“I know you thought the breaking was the most painful chapter. It wasn’t. Turn the page. The next part is much longer. It’s the healing. The rise. The comeback. It’s the birth of the new you. And it’s not easy. But you are strong and brave and worth it.” – Stephanie Bennet-Henry
Hi, guys. It’s been a while. Three months to be exact since I wrote the Elephant In The Room blog entry. So many things have happened since.
I completely weaned off all meds last October. I won’t detail it here again because I know you guys know how hard it was. Never take Alprazolam for too long. Dapat daw maxiumum of 4 months lang because one can develop a dependency on the drug. The doctor made me take it for one year and a half. Imagine how difficult it was weaning off from it. The withdrawal symptoms were hell. Si God lang talaga yung nakikita kong reason how I was able to go through it. I am glad I am off it. The trauma it caused my nervous system is another story.
Anyway, one of my good friends, who’s a doctor, suggested to have my hormones checked. Baka imbalanced daw. I got it tested through a blood test. You just need a doctor’s request and bring it to a laboratory. I went to Hi-Precision in SM Aura. True enough, my progesterone hormone is super low. At the time I had it checked, it was 0.2. Yung normal range is supposed to be 1.8 to 25. Now I’m doing the bioidentical hormone replacement therapy with Doc Fran of Centro Holistico. I pray that my progesterone level goes up and umayos my hormones. Imbalanced hormones can cause anxiety and depression. I wish I had mine tested before I took all the meds. Inayos ko na lang sana muna itong hormones ko. Hindi ko na sana tinake yung medicines na yun.
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