My gut instict tells me it's stress induced. Stress can do some awful things to us...is there a Doctor you could go to?
I wouldn't be too worried about the spotting, generally if you skip your period more than once in a row it happens.
I don't think the diet is helping much either...It seems you're in need or some fully hearty, decent meals.
It's crap that your trip there has been miserable and I wish I could somehow instantly make it better....maybe by slapping your host Mum one and teleporting your boy to you but self reassurance, deep breathing and meditating will help a lot! Just a few more weeks hun...you'll be home soon :)
Definitely sounds like stress, especially the excema, the 'need to pass a bowel movement - sort of' tummy pains. It all sounds like the stress symptoms one gets when you suppress the really obvious heart fluttering signs of nervousness.
I find with skipping periods on the pill that 1) I spot and 2) my moodiness and erraticness become amplified in a real bad way. Maybe having a period wouldn't be so bad and might even make you feel abit better afterwards. It's not like you're travelling the way you were all over Europe, and you're not out camping or anything. Hope it all turns out ok.
i got a little freeked out by the pill and the whole skipping a piriod and then the next month bleeding really heavey and feeling VERY out of wack with my fiminine cycles
i stopped taking it
as i was also feeling really not myself in emotional ways.... and i even told ant to "fuck off!" at some point too OMG! he actually took that rather well considering lol... and new it was just stoopid girly shit... but yeah....
i thought it would help with my menstral pain and cycles and stuff... but it seemed to more so fuck with them *big time*
i am maybe thinking of trying a different brand of pill.... different levels of chemicles do very different things for different people....
but to be honnest for now i'm happy to go with my own natural cycles.
i will give this different pill a go tho... i've only ever tried one and not for all that long
but i do think that possibly your health has something to do with the pill.... i really don't know.... but perhaps see a doctor ...?
I've never had problems with my pill while in australia and ive been using it for a few years now. im going to cycle it anyway, cos while i think im sick from stress and malnutrition, i think the pill situation isn't helping.
I pretty much went through the same thing when I went to germany, actually. I started getting really nautious, and I couldn't eat breakfast most mornings because my stomach was upset - though not to the extent of what you're describing. To be honest, I'd go with stress. But that's what it was for me, and I know it's all in my head. If you get much more worse or worried, see a doctor. Screw your host family, if it's affecting your health, don't worry about whether or not they'll get insulted, just get yourself checked out. I made the mistake of not going to a doctor, and by the time I did (I had a bladder infection) I was in the worst pain in my life, and the infection spread to my kidneys, which is very dangerous.
Do what your instincts tell you, if it doesn't feel right, then it isn't.
my instincts tell me i'm not healthy and it's stress and food.
seeing a doctor isn't really possible for a few reasons, insurance being the main one. I have it, but insurance claims are an arse. Also, I have VERY little faith in the Japanese health system anyway.
Oh, and the Japanese actually have a word for "death from stress/overwork" therefore I doubt any Japanese is going to give me any sympathy.
While I would guess that your body originally started as a reaction to the new diet/environment, I would also venture to say that it is keeping up this way because of stress. It takes alot of consistency and relaxation to get a body to adjust and coupled with the pills...you've got alot of shit on your plate that can cause havoc with your system. Are you also drinking enough? Alot of times when things are down most people will not only not eat (which you can't anyway) but they will also not drink enough water. Some of these sound a bit like dehydration is in there as well
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I think i've lost weight. I haven't been on scales so i don't know for sure, but i feel like i have (looking in the mirror, and clothing). But my eyes are definitely black and my cuticals (the skin around my nails) is pretty crappy. Ive got long hair - it always falls out! dont know about my tongue though.
I've been trying to drink pretty well, although I don't think I'm drinking as much as I would at home (I've always got a cup of tea with me at home)
No, I haven't taken this pill consecutively before. And I would have tried it before I came here, but I only had my doctor appointment the week before I left.
I'm actually thinking of making a complaint about the whole program. It's supposed to be intensive, but it's not supposed to kill me. And I really do believe it places a dangerous amount of stress onto people.
Not that I would have the slightest idea who to talk to.
I do agree with Pele, i would lodge a complaint against your host family, they sound awful.
you need some food too, proper food, talk to your co-ordinator and find out if they know of any good western restraunts and spends some money to get something decent into you. I've just been talking to you on msn before reading this, and i really do think, knowing you're a stress-head anyways, that you're suffering stress and malnutrition.
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I wouldn't be too worried about the spotting, generally if you skip your period more than once in a row it happens.
I don't think the diet is helping much either...It seems you're in need or some fully hearty, decent meals.
It's crap that your trip there has been miserable and I wish I could somehow instantly make it better....maybe by slapping your host Mum one and teleporting your boy to you but self reassurance, deep breathing and meditating will help a lot! Just a few more weeks hun...you'll be home soon :)
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no, no doctor. would be a bitch with insurance that i dont want to go through when i dont have any faith in the japanese medical system :-S
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I find with skipping periods on the pill that 1) I spot and 2) my moodiness and erraticness become amplified in a real bad way. Maybe having a period wouldn't be so bad and might even make you feel abit better afterwards. It's not like you're travelling the way you were all over Europe, and you're not out camping or anything. Hope it all turns out ok.
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stress is going to have to wait a few more weeks...
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i got a little freeked out by the pill and the whole skipping a piriod and then the next month bleeding really heavey and feeling VERY out of wack with my fiminine cycles
i stopped taking it
as i was also feeling really not myself in emotional ways.... and i even told ant to "fuck off!" at some point too OMG! he actually took that rather well considering lol... and new it was just stoopid girly shit... but yeah....
i thought it would help with my menstral pain and cycles and stuff... but it seemed to more so fuck with them *big time*
i am maybe thinking of trying a different brand of pill.... different levels of chemicles do very different things for different people....
but to be honnest for now i'm happy to go with my own natural cycles.
i will give this different pill a go tho... i've only ever tried one and not for all that long
but i do think that possibly your health has something to do with the pill.... i really don't know.... but perhaps see a doctor ...?
hope it all get better darlin*:.
*HUGS*
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Do what your instincts tell you, if it doesn't feel right, then it isn't.
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seeing a doctor isn't really possible for a few reasons, insurance being the main one. I have it, but insurance claims are an arse. Also, I have VERY little faith in the Japanese health system anyway.
Oh, and the Japanese actually have a word for "death from stress/overwork" therefore I doubt any Japanese is going to give me any sympathy.
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I've been trying to drink pretty well, although I don't think I'm drinking as much as I would at home (I've always got a cup of tea with me at home)
No, I haven't taken this pill consecutively before. And I would have tried it before I came here, but I only had my doctor appointment the week before I left.
I'm actually thinking of making a complaint about the whole program. It's supposed to be intensive, but it's not supposed to kill me. And I really do believe it places a dangerous amount of stress onto people.
Not that I would have the slightest idea who to talk to.
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you need some food too, proper food, talk to your co-ordinator and find out if they know of any good western restraunts and spends some money to get something decent into you. I've just been talking to you on msn before reading this, and i really do think, knowing you're a stress-head anyways, that you're suffering stress and malnutrition.
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