery immediately followed by a three-month hormone treatment. Followed by a second surgery and a prescribed birth control pill that was supposed to regulate my hormone levels for three months and finally the latest six-month hormone treatment. How do I know anymore if it is the hormones or if I have lost total control over my life and my happiness?
This is all a big challenge right now. I can't do anything about the hormones because they have been injected in me. I'll continue to live like a saint until the effects are over: no alcohol, good food, good sleep, yoga, acuponcture, maybe more za-zen. The good thing is that the effects will start to wear off as the weather will start to warm up. Looks like I'm back to hibernating!
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Oh my. Well you're not drinking, perhaps THAT is the cause of your depression.
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