dreamer40

I think I have been in perimenopause for a few years now and didn't know it, I asked my doctor if he thinks I could be perimenopause since I am in lower fourties, he said no, but my periods have gotten progressivly heavier, and for the first time the last couple of months I skipped a period,

got a full exam and I meet the symptoms of peri but I wonder if the doctor knows what he is talking about, anyway started on seasonale to lighten up the periods, and as for the question about estrogen, they say that it causes over production of blood and tissue in the uterus and that pergestorone thins the lining and prevents anemia due to heavy bleeding,

but I read contradictions some say too much progesteron causes bone loss, and other symptoms that are usually associated with estrogen dominance, so personally I think they really aren't sure about this, they are only taking an educated guess.

I am wondering they attribute too much estrogen as a disease, but I would think (unless disease or something)that if progesterone was so important for survival or good health that the body would not allow it to go too low, estrogen is made by other tissues besides the ovaries, even tho 50 percent less than othewise when ovaries make it too, that it may be too important for life to allow to drop to low.

so I am confused too, so you are in good company, sometimes I wonder do the doctors really know what they are doing?

RR