starting on the program

The doctor went well. I am on so many medications now though, that I'm not sure how I feel about it all. All the medications are natural, so I'm not worried about putting things in my body that shouldn't be there. I'm just kind of aggravated that I'm having to take so many pills a day. Here's the run down of what I'll eventually be taking (they start slow so I add each thing one day at a time):

Morning: thyroid, progesterone (2 weeks out of the month), 2 cortisol, 2 vitamin D, fish oil, ioderal, multi-vitamin, 2 inositol

Evening: multi-vitamin, progesterone (still 2 weeks out of the month), 2 vitamin D, fish oil, 2 inositol

Bedtime: 2 5-HTP

There are also several pills that I will be on for a month while I do a kind of detox program (yeast free diet). But since they are only a month, I'm not putting them on here in detail. Those are an added 12 pills a day though.

So far, I don't feel much of a difference. All the hormone levels are starting out on the first level and I'm supposed to increase every couple of weeks until I feel good. I started the 5-HTP two nights ago and I do feel that I'm sleeping better. It isn't taking me very long to fall asleep (before, it was about 2 hours) and I'm only waking up once. And after I wake up, I'm okay to fall back asleep within 30 minutes. My mood feels better. However yesterday, I was pretty irritable. I think the stress of finals was getting to me though. Today, after rest and relaxation, I'm fine.

We'll continue to see how all of this goes for me. With the yeast free diet finished in a month and a half, hopefully the hard part of this program will be completely out of my mind. Otherwise, I just need to remember to take all these pills. So far I'm doing alright and trying to make it a total habit.