Kaylasly
07-03-2005, 04:33 PM
Hi,
I usually post on the Thyroid disorders board as I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism last Dec. I thought some of the symptoms were from being hypo, but now I am on medication and I have thyroid levels in the normal range according to my doc. But my period which was always on the 28 day cycle is now coming every 5 to 6 weeks. I get the cramps and feel like it is going to start and then it doesn't. Once it does, it lasts for a few days and then I start experiencing hot flashes something terrible. They last for about 2 weeks and then I have some comfort for about a week then pms again. Does anyone else here have these symptoms? I am 42 yrs old and when I mention it to people they say "you are too young to be going through that already" Any input would be helpful, I feel like I have lost control of my body! Also have weight gain and can't seem to get it off no matter what I do. Thanks!
I usually post on the Thyroid disorders board as I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism last Dec. I thought some of the symptoms were from being hypo, but now I am on medication and I have thyroid levels in the normal range according to my doc. But my period which was always on the 28 day cycle is now coming every 5 to 6 weeks. I get the cramps and feel like it is going to start and then it doesn't. Once it does, it lasts for a few days and then I start experiencing hot flashes something terrible. They last for about 2 weeks and then I have some comfort for about a week then pms again. Does anyone else here have these symptoms? I am 42 yrs old and when I mention it to people they say "you are too young to be going through that already" Any input would be helpful, I feel like I have lost control of my body! Also have weight gain and can't seem to get it off no matter what I do. Thanks!
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littlejmb
07-03-2005, 04:39 PM
You bet these are symptoms of perimenopause! It will nearly drive you crazy. I can totally relate to what you are saying. I was probably about 45 when my symptoms like yours started - first just skipping a period about once or twice a year, but after that it got more often, got to where I would get extremely nervous, very moody, etc. The hot flashes and night sweats didn't start until I was either 49 or fifty. You will most likely suffer thru this for several years until you hit menopause. Hang in there girl, for it's going to be a rough ride! I won't lie to you. There is a lot of support here on these boards and I only wish I had known about them with I was having most of my peri symptoms! Would have made it a lot easier. Through reading on threads here, I have found lots of things that I experienced were actually perimenopause symptoms and I had no idea!
Take care :)
Take care :)
Sissypie
07-03-2005, 04:55 PM
There are a lot of people who start experiencing perimenopause symptoms in their 30's, so 42 is not too young at all.
Your post describes classic symptoms, and I can certainly relate to the PMS one. My periods are still as regular as clockwork, but my pms is out of control. I'm like you in that I have about one good week, and then it starts building up all over again.
I haven't had a hot flash yet, but I deal with constant insomnia.
Today, I decided I was going to get one of the menopause test kits. My doctor gives me the run around about perimenopause, and seems to hinge everything on my regular periods. I am just curious to see what the test kit shows.
Hang in there....it's a frustrating journey, but there is a lot of support here and lots of valuable information from the experts. Who better than women who are in the same boat???
Sandi
Your post describes classic symptoms, and I can certainly relate to the PMS one. My periods are still as regular as clockwork, but my pms is out of control. I'm like you in that I have about one good week, and then it starts building up all over again.
I haven't had a hot flash yet, but I deal with constant insomnia.
Today, I decided I was going to get one of the menopause test kits. My doctor gives me the run around about perimenopause, and seems to hinge everything on my regular periods. I am just curious to see what the test kit shows.
Hang in there....it's a frustrating journey, but there is a lot of support here and lots of valuable information from the experts. Who better than women who are in the same boat???
Sandi
Ga Lady
07-05-2005, 09:13 AM
Your definetly not too young. I am having the same symptoms. And I am only 36. My mother went thru menopause at 39/40 and never had a problem. But mine is mixed with PMS and these peri symptoms all at once. My Gyn has prescribed progesterone, which I haven't taken yet. And also put me on a low dose of zoloft (I used to take it for PMS and got the "didn't care" attitude. But she feels that I need a lower dose than before and that it will help these mood swings. ( I pray so...my kids and hubby are ready to run away I believe) So don't let anyone tell you your too young. I heard that and heard that until I went to my Gyn and she said most definetly early menopause and peri and PMS all in one bag! Good luck and hopefully we'll get through this all together. I just wish my moods would even out! I am usually easy going. Now if the socks don't match up right, it's the end of the world!
