MagnaV45

Well, here goes. Never posted on anything like this before. I hope someone can help.
About3 1/2 to 4 years ago I started having painful, hard periods, and they went from 30-34 day cycles to 16-19 days. Was tired, irritable, no libido, crying jags, dry skin, weight gain, and on and on. I have had migraine headaches since I was 16 yrs old and was taking low dose of antidepressant to raise and maintaine seritonin levels and prevent headaches, tt worked fine. Male G.P. (general physician) ran tests and put me on synthroid due to low levels of T4. Told me early menopause was not the issue, FSH, LH and Estridol was normal and I was to young. After 2 years of dealing with this crap, even with synthroid, I was still having hard, painful, frequent periods so he ordered more tests and an ultra sound. Showed nothing. So he raised my antidepressant dose. Basically telling me that it was just depression and stress. I still hurt constantly, side pain that had me folding in the middle, cramps, and backache were BAD!! Headaches were almost amonthly thing as I started, lasting 2-3 days. I,m waking up all the time at night and basically miserable. Periods were (and still are) a nightmare of worry that I will bleed thru everything I have on. He gave up and wanted to send me to a surgon. I instead asked for a refer to a female OB/GYN in a nearby town. She did exploritory lap and found ovarian cysts. Removed them and things went well for about 6 months. Now I am showing at least 24 of the 35 symptoms of premenopause. My mom and gran went though the change in their mid 40's, and my 3 sisters, one is older and 2 are younger than me, all have "female" problems too. 2 of 3 sisters go to same G.P. I do and he blows us off. When thing were really bad in the spring my G.P. tried other stronger antidepressants and ran more blood test-again they show nothing, OB/GYN had ultrasound done-nothing. I Threw the antidepressants out in June due to side affects, and now the G.P. won't even put me back on maintenance dose of old meds for migraines-told me to see my female doc since some of the headaches are hormonal. I feel like a hampster in a wheel. I am running between 2 doctors that are not doing anything to help. I take pain pills for the headaches and menstual problems but am limited to a 5 day supply evey 30 days. If I call for refills I am made to feel like a druggy. HELP!!!! I hurt and am getting very depressed again. My husband is sick and tired of me not feeling up to anything and is urging me to just have the "d--m hysterectomy" to stop the pain but I am only 43 years old and wonder what is the best thing to do. I think the progesterone depleation theary is interesting due to recent weight gain. Any suggestions?

Boy does this sound disjointed, maybe I am just fighting with the idea of aging. Hell, I don't know.

I love the feeling of support from everyones postings and thought I would try it. Thanks for reading this.

R.