Lissy43
05-07-10, 10:47
Right, quick recap.
I went on the pill in April due to heavy periods after a D&C operation to remove a pregnancy which never developed. I was told the pill would help lighten my periods, but I was anxious about the risks, so my GP put me on a low dose pill (loestrin 20). It has worked brilliantly, my periods are so light and I feel much calmer now about them.
My anxiety hasn't been great, I left uni due to alot of anxiety problems and since then being at home more I have noticed im worrying about my health at times quite abit. I had a headache on 12th June (I remember because the ENgland game was on, lol) it sat around the right side of my head on the crown, was like a brick rattling around and only hurt when I walked about really or a sudden movement. I panicked it was a migraine but my GP said it sounded like tension. I had no visual disturbances and although it was heavy and painful when I walked around, I didn't need to take to my bed or anything. Then 16 days later I had another bad head, this time it was on the left side, started in left cheek, over left eye, left ear and left side of jaw, later that night it went down left side of head at the back. It went after I slept, I nodded off at midnight then at 4am I woke up and it had gone. I saw GP and he said it didn't sound like a migraine at all, and he said as it swapped sides that was a good thing as migraines usually affect the same side.
My GP wants to see me in 6 weeks to see how many more, if any, ive had. He said as long as I have no visual problems then I can stay on the pill. He asked what I was panicking about and I said that I wasn't worrying it was serious, I guess I was just worried that it was migraines caused by the pill, or just headaches and I was suddenly going to suffer regular, just upset me, ive never really had them before.
My GP said he really didn't think they sounded like migraines. I had been fine on the pill for 3 cycles, then ive had 2 headaches in 16 days, surely if they were pill related it would have started earlier on?
The last 24hrs ive had lots of tense aching in my arms, shoulders and jaw, worried another headache is going to start. Does it sound like tension? My GP thought the headaches were just tension.
ANy advice on how to stop this way of thinking and this worry about them?:blush:
I went on the pill in April due to heavy periods after a D&C operation to remove a pregnancy which never developed. I was told the pill would help lighten my periods, but I was anxious about the risks, so my GP put me on a low dose pill (loestrin 20). It has worked brilliantly, my periods are so light and I feel much calmer now about them.
My anxiety hasn't been great, I left uni due to alot of anxiety problems and since then being at home more I have noticed im worrying about my health at times quite abit. I had a headache on 12th June (I remember because the ENgland game was on, lol) it sat around the right side of my head on the crown, was like a brick rattling around and only hurt when I walked about really or a sudden movement. I panicked it was a migraine but my GP said it sounded like tension. I had no visual disturbances and although it was heavy and painful when I walked around, I didn't need to take to my bed or anything. Then 16 days later I had another bad head, this time it was on the left side, started in left cheek, over left eye, left ear and left side of jaw, later that night it went down left side of head at the back. It went after I slept, I nodded off at midnight then at 4am I woke up and it had gone. I saw GP and he said it didn't sound like a migraine at all, and he said as it swapped sides that was a good thing as migraines usually affect the same side.
My GP wants to see me in 6 weeks to see how many more, if any, ive had. He said as long as I have no visual problems then I can stay on the pill. He asked what I was panicking about and I said that I wasn't worrying it was serious, I guess I was just worried that it was migraines caused by the pill, or just headaches and I was suddenly going to suffer regular, just upset me, ive never really had them before.
My GP said he really didn't think they sounded like migraines. I had been fine on the pill for 3 cycles, then ive had 2 headaches in 16 days, surely if they were pill related it would have started earlier on?
The last 24hrs ive had lots of tense aching in my arms, shoulders and jaw, worried another headache is going to start. Does it sound like tension? My GP thought the headaches were just tension.
ANy advice on how to stop this way of thinking and this worry about them?:blush: