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I THINK I AM CRAZY

I CAN NOT BELIEVE WHAT I HAVE BEEN READING. I HAD MY TL IN 1999 RIGHT AFTER THE BIRTH OF MY 3RD CHILD. WITH ME IT STARTED WITH HAVING 2-3 NORMAL PERIODS THEN THEY BECAME MUCH CLOSER TOGETHER LIKE EVERY 20DAYS THEN EVERY 15 DAYS THEN EVERY 10 DAYS THEY WERE VERY HEAVY AND PAINFUL. I HAVE ALWAYS HAD HEAVY PAINFUL PERIODS BUT NOW THE PAIN WAS RIGHT IN MY BACK NEVER IN THE BELLY ANY MORE. I WENT TO MY DR. TOLD HIM OF WHAT WAS GOING ON AND HE PUT ME ON A LOW DOSE PILL I WAS SPOTTING ALMOST ALL OF THE TIME SO HE GAVE ME A HIGHER DOSE PILL I FELT LIKE I WAS GOING CRAZY I COULDN'T THINK I FELT VERY MUCH LIKE KILLING MYSELF I WAS TIRED ALL OF THE TIME. SO I WENT TO ANOTHER DR. HE PUT ME ON PROZAC I COULD NOT GET OUT OF BED FOR 2 WEEKS I WAS SO TIRED AND CRYING ALL OF THE TIME COMPLETELY OUT OF IT. MY HUSBAND FINALLY TOOK ME TO ANOTHER DR.(DR.#3) HE TOLD ME THAT I WAS JUST TIRED HAVING 3 KIDS AND OUR OWN BUSINESS SO HE TOLD ME TO GO OFF OF EVERYTHING AND GET SOME ME TIME AND EXERCISE. WELL I TRIED THE EXERCISE AND AND 1 HOUR OF EXERCISE PUT ME DOWN FOR ABOUT A WEEK I WAS SO TIRED ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS SLEEP OR AT LEAST LAY DOWN. OKAY SO NOW I AM REALLY SICK OF BEING SICK I TRIED SOME HERBAL TREATMENTS IT SEEMED TO HELP BUT IT WAS ALL STILL THERE BUT AT LEAST NOW I WAS ABLE TO FUNCTION A LITTLE BETTER. I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD TRY ANOTHER DR. (DR. #4) JUST TO GET TO THE ROOT OF MY PROBLEMS. I SAT THERE IN FRONT OF THE DR. CRYING UNCONTROLLABLY GIVING HIM A LIST OF SYMPTOMS THAT I HAD WRITTEN DOWN ON A YELLOW LEGAL PAD THE SYMPTOMS ALL MOST FILLED ALL THE LINES UP AND HE SAID THAT HE WILL GIVE ME A BIRTH CONTROL PILL AND MAYBE I NEED TO GET SOME COUNSELING FOR MY LOSS IF SEX DRIVE. OKAY SO I TAKE THE PILLS FOR A WHILE AND I REPORT BACK TO THE DR. THAT MY SEX DRIVE IS LESS THAN IT WAS BEFORE (WHICH WAS NOTHING ANYWAY) AND HE REALLY DID NOT SAY ANYTHING. HE NEVER DID ANY HORMONE TESTING ON ME BECAUSE HE SAID THAT I WAS TO YOUNG TO BE GOING THROUGH MENOPAUSE AND HE WROTE ME OFF. NOW I AM SEEING ANOTHER DR. (DR#5) HE AT LEAST LISTENED TO ME AT LEAST HE SEEMED TO LISTEN TO ME HE DID AN ULTRA SOUND OF MY OVARIES AND SAID THEY WERE BIG AND JUICY BUT THEY LOOKED WEIRD AND THAT MY UTERUS WAS VERY THICK WHICH HE SOUNDED LIKE THAT WAS ODD HE NEVER EXPLAINED ANY OF THIS TO ME. HIS NURSE CALLED ME WITH THE RESULTS TO MY HORMONE TEST AND WAS NOT VERY INFORMATIVE ALL SHE SAID WAS THAT MY PROGESTERONE LEVEL SHOWED THAT I WAS OVULATING (LEVEL WAS IN THE 100 RANGE)AND THAT MY TESTOSTERONE LEVEL WAS REALLY LOW TO BE HAVING HAIR GROWING ON MY CHIN. I AM SO FRUSTRATED THAT I DECIDED TO BE PRO ACTIVE WITH MY HEALTH SINCE THE DR.'S DON'T SEEM TO HELP AND I CAME ACROSS THIS WEB SITE AND COULD NOT BELIEVE ALL THE OTHER WOMEN WITH ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME SYMPTOMS. I HOPE THAT SOME OF YOU LADIES HAVE GOTTEN HELP. IF YOU HAVE PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT HELP YOU HAVE RECEIVED AND HOW YOU GOT A DR. TO DO IT. I'M SORRY I KEEP GOING ON BUT MUCH LIKE ALL OF YOU I AM TIRED OF FEELING LIKE CRAP!!!
I AM ONLY 34 AND A MOTHER OF 4 I WOULD LIKE TO BE A GOOD MOTHER AGAIN BUT THE DR.S ARE MAKING THAT IMPOSSIBLE. I HAVE 29 OF THE 40 SYMPTOMS AND I PLAN ON SHOWING MY DR. ALL OF THE SYMPTOMS THAT I PRINTED OFF OF THIS PAGE I WANT HIM TO READ IT AND RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM FOR A LOT OF WOMEN I HOPE TO PUT HIM IN A CORNER I ALSO HAVE A LIST OF ALL OF THE TEST HE SHOULD BE TAKING THEN I WILL ASK AT THE LAB ABOUT WHAT TEST THEY ARE TAKING IF IT DOES NOT SOUND EXACTLY LIKE THE SHEET I GAVE HIM I WILL THEN SHOW THEM THE LIST AND INSIST THEY DO THESE TEST. I AM TIRED OF IT!!!
IF THERE IS ANYONE OUT THERE THAT CAN GIVE ME A LIST OF NORMAL HORMONE LEVELS FOR WOMEN I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT THAT INFORMATION IS VERY HARD TO FIND ON THE NET AND LABS WILL NOT GIVE IT TO YOU EITHER BECAUSE OF CONFIDENTIALITY LAWS. HOPEFULLY ALL OF THE CRAZINESS WILL STOP FOR ALL OF US.

Posted on Dec 4, 2001, 12:57 AM

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