Hopefully
07-05-2005, 01:07 PM
Your definetly not too young. I am having the same symptoms. And I am only 36. My mother went thru menopause at 39/40 and never had a problem. But mine is mixed with PMS and these peri symptoms all at once. My Gyn has prescribed progesterone, which I haven't taken yet. And also put me on a low dose of zoloft (I used to take it for PMS and got the "didn't care" attitude. But she feels that I need a lower dose than before and that it will help these mood swings. ( I pray so...my kids and hubby are ready to run away I believe) So don't let anyone tell you your too young. I heard that and heard that until I went to my Gyn and she said most definetly early menopause and peri and PMS all in one bag! Good luck and hopefully we'll get through this all together. I just wish my moods would even out! I am usually easy going. Now if the socks don't match up right, it's the end of the world!
Ga Lady, I know so very well what you mean about those mood swings. When mine is at their worst I have to warn my family. Sometimes they heed the warning other times they have to feel the wrath :). They were worst before I started taking bcp and Wellbutrin. I'll go days feeling wonderful with my mood being even then out of nowhere I mad, sad, irritable, happy, weepy, happy, mad, sad, irritable...etc..there is no rhyme or reason to this peri stuff. I hope you find whatever will work for you.
Ga Lady, I know so very well what you mean about those mood swings. When mine is at their worst I have to warn my family. Sometimes they heed the warning other times they have to feel the wrath :). They were worst before I started taking bcp and Wellbutrin. I'll go days feeling wonderful with my mood being even then out of nowhere I mad, sad, irritable, happy, weepy, happy, mad, sad, irritable...etc..there is no rhyme or reason to this peri stuff. I hope you find whatever will work for you.
littlejmb
07-05-2005, 01:32 PM
HI to both of you, I know about those terrible mood swings - and you are right - they are terrible. Sometimes I would be mad at the world - including myself! Some days everyone irritated the heck out of me. I would snap my poor hubby's head off and thankfully I don't have any children, because they probably would have gotten a good dose of it too! That went on for several years, and then the big depression hit and the anxiety was really bad. That's when the GYN put me on Lexapro. That made a new woman out of me!! :bouncing: I feel totally different and things don't bother me much anymore. Even the socks! :D Several years ago a lady I work with started going thru menopause and she told me she got on Prozac. Dummy me wondered why in the world would you need an AD just going thru menopause!! Mercy - did I ever find out. I just had no idea it was like this. Put your seatbelts on - it's going to be a very rough ride!
Jackie
Jackie
Kaylasly
07-07-2005, 03:34 PM
What about weight gain? Do you all have trouble taking it off?
littlejmb
07-07-2005, 03:37 PM
I've been trying for over a year to lose 3 lbs!!! :eek: Heck no, I can't seem to get it off for anything!
dogtired
07-07-2005, 10:01 PM
Hi,
I usually post on the Thyroid disorders board as I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism last Dec. I thought some of the symptoms were from being hypo, but now I am on medication and I have thyroid levels in the normal range according to my doc. But my period which was always on the 28 day cycle is now coming every 5 to 6 weeks. I get the cramps and feel like it is going to start and then it doesn't. Once it does, it lasts for a few days and then I start experiencing hot flashes something terrible. They last for about 2 weeks and then I have some comfort for about a week then pms again. Does anyone else here have these symptoms? I am 42 yrs old and when I mention it to people they say "you are too young to be going through that already" Any input would be helpful, I feel like I have lost control of my body! Also have weight gain and can't seem to get it off no matter what I do. Thanks!
Kaylasly
I'm in the same boat sweetie(with symptoms)...I believe there is no set time for perimenopause/menopause...I think it's part genetic part environmental.
Women now days are experiencing these symptoms way before their time
and I do believe environment plays a role.We have a double whammy
due to our thyroid problems since the thyroid plays such a huge role
in hormones...and often strikes during the menopause years...but I'm
determined to fight it without HRT!
I can relate with the feelings...I call it "dis-com-bob-ulated" I put my
car keys in the frig one day and another time got all the way out to my car before
I noticed I had my house shoes on :-o I do stupid things on a daily basis...
I haven't been myself for a long time....and I miss me...darnit!!!
I usually post on the Thyroid disorders board as I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism last Dec. I thought some of the symptoms were from being hypo, but now I am on medication and I have thyroid levels in the normal range according to my doc. But my period which was always on the 28 day cycle is now coming every 5 to 6 weeks. I get the cramps and feel like it is going to start and then it doesn't. Once it does, it lasts for a few days and then I start experiencing hot flashes something terrible. They last for about 2 weeks and then I have some comfort for about a week then pms again. Does anyone else here have these symptoms? I am 42 yrs old and when I mention it to people they say "you are too young to be going through that already" Any input would be helpful, I feel like I have lost control of my body! Also have weight gain and can't seem to get it off no matter what I do. Thanks!
Kaylasly
I'm in the same boat sweetie(with symptoms)...I believe there is no set time for perimenopause/menopause...I think it's part genetic part environmental.
