Oh thanks Diane! I am glad you liked it. It was really hard to write... it took me almost two months! Partly because of the personal nature and partly because I was so concerned about the first impression I would put forth at EmpowHer! :-)
To answer your question... doctors didn't really know what to make of me at the time. There really was not much counseling available, nor discussion of what the future looked like in terms of development, hormones, etc. I can tell you that when I was in my early 20s I started keeping a calendar of moods & cramps and it sure seemed like I was on a monthly cycle of some kind. In 2007 & 2008 I went a little crazy. I raged, I withdrew, I hated everybody, I had hot flashes, and had all sorts of weird tastes and sensations going on. I emerged 6 months ago smiling and free of cramps and moods. I wondered at the time if I could have been menopausal then, but I was so deep in depression and distant from logic... I didn't give it much thought.
When I finally went to the doctor and to therapy they treated me for depression. It worked I guess, but I don't think they scratched the surface of what's been going on inside this body!!!
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Oh thanks Diane! I am glad you liked it. It was really hard to write... it took me almost two months! Partly because of the personal nature and partly because I was so concerned about the first impression I would put forth at EmpowHer! :-)
To answer your question... doctors didn't really know what to make of me at the time. There really was not much counseling available, nor discussion of what the future looked like in terms of development, hormones, etc. I can tell you that when I was in my early 20s I started keeping a calendar of moods & cramps and it sure seemed like I was on a monthly cycle of some kind. In 2007 & 2008 I went a little crazy. I raged, I withdrew, I hated everybody, I had hot flashes, and had all sorts of weird tastes and sensations going on. I emerged 6 months ago smiling and free of cramps and moods. I wondered at the time if I could have been menopausal then, but I was so deep in depression and distant from logic... I didn't give it much thought.
When I finally went to the doctor and to therapy they treated me for depression. It worked I guess, but I don't think they scratched the surface of what's been going on inside this body!!!
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