Am I going crazy?
Oct 26, 2008 09:23PM in the Menopause Expert Forum
Your experience is one that many women have if they are still ovulating when their ovaries are removed. With severe endometriosis, sometimes the ovaries have been partially destroyed by the disease and the sudden drop in estrogen is not so great and the impact is less. But that is not seeming to be the case with you. Call your doctor and speak with him. Ma...
Why did my PremPro stop working after 7 yrs?
Oct 16, 2008 10:25PM in the Menopause Expert Forum
There is no question that what works best for one person might not work best for the next. However, why PremPro suddenly stopped working is unclear. Other medications could interfere. A certain batch of pills might not be produced with the stated amount of hormone in them. It is reasonable to try the prempro again. However, I am unaware of any information tha...
Surgical Menopause
Oct 16, 2008 10:20PM in the Menopause Expert Forum
The hormones in the body only last a few days after the ovaries are removed. Then they go down to menopausal levels. People who are overweight make some weaker estrogens in their fat cells. The adrenal glands also make some hormones that help these symptoms, but the absolute levels are much lower once the ovaries are removed. If OVCA is ovarian cancer, tal...
Pain/burning in vaginal area
Oct 16, 2008 10:10PM in the Menopause Expert Forum
It seems like you should see an OB/Gyn who specializes in the Vulva, the skin outside the vagina. This type of problem is very difficult to diagnose without an exam. There are a number of things that can cause your symptoms ranging from allergies to vulvar dystrophies. These last things are abnormalities of the skin around the vagina and the diagnosis is ...
Migraine Headaches, anxiety and mood
Oct 16, 2008 10:01PM in the Menopause Expert Forum
Your situation is complicated and will likely take several attempts at trying one thing and ten another to tailor it for you optimally. You did seem to be doing better taking the Yaz with the placebo so a trial of that is worth doing. If progesterone was helpful in the past, adding some natural progesterone to the Yaz after a trying a month or so without it c...
Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
Jul 25, 2008 10:51AM in the Menopause Expert Forum
If an endometrial biopsy and pelvic ultrasound were normal one year ago, the chances of cancer are extremely small. A progesterone IUD is a reasonable treatment for this and often works. Sometimes the doctor will want to insert a small telescope (hysteroscope) into the uterus to see if there is a polyp or other cause of bleeding. Hormonal changes leading ...