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- Written by: Alyssa
- Category: NFP
After realizing that the Pill was making me bonkers we decided to try out NFP....
[Part II - the Fertility Awareness Method]
When I stopped taking the Pill I didn't expect to notice an immediate difference. Surprisingly, the first week or two off the Pill were markedly different than the past four months had been. I still stressed myself out by trying to do everything I thought I should as a now-married [and therefore] adult. It took more than going off the Pill to straighten those issues out, lol, and even now I sometimes catch myself heading into an emotional tailspin over something that doesn't actually matter. The biggest difference I noticed off the bat was that I could attribute all of my emotions to events in real life. On the Pill I'd experience ferocious anger and/or sadness out of the blue, and I was powerless to control my emotions. Matt would ask what was wrong, and I couldn't say anything other than that I felt so sad or so angry. Not having a reason didn't make it any less real or intense, and I couldn't rationalize my way back to a stable place. While I was in pieces, it was also devastating for Matt because he couldn't fix me or help me, so he was left feeling like a failure.