I started going through menopause when I was 37. I thought I was becoming agoraphobic because I was having hot flashes which caused panic attacks. I took HRT's half the dose, just enough to keep the hot flashes down. I was done by 45. Unlike many women, my interest in sex did not diminish, and I didn't dry up.
There is a lot of controversy around HRTs, and my own informal survey seemed to indicate a connection between women who got breast cancer and women who took HRTs.
I'm not sure about HRT... but it seems to help my girlfriend so I'm not making any judgements until I learn more.
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Apr 2, 2013 - 6:55am
I started going through menopause when I was 37. I thought I was becoming agoraphobic because I was having hot flashes which caused panic attacks. I took HRT's half the dose, just enough to keep the hot flashes down. I was done by 45. Unlike many women, my interest in sex did not diminish, and I didn't dry up.
There is a lot of controversy around HRTs, and my own informal survey seemed to indicate a connection between women who got breast cancer and women who took HRTs.
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Apr 2, 2013 - 6:05am
Alexandra wrote:
Not feeling queasy, are you?
Wow - if yours has begun, that is really early. I wish I had the "taper" thing going on. Mine's actually coming every 3 weeks, which isn't fun. But hopefully I'll start missing a few. That would be awesome.
My older sister stopped all of a sudden at 50 with no symptoms. I went until 55, and wasn't really that pleasant, but not anything I couldn't deal with. The thermostat problem was the worst. If I got cold, I couldn't warm up, and if I got hot, I couldn't cool down.
Yeah, I'm experiencing the thermostat thing big time. And extreme fatigue during my cycle (and seeing twinkly fairies). All five of my sisters are having vastly different experiences, so I'm not sure which one I'm going to take after. Maybe I'll just be completely different from the rest of them.
Wow - if yours has begun, that is really early. I wish I had the "taper" thing going on. Mine's actually coming every 3 weeks, which isn't fun. But hopefully I'll start missing a few. That would be awesome.
Symptoms of "the change" are coming fast and furious, now. I'm kind of excited. Not just at the wonder of how human bodies manage themselves....but if I'm starting this early, hopefully I'll finish early (like my one sister who also had no kids) and never have to worry about birth control again. Hopefully, it won't last seven more years.
My older sister stopped all of a sudden at 50 with no symptoms. I went until 55, and wasn't really that pleasant, but not anything I couldn't deal with. The thermostat problem was the worst. If I got cold, I couldn't warm up, and if I got hot, I couldn't cool down.
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Apr 2, 2013 - 5:51am
Alexandra wrote:
Symptoms of "the change" are coming fast and furious, now. I'm kind of excited. Not just at the wonder of how human bodies manage themselves....but if I'm starting this early, hopefully I'll finish early (like my one sister who also had no kids) and never have to worry about birth control again. Hopefully, it won't last seven more years.
Symptoms of "the change" are coming fast and furious, now. I'm kind of excited. Not just at the wonder of how human bodies manage themselves....but if I'm starting this early, hopefully I'll finish early (like my one sister who also had no kids) and never have to worry about birth control again. Hopefully, it won't last seven more years.
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Mar 15, 2013 - 11:48am
I hate when, the day after you've plucked you chin and neck, you find one you missed. But even though you know EXACTLY where it is, you can't find it in the mirror or with tweezers. Now I'm gonna be pulling on it the rest of the day!
That made me cry. Yikes...hits kinda close to home I guess.
Not feeling queasy, are you?
I'm not pregnant.
