Posted by Marchelle on February 18, 2001, at 11:53:34
In reply to Re: Thanks! - Marchelle, posted by Wendy on February 18, 2001, at 7:38:33
> A dear friend of mine has had difficulties with her menstral cycle since it started at age 13. She's now 32 and has FINALLY found something that seems to be working. She'd tried Paxil, Sarafem, Prozac, and a whole host of similar typed meds in her search for emotional/physical balance.
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> She has since seen a female doctor who is a specialist in women's medicine and has had her hormone levels diligently tested/watched/graphed and the works. To her doctor's surprise, her hormone levels were WAY WAY off balance! And it's been tested for enough cycles to establish that it is DIRECTLY linked to her cycle!
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> Now she's on hormone therepy geared towards her own individual needs (as opposed to the pre-packaged kits most doctors prescribe), and it's had a significant effect for her.
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> She did say, however, that the past few months have been all-consuming with the charting/journal writing so that as many details could be presented and studied by her doctor. So other than her (laughingly) obsessive tendancy to analyze EVERY physical twinge and emotional thought, she's so releived to be on a road that looks like it will lead her to this much needed BALANCE! So, maybe you need to investigate hormone therapy with a specialist.Wendy, You have made a good point and I think that we have been brought back to the original point of issue, hormones and our cycles! Because really, we are at mercy to them. When our hormones are out of whack we HAVE to do something other than suffer. I am glad that your friend was able to find a way to balance her hormones. I am interested when you said that your friend is finding the relief that she didn't achieve with the anti-depressents... I, too, sought out a hormone specialist. I was very excited before going to see her, thinkning that I would be seeing someone who would take time to listen and really investigate a way to help solve my severe PMS. I was rather dissapointed when I walked out of her office only after, literally, five minutes of speaking with her, carrying a prescription for a mood-altering drug (Sarafem). I guess this can go out as advice to others, as well, as myself. Try to find a hormone specialist who will take the time and work with you and isn't so eager to just write out a prescritpion!
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