Hi everyone,
I am 46 years old and i know i must be going through it also. i am not
due for a gyn exam until December 2007. i have been reading the suzanne
sommers, sexy years book and i am very interested in the natural hormone
therapy. i have found a doctor in my area that is educated in the
natural therapy method. I will wait until December to meet with her.
meanwhile i am taking effexor for the depression and am seeking
counseling. some days are worse then others. today i am irritable and
ready to jump out of my skin. i have noticed that i get irritated very
easily. i have had my blood test and the gyn doctor that i have been
seeing for about 16 years said everything is fine. i don't believe it.
i am sure my estrogen level and other hormones are whacked out. In may
of 2005 i had to have my thyroid removed do to a number of nodules
forming on it and not going away. Everything was benign! i do see an
endocrinologist for that but he knows nothing about the natural
hormones. Does anyone out there know anything about the natural HRT?
or is doing it right now?
--- In menopausal@yahoogroups.com, "cmretna" <cmretna@...> wrote:
>
> hello all-
>
> I'm 45 years old and based on my blood work with my gyn doc, I'm in
the perimenopause
> stage!!! And unlike my girl friends and my mom, hosts of Aunts and
female cousins, I
> seemed to be blessed with getting to experience every sympton-Yippee!,
right now, I'm
> crying, tearey over evertyhing. I am attempting to comfort myself
that this is normal stage of
> life-another transition. Working out and eating right is no longer
a option because I simply
> want to "look good"-they have become my life/health tools for coping
with this stage. Dr.
> Pamela Peeke's books are a lifesaver. I feel so isolated at times;
I'm grateful for this outlet
>