can i get menopause at 25?

[jessy182413]

im a 25 year old woman. since i had my 3rd child i have been going through alot of changes i got migraing i never had. i get hot flashes. i cant sleep . i get mood swings  i feel like im going crazy and cant breath at times i never went through any of this stuff. no doctor knows what is wrong with me.  they wont test me for menopause. say im to young. at one time my migrains got so bad i had a sezure . doctors were stumped i never had them before and none since i dont know what is wrong with me

[PerimenoWorried]

I guess it's not impossible for someone to go through early menopause but, 25 is extremely unlikely to be the case unless it was surgically induced (ie: hysterectomy) or chemically induced by hormone supplementation.  Are you taking birth control pills?  I assume not since your doc is stumped.  

Have you had your thyroid checked?  Thyroid (hyperactive) may be causing some of these symptoms.  I'd get a referral to a really good endocrinologist and see if they can figure out what hormones in your endocrine system may be out of whack.  I'd rather doubt that it could be menopause but, it could be something along the lines of an ovarian cyst or, again, a thyroid problem.  Are you losing weight or gaining it?  Any problems with your periods?  Brittle hair?  Racing heart?  Losing hair?  I'd give your thyroid a good check if they haven't already.  

[Mum_of_four]

All of a sudden at 28 I found out I was going through menopause and before I was 29 my periods completely stopped.  My doctor was totally stumped but said that sometimes that can happen for no known reason.  The changes happened really quickly to me shortly after I had my fourth child so they were very confusing at the time and the sweating and hot flushes just made no sense.

It makes sense to get your hormone levels checked now for a baseline and again in a couple of months to check any changes.

Hope you find out and feel better soon.

[yodajojo]

Any Doctor that wont consider menopause; wont think outside the box should be avoided. My doctors would not consider my symptoms as menopause and I was over 40.
Instead they want to send you to the psychiatrist. And antidepressants are one of the most dangerous class of drugs there are.  I am now 46 and post menopausal and have been so for a year. All those symptoms you speak of are gone. Before I go to a doctor anymore, I find out more about the doctor. I talk to their office staff or manager. Ask if they have ever treated anyone with premature menopause. Make it clear you are not trying to self diagnose, but you want to make sure that the doctor has experience in a case like this. Or in finding someone, you think outside of the box. Find out from fertility specialists who they refer their clients to for premature menopause or related disorders. Fertility specialists will have no doubt run into women with this type of problem. You are not trying to get pregnant right now so it would not benefit you to see them, but I bet they could give you a great referral. Make sure the nurse or staff person who is doing to referring understands your concerns about your problem being taken seriously. And then as I said talk to their staff. You will get a feel for whether or not they are sympathetic people.
Keep a journal of your symptoms, which ones and when they occur. Doctors love facts. From their perspective it is difficult to make an assessment of someone on your first visit. They meet alot of patients that are not so self aware. So if you have a historical record to take with you it saves time and gets you a more accurate diagnosis.
I had a reduction mammoplasty once. For years afterwards little pieces of stitching would work their way out of my chest and even out of my eyebrown area. This type of procedure requires a tune up every ten years or so for vanity sake. I had given the stitching to someone who had it verified as suture that is supposed to dissolve years before. I went to a plastic surgeon about ten years later to discuss a tune up. I told him what happened and he essentially told me it wasnt true and that I was wrong despite having had it examined at a lab. I talked to the nurse from another plastic surgeon who told me that it happens all of the time.
It is hard to find doctors that really care. It is hard to find doctors that will listen to what you are saying. You live in your body they dont. So try my suggestion. In the meantime, do what you need to do to make yourself comfortable. Explain to your loved ones that they need to be understanding. Know you will find the right doctor. Patients have to be informed consumers these days. If you in deed are going through menopause be very careful of the drugs they might want to give you. Research them and their side effects, drug interactions. I cant say anything here but a wise older friend told me that it was just best to go through it now and get it over with. I am not sure of the ramifications of that advice at your age. Lets just say that I had all of the symptoms and I was a weepy uncomfortable mess for several years. But I got through it without taking medication and without a hysterectomy. You are in my prayers darlin. Yodajojo