Posted by polarbear206 on May 31, 2002, at 8:57:51
In reply to Re: To Cese » polarbear206, posted by Cece on May 30, 2002, at 18:53:11
> Laura-
> My perimenopausal syptoms were essentially that everything got worse, more exaggerated. I was more overtly desperate, felt hopeless, hyper, etc. to the point that when (in this period of time) I finally got a real diagnosis, it was initially 'mixed state'.
> I have always been 'hormone sensitive', but I gather that a lot of women's underlying psych symptoms are increased by the big changes in progress. Perimenopause can begin as early as late 30's.
> I started the low dose BCP's before real HRT and they did help me to even out. But we aren't all wired the same.
>
> Good luck,
> Cece
Cece,I know for a fact that Estrogen has powerful antidepresssant properties. I experimented about 5 years ago. I took half of my mother's premerin ( as I remember it was .625 mg) and I noticed a big difference 3 days later. This was in the winter time (not a good time for my BP) and from the boost I got from it, I was able to cut way back on my antidepressant. My bp is depression dominated, so it didn't exagerate my cycling. I felt great. My pdoc told me that he had other patients that responded well to estrogen in this way. My sex life was even better too! I think I'm going to beg for a tiny dose of premerin. I think the main reason the bc pills didn't work for me is that the estrogen dose is much higher in the bc pills verses the premerin. The mental depression before my period was pretty bad with the bc pills.
What's the difference using thyroid augmentation verses estrogen augmentation? Why are Doc's hesitant to try this?Thanks,
Laura
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