Hi Ladies ~
I saw my NP and told her my myriad of symptoms, sudden weight gain (November 166 to today 192), mood swings, constant crying for no reason, sex drive...whats that, anxiety, heart palps, hot flashes, and the list goes on.
And she said, you just turned 40 - Welcome to Womenhood - Your in premenopause!!
Yeah...Lucky me. I had a partial hysterectomy in Feb 2000 (left the ovaries) so she explained that "Surgical Menopause" hits you harder and stronger... so you feel intense symptoms.
Thats sounds about right, I was two steps away from nutting up like a fruit cake and checking myself into the looney bin....
So, she prescribed a bio-identical Estrogen called ENJUVIA and told me it would help. It's been 6 days and I can;t tell one way or another (just spent the last 45 minutes crying)
The million dollar question is - Should I be taking Progesterone also????
I read some of the posts and many speak of progesterone, plus reading about it - it states it helps metabolize fat (bingo!!!!)
But I was under the impresion (uneducated impression) that you do not need the progesterone if you due not have a uterus... that the progesterone was to help reduce symptoms and CA risk within the uterus.
Can you all please share your thoughts with PROGESTERONE - with no uterus
ENJUVIA if anyone has taken it and estrogen - How do yu all like it??? Did it cause any symptoms or more weihgt gain???
And lastly - how do we get RID of this weight??????
Thank you !