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The Clomid Monster

Have you ever heard of the Clomid Monster? It's a scary thing, I'm telling you!

While I was trying to get pregnant these last few months, my doctor prescribed a medication called Clomid, which helps your body produce more follicles. I knew all about the horrible side effects, terrible headaches, hot flashes, weight gain and moodiness. "But Come on people"!


Habt ihr schon mal vom Clomid Monster gehoert? Es ist eine beängstigende Sache, ich sags euch!

Während ich in den letzten paar Monaten versuchte schwanger zu werden, verschrieb mein Arzt mir ein Medikament namens Clomid, was deinem Körper hilft, mehrere Eier pro Monat zu produzieren. 

Ich hatte über die schrecklichen Nebenwirkungen schon viel gehoert: schlimme Kopfschmerzen, Hitzewallungen, Gewichtszunahme und Stimmungsschwankungen.


You only take it for five days during your cycle, so I thought, no big deal, I can live with all those side effects, if it gets me pregnant!
My first cycle, I didn't have any side effects and was convinced I was "safe", but oh boy, was I wrong!
With my second cycle, things changed. I still didn't get headaches or hot flashes, but I started to gain weight, just two lbs per cycle, but you do the math on how 2lbs every month for five months (so far) will add up quick. And there’s nothing you can do about it. I started working out and eating healthier, but no such luck.
But the weight gain was nothing compared to those mood swings that came rolling in immediately after taking the medication. Holy shit, I can’t even explain what was happening to me. I was miserable. I snapped at everyone that just said “hello” to me, got angry, was overly emotional and crying my eyes out without knowing why and just had a really bad attitude any way you look at it. Yes, I was a complete Biatch. I didn’t even like myself. My poor co-workers and Katie were in for a ride, I’m tellin’ you! 
One day after I finished my last dose, I was immediately back to my old self, but these five days were no joke, not for me or anyone else around me. 
And taking this medication month after month, without getting a result, is even harder. I called them my crazy pills. 
One night, Katie saw a commercial and insisted to re-play it for me, because she said the lady on the commercial who was trying to quit smoking, was me on Clomid. After watching it, I had to agree that she was dead on, that crazy lady on TV was indeed me on Clomid. And since most of you didn’t see me in action, here is what it looked like:


Man nimmt es nur für fünf Tage im Monat, also dachte ich, keine große Sache, ich kann mit all den Nebenwirkungen leben, wenn es mir hilft schwanger zu werden!

Im ersten Monat hatte ich keinerlei Nebenwirkungen und war überzeugt, ich sei eine der gluecklichen, die keine bekommt, aber man, lag ich falsch!

Im zweiten Monat änderten sich die Dinge. Ich hatte immer noch keine Kopfschmerzen oder Hitzewallungen, aber ich begann, zuzunehmen, nur 1kg pro Monat, aber ihr koennt euch ja ausrechnen, wie sich ein Kilo pro Monat ueber (bisher) 5 Monate schnell addiert. Und es gibt nichts, was man dagegen tun kann. Ich begann Sport zu treiben und mich gesuender zu ernaehren, aber es half alles nichts.

Allerdings war die Gewichtszunahme nichts im Vergleich zu den Stimmungsschwankungen, die unmittelbar nach Einnahme der Medikamente ins Rollen kamen. 

Heilige Scheiße, ich kann nicht einmal erklären, was mit mir geschah. Ich fühlte mich elend. Ich fauchte alle an, die nur "Hallo" zu mir sagten, war wütend und emotional und heulte mir die Augen aus, ohne zu wissen warum und egal wie man es betrachtet, ich war einfach nicht zu ertragen. Ja, ich war eine totale Zicke. Ich konnte mich selbst nicht mehr leiden. Meine armen Kollegen und Katie hatten es nicht leicht, ich sags euch.

Einen Tag, nachdem ich meine letzte Tablette fuer den Monat genommen hatte, fuehlte ich mich sofort besser, aber diese fünf Tage waren kein Witz, weder für mich noch fuer die Leute um mich herum, die mich erdulden mussten.

Und es macht es nicht einfacher, wenn man dieses Medikament Monat für Monat nehmen muss, ohne dabei das gewuenschte Ergebnis zu erreichen. Ich nannte sie meine “crazy pills”.

Eines Abends sah Katie eine Werbung und bestand darauf, dass ich sie mir anschaute, sie meinte dass die Frau in der Werbung, die versuchte mit dem Rauchen aufzuhören, sich genauso verhielt wie ich, wenn ich Clomid nahm. Nachdem ich mir die Werbung ansah musste ich ihr zustimmen, die verrückte Frau im Fernsehen war mir in der Tat sehr aehnlich, wenn ich die Medikamente nahm. Und da die meisten von euch mich waehrend dieser Zeit nicht in Aktion gesehen haben, so sah es aus:


Let’s just say, Katie lucked out when she told me this while I was NOT on the meds, because if I had been, I probably would’ve ripped her head off with a comment like that and then I would've cried about it! Gee...I can’t wait to get back on the pills in a few months!

Lasst uns einfach festhalten, dass Katie wirklich Glueck gehabt hat, und sich entschied mir das zu erzaehlen, während ich keine Medikamente nahm, denn wenn es so gewesen wäre, hätte ich ihr wahrscheinlich wegen so einem Kommentar den Kopf abgerissen und danach ne Runde geheult! Ohje ... Ich kann es kaum abwarten, die Tabletten in ein paar Monaten wieder zu nehmen!

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  1. The clomid monster is lots of fun. I didn't have mood swings quite so much but I did get a headache bad enough so I went to the emergency room and they gave me a CT scan. That and I gained 7 pounds of water weight in less than a week. That was scary! I lost if fairly quickly but it definitely was not good!

    Good luck with the Clomid monster. Hopefully it will be very worth it soon. :)

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  2. Ach Nadine, selbst 10 Kilo mehr würden dir nicht schaden. Du bist eh zu schlank, genau wie ich. Obwohl seit ich nicht mehr rauche ( bald 6 Monate yes) +7 Kilo...das steht uns, glaub mir. Und das beste, man kann ohne gewissensbisse shoppen was das Zeug hält, denn nichts passt mehr :-). Ich drücke euch die Daumen, dass euer Wunsch bald in Erfüllung geht, halte durch.
    Liebe Grüße aus der Heimat
    MonikA

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