Why yes, I am cheerful and good natured

[elizilla]

I installed an app on my iPad for MS symptom journaling. Every day I am supposed to tick boxes for which symptoms I had, whether I took my medication, etc. There's a box for how I feel, and the default choice is "Contented". For all I grumble sometimes, I have to say I rarely see a need to choose any other option. And there's a slider to rate my day on a scale of 1 to 10. I rarely choose anything lower than 7.

Is it weird to look back at a couple months of data and feel surprise that I am generally pretty cheerful? I guess bad days stick in my memory more than all the ordinary days which are overall pretty decent.

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[devon]

That app sounds cool. I have something like it for Bipolar. For mine, moods are the symptoms, but you can also add other stuff like migraines. I started tracking them along with my menstrual symptoms, and I really do get several every month when I'm at PMS. The Botox injections I get have helped a ton with my other migraines, and the ones I do get are usually not quite as bad, but they've admitted that it doesn't work well for hormonal headaches. Oh, well.

[elizilla]

If you are like me you are looking forward to being done with the menstrual stuff!

[devon]

I really am. I'm starting to have perimenopausal symptoms - hot sweats every night! My pajamas and sheets end up soaked, and I hate it.

I got a good check-up with my GYN recently. My estrogen levels are a bit high, but she says that might be from one of my psych meds? I hope that doesn't keep my period going longer. But the Mirena IUD is giving me progesterone all the time (even though it's a micro-dose.) The doc said that it might keep my period going, too. :-/

[thatguychuck]

"Why yes, I am cheerful and good natured"

Your friends have known that for years.