Heres the deal......
Lately I have been on a emotional roller coaster.Alost feeling doomed or "trapped".I am usually very happy and friendly(besides being a hermit:p )but lately all I feel is busy,overloaded and serious.

I had a supracervical hysterectomy after my 2 year was born.That is the one where they leave in your ovaries.
I had alot of problems growing up with endometriosis and irregular and painful periods,plus I was definetely done having babies!!!!!LOL!!!!!

Im 29 now and I have never even thought of the fact that I might need hormones until many diffrent friends and family have mentioned it.
Yesterday took the cake!!!!!!I woke up and was laying in bed with my children watching cartoons and then the phone rang,I talked for a while,it was a pretty stressful conversation.My dad was venting about my hubby again.Which my father is totally right about his feelings but this is what seems to kick the stress outs off.

I started feeling really nausiated and very faint.I told him I would call him back later and then tried best I could to make it to the bathroom.
I was confused and in a panic.I have two babies in the house alone with me.One is 2 and the other 4.
My hands felt like they were going to fall off,they were freezing and tingling.The core of my body was so hot I thought I would spontaniously combust!!!!On top of all that I was dizzy,head pounding and totally scared.

My biggest fear is dying in front of my babies and them being alone in the house with me!!!I know that sounds morbid but I think most moms have thought the same.
I got in the bathtub and started the cold water,spashing it on my neck and chest.My 4 year was really upset because I couldnt even really speak.I was drained.

The cold water worked!It made the panic stop,the hotness,the faintness.I went back to my bed and layed down.I was fine the rest of the day till hubby came home with my stepson who was hellbound and determined to destroy my house and bug the heck outta me.(Typical kid).
I got a headache so bad I felt the need to throw up!I lost vision and was all round a mess!!!!!!

It seems to happen when I am put under alot of stress and I was wondering if that was simular to the symptoms of menapause.My doc who did my hysterectomy said I wouldnt go through it because of my ovaries but Im beginning to have my doubts.

I have a very stressful(for me)homelife.I take on alot of chores and burdens so that everyone else can be happy and Im starting to wonder if I am putting myself under too much stress.
I have alot of pressure from my hubby to be perfect about things(like the house)I am not that kind of person,I like simple things and a calm environment.

I havnt told anyone in my family that I feel I might have a heart attack.I dont want to scare them,and my hubby would just be put out if I was sick.
I cant help but think that somethings wrong and my body is trying to give me signals and Im not taking them.Im afraid that something bad will happen(like a heart attack)and who will tend to my babies?!?

The women in my family say that when you need hormones you can feel just about crazy.I dont feel that way,I feel sick and tired.
I got some Estroven from the store,just to see what happens.
Do any of you feel this way?Thats why I havnt been posting or really been on.I just feel so behind and exausted!!!!!!!!

Hope all of you are doing well yourself,brandi:)

hey brandilyn did you knowt there is menopause forum in here. More people with respond in there. yeah i think i started going through meno pause when i was 35
or 37. I am now 47. I have been on a emotional rollercoaster for a long time but am on celexa and strattera which really helps. Also black cohash really helps and flaxseed too.

Because you kept your ovaries, it would be expected that they would continue to produce normal female hormones well into your 40s or 50s.

However, there is such a thing as "premature menopause". It's exactly like menopause, it just occurs in the 20s or 30s instead of when you're older.

If I were you, I'd definately make a point to go to a gynecologist and describe your symptoms. He can draw blood and run some tests - menopause is a really cut-and-dried thing to diagnose in most women. Either you have it and can be offered some medication to get you through they yo-yoing part of the hormonal change, or you don't and then you'd know to explore other possibilities.

I wish you luck! I'm hoping it's something easy and quick to diagnose, whatever it is. If your friends who have gone through menopause (or whose mothers have) say that's what it sounds like, then I'd believe them and start with the gyno appointment.

Generally if you find a doctor that specialized in "Integrative Medicine" -- like Dr. Weil -- you can get HRT.

My own mother gets
1. the bio-identical estrogens (there are 3 estrogens!!; the horse hormones -- Premarin, are not in the RIGHT Ratio!! ),

2. a progestin/progesterone (different from Provera,though)

3. and low-dose Testosterone from her Intergrative Medicine doctor.

PS. I understand that premature menopause usualy happens in women who (a) smoke, or (b) have their FIRST baby LATE.


You may want to read a book by GAIL SHEEHY called "The Silent Passage".

It's a book All about menopause.


Emma

I have a friend who went through panic attacks before she got a divorce....and the symptoms sounded like yours (with the exception of the hot/cold issue)...you should probably talk to your doctor either way.

Hope you get well! :)