Q. I'm in my early 40's and was wondering when I should be concerned about menopause. I've been very moody lately and just don't feel like myself...could this be pre-menopause? What are some of the symptoms emotional and physical that accompany menopause? How long does menopause last?
A. 50 to death
How will I know when menopause begins or has already started?
Q. I have been taking Depo Provera injections for several years, so I don't have a menstrual cylce to tell me things are changing.
What else can I expect to notice?
What else can I expect to notice?
A. 1) Night sweats. Soaking through the sheets.
2) Weight gain. Lower abdominal.
3) Weight shift. Not always caused by aging. Hips will become thicker. Breasts will become a bit larger and tender.
4) Insomnia. Anxiety.
5) Inability at times to focus.
6) Irritability.
7) Serious mood swings.
8) You want to kill your significant other.
Welcome to my world.
2) Weight gain. Lower abdominal.
3) Weight shift. Not always caused by aging. Hips will become thicker. Breasts will become a bit larger and tender.
4) Insomnia. Anxiety.
5) Inability at times to focus.
6) Irritability.
7) Serious mood swings.
8) You want to kill your significant other.
Welcome to my world.
What do you take for menopause instead of hormones?
Q. I wear a patch. It helps with my mood and legs. What else is there to help? I really don't want to get breast cancer.
A. although im not there yet, my gyn says evening primrose oil caps help alot. also, my mom used to take this syrup from a spanish store called syrup of senora montiel. she said it worked wonders for her hot flashes. best of all, these products are all natural. gd luck
Is it possible to go through early menopause and still have a regular period?
Q. I'm 29 and have had severe night sweats for 3 years and have recently been suffering from what seems like hot flashes, as well as vaginal dryness. I am still on the pill and my periods have never changed.
A. It's possible but I would still go to a gynecologist because there could be an underlying cause that is giving you these symptoms. I wouldn't wait too long with these things, so please get it checked out asap!
Whatâs the difference between taking hormones for menopause and taking hormones as a contraceptive?
Q. I hear a lot of people warning about HRT. But there doesn't seem to be much of a fuss made about taking birth control pills, Some of which a woman can take almost continuously.What I want to know is why is HRT so frowned upon when BC doesn't seem to be. They are both hormone pills..what's the difference..besides the obvious reasons one would use them.
A. There's not a huge amount of difference in the pills themselves, you're right. They're both estrogen and an artificial progesterone. The difference comes in in that young, menstruating women who take birth control pills are replacing their normal hormones with the birth control hormones. So they'd be exposed to hormones anyway. You're not changing their lifetime exposure to those hormones, just changing the monthly pattern.
In the case of HRT, however, the women taking it are post-menopausal, and would therefore have very low doses of those hormones in their bodies naturally. HRT therefore increases the lifetime exposure to those hormones for those women.
Thus, studies show that hormonally related problems with birth control pills in young women are smaller than problems with older women taking HRT. It's not so much a matter of what is in the pill as it is what is the age of the woman taking the pill.
A second reason for the difference may be that tests on HRT tend to be performed on women who may have spent years with no HRT. The years with no HRT may have damaged their bodies in certain ways, and the resumption of HRT caused more problems rather than fixing the old problems, due to changes in the body that occur with age. Thus, if older women took birth control pills, they'd have similar negative effects that are seen with HRT. And if younger women took HRT, they would likley not have the same negative effects that older women have with HRT.
And yet another reason for the difference might be the type of hormones used. The most popular artificial progesterone used in HRT is Provera. It's used in Depo-Provera, but not in birth control pills. Provera might have some problems associated with it, but these problems don't show up in women who use the birth control pill because they're not taking it.
In the case of HRT, however, the women taking it are post-menopausal, and would therefore have very low doses of those hormones in their bodies naturally. HRT therefore increases the lifetime exposure to those hormones for those women.
Thus, studies show that hormonally related problems with birth control pills in young women are smaller than problems with older women taking HRT. It's not so much a matter of what is in the pill as it is what is the age of the woman taking the pill.
A second reason for the difference may be that tests on HRT tend to be performed on women who may have spent years with no HRT. The years with no HRT may have damaged their bodies in certain ways, and the resumption of HRT caused more problems rather than fixing the old problems, due to changes in the body that occur with age. Thus, if older women took birth control pills, they'd have similar negative effects that are seen with HRT. And if younger women took HRT, they would likley not have the same negative effects that older women have with HRT.
And yet another reason for the difference might be the type of hormones used. The most popular artificial progesterone used in HRT is Provera. It's used in Depo-Provera, but not in birth control pills. Provera might have some problems associated with it, but these problems don't show up in women who use the birth control pill because they're not taking it.
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