Posted by stargazer2 on January 3, 2008, at 15:10:51
In reply to Re: Darn perimenopause » Dinah, posted by MidnightBlue on December 31, 2007, at 14:46:57
I must have missed perimenapuase somewhere during my drug trials of the last decade...maybe this was all or some of the symptoms I attributed to depression, i.e. memory and balence being the two biggies.
Last few months, the hot flashes have arrived and I couldn't sleep. I guess at my last OB/GYN appt they weren't too bad. Now I called my doc and say I need some estrogen fast.
So I too started the patch, Vivelle-dot, a few weeks ago. Almost right away I felt great as far as the physical symptoms went. Now a few weeks larter, my mood is starting to dip again.
The sad part is I lost the years from 40-50 and I just woke up and I feel very old. My skin is changing, my weight has gone up and lots of other things breaking down.
I am on the downside of my life and really never felt like I have lived. My life has consisted of trying to get beyond my depression and find something in life that will make me feel like I am living rather than existing.
I'm not getting better, I though I was...Could estrogen be making me feel like this? Here we go again, another decision about meds to make.
I'm ready to throw them all away if it means I am nothing except a composite of my pills and patches...It sucks, living like this.
Stargazer
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