Day # 9

Well, the past couple days I've been having serious food cravings, cramps and very slight moodiness. However, today I feel like I'm back to normal. No cramps, the food cravings are gone and the moodiness seems to be just me being myself (isn't every girl a tad moody?). I know that my sex drive isn't down, no spotting or even a hint of a period.

The only thing I will complain about is that my arm is still tender! I wonder if the lady who put the insert in hadn't done the procedure too many times and maybe she wasn't as smooth as some. Or it could just be that my skin is sensitive, especially the underside of my arm.

I am happy so far. I read a few posts about other girl's experiences and cramping or "pretend periods" as one girl referred to them is pretty common. I've never had perfect skin, especially before my period, so getting acne isn't anything new and I haven't had the acne I wouldn't expect anyway. I'm also probably about 20 lbs overweight but I am continually trying to at least maintain my current weight, so I will also have to monitor any weight gain for no apparent reason. The side effects go on of course, but those are the ones I read about the most frequently. Many girls were doing fine for a few months and then their periods started to get closer and closer together and some say it still hasn't stopped for months now. Scary, but all I can do is enjoy the lack of side effects I am experiencing at the moment.

One thing I will say though is that last night, I took my Lamictal dosage a bit late( honest mistake) and sometimes, that would result in an aura or a full on seizure and nothing happened! This is a good sign, but I can't just assume that it will happen every time. I can only assume the hormones are in my body but even when I was taking the pill, it was only twice that I saw an aura when I took my meds late and there are other factors that trigger seizures. Usually, several things have to be really bothering me or I'm super stressed out (a lot of the times it was my boyfriend always begging and BEGGING to have sex and it pissing me off so much) AND I wait too long to eat AND I take my meds late AND being scared by something suddenly like when you fall asleep and jump awake or something to that effect AND being too tired. So, I mean I've only had about 7 seizures in 7 years, so it's rare that all of these things happen in one night but they do happen.

 I don't think a soul has read any of this yet, but somewhere along the way, I hope that someone will!