Hayley
Member
In 2019 I gave birth to my son, and never felt quite right since. The two years prior to giving birth to my son I was thriving. Good mood, good mental energy, glowing skin, luscious hair, etc. that has never quite recovered.
In June (2021) I had a miscarriage and absolutely crashed afterwards. Depression worse than I’ve had in my early 20s (I’m 29). Anxiety attacks. No mental energy. No ability or desire to engage in relationships. Extremely emotionally fragile. Hair falling out. Oddly enough I still have energy for physical activities, such as surfing and weightlifting, but my iq seems tanked compared to before.
I’ve been Peating since early August and I’ve had moments of relief but still very bad depression and mental energy overall. Here’s what I have tried :
-Eating more calories: seems helpful. I’m averaging around 2500 a day.
-carrot salad: awesome for regularity.
-Eating more sugar: not helpful, leads to crashing and more fragile emotional feeling.
-eating oysters and liver: seems to bring a better mood afterwards.
-niacinimide: leads to crashing in the afternoon
-Sun: I live at the beach and get tons of sun, doesn’t seem to help that much.
-shilajit: can’t really tell. Don’t think it did anything
-more salt: helpful for working out and not getting headaches
-progesterone supplementation (suppository)- I’ve been using 100mg 2x a day for the past 4 days. the first day I tried 100 mg prescribed by my OB I felt a moment childlike hopefulness and well-being that I haven’t felt in who knows how long. The last few days have been some of the lowest moods I’ve had since miscarriage. Don’t know if it’s related. I’m using it as recommended with my menstruated cycle, ie after ovulation.
if anyone has anything to suggest I’d be grateful. Feeling a bit desperate at the moment.
In June (2021) I had a miscarriage and absolutely crashed afterwards. Depression worse than I’ve had in my early 20s (I’m 29). Anxiety attacks. No mental energy. No ability or desire to engage in relationships. Extremely emotionally fragile. Hair falling out. Oddly enough I still have energy for physical activities, such as surfing and weightlifting, but my iq seems tanked compared to before.
I’ve been Peating since early August and I’ve had moments of relief but still very bad depression and mental energy overall. Here’s what I have tried :
-Eating more calories: seems helpful. I’m averaging around 2500 a day.
-carrot salad: awesome for regularity.
-Eating more sugar: not helpful, leads to crashing and more fragile emotional feeling.
-eating oysters and liver: seems to bring a better mood afterwards.
-niacinimide: leads to crashing in the afternoon
-Sun: I live at the beach and get tons of sun, doesn’t seem to help that much.
-shilajit: can’t really tell. Don’t think it did anything
-more salt: helpful for working out and not getting headaches
-progesterone supplementation (suppository)- I’ve been using 100mg 2x a day for the past 4 days. the first day I tried 100 mg prescribed by my OB I felt a moment childlike hopefulness and well-being that I haven’t felt in who knows how long. The last few days have been some of the lowest moods I’ve had since miscarriage. Don’t know if it’s related. I’m using it as recommended with my menstruated cycle, ie after ovulation.
if anyone has anything to suggest I’d be grateful. Feeling a bit desperate at the moment.