| women and the change..
Posted: 5/1/2008 10:39:55 AM | i have a sneaking suspicion that i may be approaching that dreaded time in any woman's life - the change :(
now i know what the clinical symptoms are, and although i'm not really having many at the moment, i'm wondering more what the psychological impact might be..
i know all questions here are meant to be directed at both male and female members but i can't really think of an angle to chuck in for the men...but feel free to add your thoughts..
so ladies, if you've been through the change, how old were you (as i know i'm quite young for this) and how did it make you feel?
and for the ladies who haven't been through it yet, what are you expecting? are you looking forward to getting it over and done with or dreading it? | |
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| women and the change..
Posted: 5/1/2008 10:52:46 AM |
and for the ladies who haven't been through it yet, what are you expecting? are you looking forward to getting it over and done with or dreading it?
I'm looking forward to getting it over and done with, no more monthly curse. I can't bear to be touched at that time of the month, but I hope I don't have to wait for my menopause before finding someone who wants to touch me! | |
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| women and the change..
Posted: 5/1/2008 11:19:43 AM | I've just had my 50th,and been having all the hot flushes,night sweats,panic attacks (dont know why),since last september,but its got to the stage I cannot cope with them anymore so started HRT yesterday,and what relief!,I'm sleeping well,dont feel like I'm going to spontaneously combust,sweats have gone,I feel great!! | |
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| women and the change..
Posted: 5/1/2008 11:31:33 AM | | Well maybe I was lucky but the only symptom I got was the stopping of my periods, no sweating or flushes, no panic attacks. Brilliant really. | |
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| women and the change..
Posted: 5/1/2008 11:40:38 AM | | Im 43 and my mother started hers at 42....thus far I dont think I'm experiencing symptoms. She seemed to have had a rough time and although its not to say that I will...Im dreading the onset. | |
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| women and the change..
Posted: 5/1/2008 11:42:37 AM | | Sailed thru it pretty much in my mid 40s, eyesight isn't as fantastic as it once was and while going thru the mentalpause my memory wasn't that great but all in all no real problems to report. | |
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| women and the change..
Posted: 5/1/2008 11:53:41 AM |
and for the ladies who haven't been through it yet, what are you expecting? are you looking forward to getting it over and done with or dreading it?
I hope I go through mine in the winter months, that way if I get all those hot flushes I may save money on the heating bill.. | |
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| women and the change..
Posted: 5/1/2008 12:00:16 PM | I was 21 yrs old when i had to have an Emergency Hysterectomy...
I went straight onto HRT but i Still get Hot Flushes and "V" Dryness etc... and of course my bones are weaker.. have broken my wrist 4 times in 18 months...
I hate it.. i can be walking down the road, and the feeling that the pavement is gonna come up and hit me in the face is the worst symptom i get..  | |
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| women and the change..
Posted: 5/1/2008 12:17:01 PM | I think you are way too young for that Leannie... I'm 51 and nothing has happened yet... I haven't had any weird symptoms either, except I can't lose 10 pounds a week if I want to, like I could when I was young. Anyway, that's a natural process not a disease, so don't get all worked up about it, not every woman gets the sweats, and the hot flashes and all that. It will happen when it will happen... I avoid dairy and meats, but I'm not a vegetarian.
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| women and the change..
Posted: 5/1/2008 12:19:28 PM | i know i'm very young, but i do have good reason for my suspicions..
and my sister went through it at 27, so although it is very young, it isn't impossible.
i wouldn't say i'm getting worked up about it either, just not doing cartwheels at the prospect  | |
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| women and the change..
Posted: 7/5/2008 8:01:39 PM | Yes OP, you are very young. And the age at which it often occurs seems to run in families. It's unavoidable that we should approach the psychological side without trepidation.
I haven't really given any consideration to the psychological impact myself, as I don't seem to be having any symptoms. My mom didn't have any symptoms either - hers was very much a non-event. And she was almost 60 when it was all over. If I am anything like my Mom I may not have any other physical symptoms.
I think that psychologically, it will still feel weird for me. Although I've never been thrilled with "Aunt Tilly," it will seem to me that once it happens, I will feel "old. " And I don't feel old.....yet. It's a profound change in how we view our sexuality and indeed ourselves. I know that I'm going to be challenged to see menopause not as the end of sexuality, but as the beginning of something else. What that will be I don't yet know.
Be well........ | |
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| women and the change..
Posted: 7/5/2008 8:10:08 PM | | I once caught my ex raiding the kids piggy banks, just wondering if thats classed as "goimg through the change"?................................................................................................................................................message too short etc.............................................................................. | |
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| women and the change..
Posted: 7/6/2008 12:13:50 AM | I started having signs from around the age of 39 and had my last menstrual cycle 2 years ago, next month.
My GP was always telling me I was far too young to be going through the perimenopause and said that my periods should be more scant, rather than heavier and more frequent, as they had become.
Then, out of the blue, they stopped. Once I had skipped two months, he did a blood test. Nothing to report. I insisted on being referred to a gynaecologist, who did more sensitive blood tests. The results were relayed to me by my GP, thus: "It's official. Your ovaries are failing".
I can tell you that, although I had grown quite accustomed to not having the pain and inconvenience each month, it felt like I had been slapped in the face. I was actually quite upset that my child bearing days were 'snatched' from me so abruptly, so to speak.
Naturally, I have come to realise that it has it's plus factors. I save money, have no inconvenience (the only symptoms I appear to have, are night sweats, the odd hot flush (sans redness), being more sensitive, emotionally and physically (cry too quickly and if a hair drops on my skin, it feels like I'm being rubbed with wire wool) and can enjoy the company of young children, when it suits me.
I once caught my ex raiding the kids piggy banks, just wondering if thats classed as "going through the change"?
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| women and the change..
Posted: 7/6/2008 12:42:10 AM | I had a total (inc ovaries) hysterectomy at 35. Overnight no pain, no periods, no moodiness...bliss!
I have never had any of the symptoms, never had a problem- best thing ever! | |
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| women and the change..
Posted: 7/6/2008 2:50:57 AM | i had a hysterectomy at 30 and like miz understood never looked back. and have had no problems.
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| women and the change..
Posted: 7/6/2008 3:13:01 AM | i'm having a hysteroscopy done at the end of the month and to be honest up until i read this post i hadn't given going through the change much thought but the thought of no more pain, moodiness (i tend to come out in sympathy with everyone and spend a week bawling my eyes out!) and just plain inconvenience has me jumping with joy  | |
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