A Lighthearted Discussion of Hormone Outbursts

shirleymaeby · July 2014

Even though IF sucks and taking meds sucks, I like to find the humor in any situation. DH has been a total rock star through all of this and is really supportive of me when I am acting like a maniac so that makes it a little easier. Plus we get some really fun stories out of it.

Last week when I was right in the middle of Clomid hot flashes and a crazy case of the weepies (like everything made me cry...apple commercials, google commercials, aspca commercials) I had a total meltdown over the dumbest thing. I came home from work and wanted spaghetti for dinner. DH does all the grocery shopping most of the time. So I open up the pantry to pull out a jar of spaghetti sauce and he'd bought whatever was on sale rather than the brand I usually buy. It wasn't bad sauce, it just wasn't MY sauce. So naturally I burst into tears and started crying really hard. He walks into the kitchen like "WTF?" and realizing that I was having a meltdown over spaghetti sauce I doubled over and started laughing hysterically. So here I am in the kitchen holding a jar of sauce, laughing and crying at the same time and all DH can think of to do is hug me and tell me he'll always love me no matter how insane I become.

Anyone else have fun stories of insane outbursts while on meds?

Waterlily234 · July 2014

Kmdecoux that is hilarious. Um yes I have had an outburst...and over food as well!! LOL I had this immense craving for of all things Snow's Clam Chowder. Now I have not HAD Snow's Clam Chowder since I was a child. It is this really gross canned creamy clam chowder that has this somewhat grayish tint to it and is basically salt in a can. I sent the hubs to get some and he brought home Campbell's clam chowder instead because he said they "didn't have it"... I proceeded to cross examine him redfaced on WHERE he looked in the grocery store for the Snow's Clam Chowder and he was like, um in the soup aisle...and I screamed "It is in the canned TUNA AISLE!!!! How do you not know this???" He just stared at me then retreated slowly in to his man cave.

shirleymaeby · July 2014

@waterlily234 - OMG, just died laughing.

If hormone cravings and meltdowns are this bad on just meds I fear for MH's safety when I finally get a BFP. The first time he refuses to make me an entire pot of gumbo because there are no Cajun places in SF and I NEEEED it I will likely meltdown and he will start to lose his sense of humor about the whole thing.

AnnaClaire256 · July 2014

Oh this is embarrassing...

I had a complete breakdown a few months back. DHs family (incidentally me, my MIL, and 7 guys) has a annual family campout every year. So we are out there Friday, Saturday, Sunday. I'm sitting at CD 3-5, so not only am I all hopped up on clomid but I'm right in the middle of my visit from AF.

Now....camping at this time of the month would normally suck...but it got substantially worse when the bathroom at our campsite broke. We had to walk A HALF A MILE to use the bathroom at the next campsite. This was not that big of a deal to the guys who could just pee in the woods....but for me, it sucked! I woke up at 3am sweating my ass off from the clomid and needed to go to the bathroom. Wouldn't you know it was pouring down rain! When I got back from my bathroom hike I was cold, wet, wide awake and fuming mad.

I didn't sleep at all after that. When everyone else woke up my MIL asked us to go to town to get some ice at the store. I was more than willing to go because it meant getting out of outdoor hell for a minute. On the way there I got a glimpse of myself in the mirror. I looked like ass, I had a pimple, I felt all dirty, I was exhausted....I LOST IT.

Started crying like a freak....told my husband I couldn't handle camping anymore so he should just take me home. What did he do??...turned around and started heading towards our house. I was like, "what are you doing??? You can't take me home!!!" He said, "babe, you asked me to." I yelled at him to stop the car and pullover....he did and I got out. I walked about ten feet into the woods and just stood there.

WTF was my plan here, really? Was I about to start living off the land and build some sort of primitive shelter to live in??

Maybe a minute passed and I hear DH from the car, "Babe? How long are you gonna just stand there?"

I just started laughing hysterically, got back in the car and apologized. I'm lucky that he is so calm. It's a running joke now. "Remember that time you went clomid crazy?"

StacyLH24 · July 2014

Back during one of my Femara cycles, C and I were making dinner together one of the nights. I was helping clean off the table while she was cutting potatoes. I moved the loaf a bread to what I thought was a good spot. She proceeded to move it and acted a little huffy (I thought so) about it. Well, I lost it. I screamed at her that I moved it already for her so she would have room and that I was trying to help. I caught myself quickly and we laughed about my outburst. Turns out she didn't mean to be huffy and just wanted a little more space.

I am on day 6 of stims now. The side effects haven't been terrible, but last night I had a raging headache. She subbed on our local horseshoe league last night so my parents and I went down to watch and eat dinner. I got her a 6 pack of beer and a taco to take out to her. Well, I forgot the hot sauce. She said she didn't want it without the hot sauce. I flipped...in front of everyone. I told her she was being a child and to just eat it. I did go back and get her hot sauce, after I tossed her beer on the ground. As I walked away, I heard her ask my mom if I had a firecracker up my ass (in typical C fashion). I wanted so bad to turn around and give her the finger and tell her to fuck off. I decided I probably shouldn't do that though and refrained. Even my own mother told me that I overreacted. It seemed appropriate at the time.

WishUponAChild · July 2014

All of these stories are fantastic! I hope that if I am lucky enough to go hormone crazy that my husband is this understanding.

mindaa · July 2014

@AnnaClaire256

Aww... that's so sweet that he was willing to up and take you home. Guy's are such great "fixers" and I always feel so bad in those situations when I get mad at DH for actually trying to solve a problem when the solution is that I need to suck up and power through.

AnnaClaire256 · July 2014

@mindaa‌ ha! You nailed it! I didn't really want him to take me home...I was just being ridiculous and dramatic. DH doesn't understand "venting" if I have a problem he only want to fix it!

theholmanherd · July 2014

@AnnaClaire256, you win the internet for today. I was cracking up. My H and I do that little spiel when I'm acting like a crazy person also. I'll yell at him to do something and then yell at him when he does it, because "I was just joking. How could you not know that!? Do you know me at all? I only wanted you to do it if you wanted to do it for me, not because I said so." You get the idea. Our husbands are saints for putting up with our hormonal asses.

shirleymaeby · July 2014

DH just posted results of a "How Awesome Is Your Wife" quiz on FB and I scored an 86%. I decided to take the quiz myself to see why I scored so low (he got a 92%! WTF!?) and there were a couple of questions on it asking whether I say what I need when I need it or expect him to figure it out. At least I know where I lost points...that and because I don't give him enough massages apparently. Who knew massages were so important for wifely awesomeness?

AnnaClaire256 · July 2014

We took that same quiz @kmdecoux‌ and got IDENTICAL results!

I told him if the biggest issue he had with me was I only give him massages when he asks for them, then I am doing a damn good job!

brijen44 · July 2014

Too funny, ladies! So far, I haven't experienced too much of the hormonal side effects of Clomid, although now that I am on 200 mg I imagine I may...I have these outbursts without Clomid, so I can only imagine what Clomid Crazy would look like for me!

LindseyM2012 · July 2014

Oh my goodness. Thanks everyone for sharing! I now have to prepare my husband for the possibility of these outbursts when I start Clomid soon. eek!

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