Help: Pepcid/Zyrtec/UGH I HATE LUTEAL
Hi everyone! I’m sure you’ve heard the whole spiel - or have been through it - but yes I have been dealing with horrible horrible luteal phases for the last two years or so (weirdly enough, it wasn’t as debilitating until I turned like 22… joys of adulthood ig), and was recently diagnosed with ADHD and was prescribed 20 mg of vyvanse :P
Ofc, in my luteal, my vyvanse does absolutely nothing (my psych told me to up my dose in that time but I’ve found that it makes my anxiety untenable and productivity increases are marginal at best). Recently, I’ve been digging into what could possibly help because my god how do we live like this for the rest of our lives I hate it this is so horrible, and inevitably came upon the antihistamine solution that has worked for loads of people! I’m at my wits end, so I’m finally trying but I’m a little nervous :/ I had a few questions about this hack if you guys have got any advice or insight into this:
have you tried the Pepcid/zyrtec combo for luteal while being medicated for ADHD? Did it work? IS THERE HOPE?
when did you take everything? Like, did you take Pepcid in the morning and then wait a bit and then take your adhd meds? And do you take your Zyrtec then as well? Do you take any of them at night instead?
is there hope of this ever getting better..? Like…not to sound defeatist but seriously, I cannot imagine living the rest of my life dreading my inevitable depression/anxiety/unproductive/self-sabotage/etc other self every five weeks or so (I’ve got PCOS so I can’t really track when my luteal’s otw which is so cool and awesome)
Thanks you guys for any and all insights you’ve got, honestly it just makes me feel a bit better that I’m not alone in this nightmare :,)