Women now days are experiencing these symptoms way before their time
and I do believe environment plays a role.We have a double whammy
due to our thyroid problems since the thyroid plays such a huge role
in hormones...and often strikes during the menopause years...but I'm
determined to fight it without HRT!
I can relate with the feelings...I call it "dis-com-bob-ulated" I put my
car keys in the frig one day and another time got all the way out to my car before
I noticed I had my house shoes on :-o I do stupid things on a daily basis...
I haven't been myself for a long time....and I miss me...darnit!!!
ALV9574
07-09-2005, 02:38 PM
WOW! When I read the first post..I really had to do a 'double take'..it sounded like something I would have written..I thought that maybe I was going crazy and didn't remember that I had posted it!! I have been in a year long "quest" to find out what is going on with my body..so here is my story..
I am 30 years old..and I have gained 30lbs in the past year! I am very active..workout with a trainer 3 days a week and on my own another 2 days..I eat very healthy and balanced...yet the weight kept coming on and NOTHING I could do would stop it! So I went to an Integrated Health Specialist and she did a battery of tests and determined that my thyroid was 'slightly' low..so they put me on synthroid..well..two weeks of that was all I could handle..it wasn't helping AT ALL and actually made me moody..tired and I felt horrible...so then she put me on cytomel..which is the other thyroid med (there are 2 parts to your thyroid and this targets the 'other part') I got the same response..so after a week ..we stopped that! She then tested my Human Growth Levels and come to find out mine were 172 (normal is between 350-600) So..she put me on injectable HGH (saizen)...a month later we tested again and they had went up to 180...still not enough..so she added a low dosage of testosterone cream..which is said to increase the effects of the HGH..but without the bad side effects of testosterone (it was a very low dose!)..Around that time my periods which had been completely normal all of my life..every 28 days..started getting a little later each time...then they started to be abnormal in the length and 'flow'...which I have never had a problem with!
Still..all of this and NO weight loss at all!! Everyone was baffled! So..my trainer suggests that I have her check my hormones (all the while..my husband and I were somewhat concerned that we hadn't gotten pregnant in the year and half that we had been married although I already had one child..so I knew 'was' fertile)
So..I took the saliva..hormone test..which is said to be the most acurate because it gives a 90 history of your hormone levels so that they can average them out..
And my DR. called yesterday to tell me the news...
1. My progesterone levels are <15/undetectable (normal is 300-600)
2. I was estrogen dominate
3. My testosterone was high (test was done before the testosterone cream)
4. My DHEA levels were extremely high
So..I am starting the progesterone cream on Monday..and hopefully this will solve all of my problems! But I really didn't think it could have been perimenopause because I just turned 30!!! But..apparently it can happen!
Good luck!!
I am 30 years old..and I have gained 30lbs in the past year! I am very active..workout with a trainer 3 days a week and on my own another 2 days..I eat very healthy and balanced...yet the weight kept coming on and NOTHING I could do would stop it! So I went to an Integrated Health Specialist and she did a battery of tests and determined that my thyroid was 'slightly' low..so they put me on synthroid..well..two weeks of that was all I could handle..it wasn't helping AT ALL and actually made me moody..tired and I felt horrible...so then she put me on cytomel..which is the other thyroid med (there are 2 parts to your thyroid and this targets the 'other part') I got the same response..so after a week ..we stopped that! She then tested my Human Growth Levels and come to find out mine were 172 (normal is between 350-600) So..she put me on injectable HGH (saizen)...a month later we tested again and they had went up to 180...still not enough..so she added a low dosage of testosterone cream..which is said to increase the effects of the HGH..but without the bad side effects of testosterone (it was a very low dose!)..Around that time my periods which had been completely normal all of my life..every 28 days..started getting a little later each time...then they started to be abnormal in the length and 'flow'...which I have never had a problem with!
Still..all of this and NO weight loss at all!! Everyone was baffled! So..my trainer suggests that I have her check my hormones (all the while..my husband and I were somewhat concerned that we hadn't gotten pregnant in the year and half that we had been married although I already had one child..so I knew 'was' fertile)
So..I took the saliva..hormone test..which is said to be the most acurate because it gives a 90 history of your hormone levels so that they can average them out..
And my DR. called yesterday to tell me the news...
1. My progesterone levels are <15/undetectable (normal is 300-600)
2. I was estrogen dominate
3. My testosterone was high (test was done before the testosterone cream)
4. My DHEA levels were extremely high
So..I am starting the progesterone cream on Monday..and hopefully this will solve all of my problems! But I really didn't think it could have been perimenopause because I just turned 30!!! But..apparently it can happen!
Good luck!!