Young, healthy and over heating.....

[hOhmGrown]

I am going to be 41 next month and have been more or less healthy all my life. For the last 4 years since returning to Illinois, I have been an extreme gardener and am no stranger to sweating all over! Prior to that, I was in project management in construction and engineering in Arizona. While in AZ, due to fibroids, I had a partial hysterectomy (uterus & cervix). 9 years before that I had an ectopic pregnancy rupture and my left fallopian tube was removed. 2 years ago here in IL, my right ovary was removed while having a recto seal. It has only been over the last two years that I have had real fluctuations in weight- + or - 10 pounds in a month, and sweating, above the shoulders sweating, drenching my head, hair, face, dripping from my upper lip and forehead. Extreme sweating at night and severe dry month when I wake in the morning, and intermittently from time to time during the day. I will get hoarseness in my voice from time to time, and have had lingering headaches that seem to just hang around for days. My Dr. - Whom I have been seeing since I returned to Illinois, says my blood work is coming back "in normal ranges.” whatever that means! I drink bottles of water all day, a habit I acquired while in AZ and yet have constipation, and even experience a little hair loss - enough that it alarms me in the shower. I take a very small dose of Paxil- 10mg- since the 911 tragedy, and I take suboxone- which started in AZ after my hysto to get off all the pain meds. I have remained on it as it seems to stabilize my moods and my Dr. has been ok with that. It beats taking any other meds. I have had no decrease in sex drive and the only other thing I can think to mention is at 41, I am experiencing adult acne from time to time again. THIS SWEATING AND OVERHEATING IS horrible, just going up stairs, outside walking the dogs for 15 mins, little stuff – I need to take off my clothes and sit in front of a fan! CAN ANYONE HELP??

[sweetpea03]

Are you on hormone replacement therapy?? If not, I would suggest you look into it. Since you no longer have your female reproductive organs due to having a hysterectomy, you are not getting the normal amount of hormones you used to get. Make an appointment with your doctor to talk about it and see what options you have. Almost all of your symptoms sound hormone related.

[hOhmGrown]

Thank you so much for your reply, sweetpea03! Hormones were my original thought however, my moods are seemingly uninterrupted, what I understand is one of the first things one notices. I do have one working ovary, and I understand that at my age, this is sufficient. Now, I have thought perhaps my testosterone is too high, given my sex drive and what appears to me at this time, hair loss. I am also very afraid of hormone replacement due to the controversy that exists. I believe a great deal of research must be done before I consider this safe. I am interested in talking with individuals that are available at the health store near me, but I see this as perhaps a large financial investment, as I do not have health insurance at this time. I DO take "Estroven", an OTC supplement available in a number of dosing options. I will add that this DID help what I thought at the time (about a year ago) was hot flashes.

I guess my question then is this ...Is there anyone out there that can offer any "alternative" ideas until I can afford a physician?