My recovery story (still WIP until the next one)!!
I joined this community a little over a month ago, when I first started my recovery journey after almost 1.5 years of HA.
It has been a great source of support and I want to share my experience of what worked for me in case it’s able to help anyone else!
A few weeks ago someone posted about her success with TCM and I’m happy to share mine too!! I visited a TCM doctor and started drinking prescribed herbs thrice a day, and here she was, just 25 days later 😭 in between I definitely felt positive differences in my body like warmer hands, loooots of discharge (which I had not seen for ages), better mood and libido, so I was assured that even if my period didn’t end up coming, TCM was definitely helping me in some ways. Other things I did:
- having breakfast everyday (still not the heaviest meal of my day for sure, maybe ard ~500-600 cals?)
- generally having warmer foods and reducing cold food esp at night
- increasing food intake (I simply counted calories for a day to know what ~2300cals was roughly like, and tried sticking to it everyday)
- eating more fats, carbs. Sparked my obsession with cheese lol
- less high intensity exercises (my goal was j to reduce sweating) I think I sweat heavily once every 3 days on avg, compared to almost daily prior
I believe TCM did 80-90% of the heavy lifting here, and I’m proceeding with caution because I know maintaining my lifestyle changes are still necessary. But my flow for this first recovery cycle has surprisingly been as normal as it was pre-HA, compared to the meager amount induced by provera. Makes sense since I experienced the full cycle (building up of lining etc) naturally instead of an ‘artificial’ drop in progesterone with provera.
Anyways, all these to say that i think TCM is worth a shot for those looking for natural support. I did try off the shelf TCM meds before but only experienced very light spotting, so probably getting a stronger ‘dose’ customised to my needs from a doctor was crucial for me. Well hopefully this lasts and the next cycle comes but until then I am celebrating the fact that my body still works!!!