I wish I would have known about perimenopause before I entered into it! I suffered needlessly for several years.... had bouts of rage and palpitations, got sick every 2 or 3 months, slept horribly.... when just a little bit of over-the-counter progesterone cream could have helped! When I finally figured out what was going on and started using progesterone, it was like a little miracle. Later on when I reached menopause, I started supplementing estradiol and had a similar miraculous effect. I'm angry that information about perimenopause is not disseminated to young women, and I'm angry that most doctors view perimenopause and menopause as a "natural" part of life to be ignored and suffered through. Perimenopause is the beginning of ovarian failure and menopause is the actual failure. Doctors would not dismiss the failure of any other organ.
Kristin, you might want to consider getting off of YAZ and onto bioidential hormones. If you are still perimenopausal, progesterone might give you just the relief you need. Pro-Gest is a good brand, it's very inexpensive, only cost me about $8/month. Do your research and consider supplementing estradiol when you are near or at the point of menopause. Estradiol is not only excellent at mitigating the vasomotor symptoms (e.g., hot flashes), it also can provide a great mood boost.
alysiak, I think that women who are well past menopause don't recall correctly their symptoms. I remember my mother having bad sweating hot flashes and horrible insomnia in her early 40's, but if you ask her about it today at age 79 she'll tell you she hardly had any symptoms at all. Not sure if these women are choosing to have selective memories or their memory is just unintentionally faulty. I doubt I will ever forget the 13 days of multi-times-per-hour sweating hot flashes that I went through before I begged my doctor for a prescription for EstroGel!
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I wish I would have known about perimenopause before I entered into it! I suffered needlessly for several years.... had bouts of rage and palpitations, got sick every 2 or 3 months, slept horribly.... when just a little bit of over-the-counter progesterone cream could have helped! When I finally figured out what was going on and started using progesterone, it was like a little miracle. Later on when I reached menopause, I started supplementing estradiol and had a similar miraculous effect. I'm angry that information about perimenopause is not disseminated to young women, and I'm angry that most doctors view perimenopause and menopause as a "natural" part of life to be ignored and suffered through. Perimenopause is the beginning of ovarian failure and menopause is the actual failure. Doctors would not dismiss the failure of any other organ.
Kristin, you might want to consider getting off of YAZ and onto bioidential hormones. If you are still perimenopausal, progesterone might give you just the relief you need. Pro-Gest is a good brand, it's very inexpensive, only cost me about $8/month. Do your research and consider supplementing estradiol when you are near or at the point of menopause. Estradiol is not only excellent at mitigating the vasomotor symptoms (e.g., hot flashes), it also can provide a great mood boost.
alysiak, I think that women who are well past menopause don't recall correctly their symptoms. I remember my mother having bad sweating hot flashes and horrible insomnia in her early 40's, but if you ask her about it today at age 79 she'll tell you she hardly had any symptoms at all. Not sure if these women are choosing to have selective memories or their memory is just unintentionally faulty. I doubt I will ever forget the 13 days of multi-times-per-hour sweating hot flashes that I went through before I begged my doctor for a prescription for EstroGel!
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