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Questions posted in the Mental Health forum are being answered by Dr. Roger L. Gould, author of the Mastering Stress and Depression program and affiliated with the UCLA. Department of Psychiatry. Topics covered include anger, attention deficit disorder (ADD), bipolar disorder, dementia, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), learning disabilities, memory, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic, personality disorders, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), schizophrenia, stress, transitions, and work problems.

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PRE-MENAPAUSE

by Teresa, Jun 26, 2000 12:00AM

Tags: alzheimer's, mental, Health, Mental Health, child, gynecologist, hormone, menopause, thyroid, years

I'M FEELING ALL THE AFFECTS OF A PERIOD BUT I'M NOT HAVING ONE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE FEELINGS ARE ALITTLE WORSE THAN EVER!I'M 39, FEMALE. MY LAST CHILD WAS BORN JUNE 1, 1989.I'VE ALWAYS HEARD THAT AFTER 10- YEARS FROM YOUR LAST BIRTH, MENAPAUSE WILL SET IN. GIVE ME SOMETHING HERE. I'M SUPER BLOOTED AND EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE. MY BACK ACHES LIKE AN ELEPHANT IS SITTING ON IT,AND I'M AS ILL AS A HORNET IN MID SUMMER.........WHAT THE HELL AM I SUPPOSE TO DO. I'M DRIVING EVERYONE AROUND ME CRAZY AND I STILL HAVEN'T STARTED!!!!!!

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by HFHS.MD-AJ, Jun 28, 2000 12:00AM

This is a mental health forum. Your questions will be better answered by your primary care physician or gynecologist who I will urge you to consult.

Member Comments (6)

by Kyle's Mom, Jun 27, 2000 12:00AM

(1) Go see your gynecologist. He/she can put you on HRT to help your symptoms. (2) Try vitamin E or flax oil, plus calcium and magnesium supplements. (3) For some reason an anti-depressant helps menopause symptoms. I am on Paxil and HRT. I am so much better - I don't yell at everyone now and am much less edgy. Plus the symptoms have subsided. Even my migraines have almost stopped.

by frances, Jun 27, 2000 12:00AM

I agree with the other reply to go see your gynecologist. 39 is rather young to be going through menopause. There may be something else going on and you want to make sure this is normal. Are you sure you aren't pregnant? There is no rule thst 10 years after the last child menopause starts. It's age-related and every woman is different, so of course it's possible you're in menopause. But you may have a hormone imbalance caused by thyroid or other hormone-related issues which you should have checked out to be sure.

by Amy, Jun 27, 2000 12:00AM

I am only 37 and have been going through menopause for about 4 years! I have had several hormone test done and they all point to menopause. I am currently having a lot of emotional problems everyone seems to think menopause related. I am taking HRT and Paxil, but haven't really noticed any difference in my anxiousness or crying spells. Good Luck.

by Tina E., Jul 07, 2000 12:00AM

I have been on thyroid replacement therapy for the past two years. I stopped taking it....

What can happen to me? I noticed that I have started to lose some weight and then started getting mood swings and night sweats to a small degree.

I started back on the thyroid medicine and take it about 3 times a week instead of a daily dose. I hate taking medicine.

I heard you can go into a coma if you stop taking this. Is this true? If so, give me other sypmtoms or other problems that can occur. Please send me an answer asap!

Thankyou!

Tina

by Linda, Nov 28, 2000 12:00AM

I HAVE SEVERE SYMPTOMS OF MENAPAUSE. A WEEK BEFORE I GET FLU-LIKE SYMTOMS, NERVES GET REALLY BAD. I VOMIT ALL THE TIME. I CANT SLEEP FOR DAYS AT A TIME. I NEED HELP IM ON PAXIL NOTHING SEEMS TO HELP. I CANT EAT EITHER. THIS GOES ON A WEEK BEFORE. ANYONE KNOW OR HAVE SAME SYMTOMS LET ME KNOW.

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