Hi all, I just turned 43 and for the past 7 months have been struck with the same debilitating symptoms.
It first came on very suddenly and violently, vomiting, nausea, dizziness, throbbing frontal face pain, limb pain and diarrhea. I passed out and fainted several times over 10 days.
A doctor's visit assured me I was suffering from anxiety/panic attacks as all blood tests and chest scans came back all clear.
The following month it happened again. My partner called an ambulance. ECG, blood pressure, temperature and sugar levels all fabulous 😟. Told to drink plenty of water and see my GP again.
Saw my GP and felt like he was fed up with me even though I had only visited him twice. He said it's health anxiety. He reluctantly looked in my throat on my request as I thought the dizziness may be an ear/nose/throat problem and the face pain and sinuses were so bad. He agreed I had a slight sore throat.
Believing I had health anxiety I tried every hypnosis and meditation I could to keep me calm. Then it happened again 3rd time passing out in 3 months.
Really started getting fed up with being fobbed off with health anxiety so started a process of elimination to find the real cause. I knew my digestive system needed some TLC after all the vomiting and diarrhea so after fasting for a few days I filled my body with greens and fish, didn't touch red meat as it takes days to digest. I did so well but low and behold I got sick again! This time I didn't pass out or faint but I think keeping calm and trying to take control of the situation helped a lot. I still felt unbearably unwell though and was completely floating in a sea of nausea, vomit and diarrhea, just calmly accepting my monthly fate.
This brings me to this week. I had made the connection to my periods 2 months ago. I feel very confident this is a hormonal change. Upon my research I can positively say I am not experiencing the debilitation of menstraul cramps caused by the drop in estrogen before my period. I'm almost definitely suffering the drop in progesterone during. I came to this realisation a few days before I knew I would be suffering acute sickness. It would be too late for me to try out my findings with birth control or any other progesterone giving drug I could get my hands on. Was feeling rather desperate as you can probably understand. This is no life! So I look online and discover that my beloved partner has my cure. Please hear me out, I'm compelled to share my experience. Unprotected sex during your period. Semen can help balance a woman's hormones and contains the progesterone that we are dropping causing the sickness to occur.
Well, I had to try it. Felt so so sick, just unbearable and believe me it was the last thing on my mind. Purely medicinal. Twice over 2 days. It shortened my period to 3 days as opposed to the 7 days I normally have. Consequently, the sickness lifted after 20 hours and has only been mild for the last 3 days. I have felt so sick for 7 days straight every month for 7 months and I'm amazed that this actually helped.
Im seeingy doctor next week and I'm going to ask for progesterone pills. I will let you know how it goes. And I hope people are not offended by my post. I am quite a prude and would never say such things online but I know how horrendous this sickness is and like everyone else I need answers. Obviously I wouldn't advise unprotected sex unless you wanted to fall pregnant but I was pretty desperate and slightly mentally impaired in my desicion making due to sobbing and sickness and heavy bleeding. If you can understand.