On to the second topic. I stopped taking a certain medication (at the direction of and with the blessing of my physician) in early February. I'm 51. I REALLY just might be the only person I know who WANTS to go through menopause even with its freaky side effects just so MAYBE my migraines MIGHT get better. So I missed a period and thought: "YES! I just slid right through and now I'm on the other side of menopause!" Then . . . another, sickening, hellish sort of thought came upon me. Because, I remembered that of all the warnings the nice lady doctor gave me about going off said medication, I forgot one. One REALLY big one. One really, super, big, protective one. And let me just tell you, I have never prayed so hard for a period in my whole fraking life.
So now I'm in so new kind of hell. One where I fear leaving the house. One that feels like "back labor" (for the record - I did experience this, so I know of what I speak!) 20 hours of the day. I'm a wimp; I've never "had" to feel this way. How much longer will this go on?I feel like that old guy in the diner - the one who wears his jeans with both a belt AND suspenders - just in case one system fails!
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Oh you poor thing! I hope you feel better and your nerves go back to normal!
Oh the things I have to look forward to as I get closer to that five-oh mark in my life.
This was the information they left out when They informed us what being a woman was like. I feel your pain.
Well the odd's you are pregnant are pretty small. ;)
Im loving being done with it all. All my days are balanced. All my sheets are clean. It is a great thing this menopause and post menopause .
Oh no - hope it all works out ok. x
Ack! And ouch!! Hope you feel better very, very soon.
Oh no, I hope things get on track soon!!
Lets see.... does some math....I relinquished my prescription just about 3 years ago. Since then every time I visit the Dr I mention things I call issues which she reports are actually normal. I have been trying to think of it as a primer to help ThePrincess through her eventual (hopefully much later than sooner) first of many....
Well, seeing as I refused to take the pill more than three months of my life; I must tell you you are experiencing what 1/4th of my adult life has been like. (Yes, I had back -labor too.) My OBGYN recommended a laser procedure that takes care of a lot of these problems. I'm thinking about it.
In this one I can honestly empathise, the "Oh God, I can't be." is an awful worry. In my case it was a failed vascetomy, still, honestly Deb, either way it will be okay. It's how I came to have my Katherine and I couldn't love her more, really.
I have 2 "only" children the first at 21 and the second at 43 with and IUD in place........... We couldn't love her more.....but it is a shock. Good luck!
I could do with a cessation of visits from "Alice".
Um, have you visited the local pharmacy? You know, they sell these little plastic dipsticks there...
Just sayin'.
On topic #2- I'm in year TEN of the peri- part of this whole thing and so far no hot flashes but plenty of other horror stories. Guess we all go thru our own thing in our own way...
I've been praying for menopause for 5 years, since I never intended to use that "function". I'd like to just be done....
You know, Trek has a point. Sometimes just knowing one way or the other helps a lot. Either way it will be okay. I hope you're feeling better soon.
I am 54 and still haven't officially gone thru the menopause door. (the 12+ months w/o having to use a 2x4 and a hand granade) My Mom was done when she was 51, I'm tired of waiting!
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