I'm so confused I couldn't even come up with a title for my story! Here's my dilemma....
Menopause is a naturally occurring phase in a woman's life, right? Shouldn't it be something we can get through without "treatment"? That was my position. I will suffer through it just like my mother and her mother before her did thinking "this too shall pass".
Well, it didn't! Six years later, I am fat, depressed, overwhelmed.....I don't care what I look like, haven't had sex with my husband in over four years and can barely utter a sentence without stumbling for the words I want to use!
I do have faith, however. Faith that one day I will feel better. I'm slowly beginning to realize, though, that it's not going to happen without some kind of action on my part. I just keep waiting for the day that I'll feel motivated and energized...that I'll be "in the mood" to take action...that I'll "feel like" doing something. That day is not going to mystically dawn. It's got to be a conscious choice that I make to first of all pick up the phone and call a doctor to talk about my menopause symptoms and treatment options and second of all to make a commitment to take care of myself on a daily basis.
Just the act of writing my story has inspired me to make that call....I got a number from the North American Menopause Society list of physicians who are certified ....I'm going to call and see if they take my insurance and make an appointment!
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I never did call for the appt. I got sidetracked by another item on the web and then forgot all about it.
March 25, 2013 - 12:34pmThis Comment
Hi dee dell,
Thanks for sharing this information.
Best,
Daisy
March 20, 2013 - 12:28pmThis Comment