Posted by Dinah on December 31, 2007, at 10:00:39
In reply to Re: Darn perimenopause » Dinah, posted by ClearSkies on December 31, 2007, at 8:51:40
It's astonishing to read the list of symptoms on the web! Mind you, I didn't look that closely, because I don't want to suggest myself into any. But the ones that just pop up on their own are enough. Still, hair loss did screech at me as I glanced by. My dad was bald even as a young man, and I inherited his hair. It's always been thin, and my dear therapist pointed out the other day that I seemed to be shedding.
I'm on Lamictal, also an anticonvulsant I think, for migraine prophylaxis. It seems to work ok. I don't get them that often anymore, but when I do they just don't go away. The meds help the pain a lot, but I'm left with sensitivity to light, and to sound to some extent, and visual disturbances that make computer viewing difficult and cause me to feel a bit dizzy.
I'll keep your regimen in mind. I'm planning to call my gynecologist today to schedule my yearly checkup, which is due. But it takes months to schedule one nowadays. That will give me some time to assess whether I want to look into HRT.
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