I began menopause when I was 49 years of age
I am a female and I began menopause when I was 49 years of age. My menstrual cycle just ceased and never began again.
I did have, what I believe, was peri menopause for about 10 years prior to this. With that came, extreme mood swings, tiredness, and heavy menstrual flow with cramping.
Menopause brought me relief from these things, however, my hormones did go wacky and I became involved in an extramarital affair.
I do believe these raging hormones were mostly responsible for this as an affair was totally out of character for me. I was like a girl having sex for the first time.
I had some hot flashes but, they were not enough to make me too uncomfortable. I was probably bothered more with night sweats, but the mood swings were gone.
My doctor put me on a low dose of Premarin and I stayed on that for about a year. However my breasts contained fibroids and were very tender.
The doctor told me the tenderness was a side affect of the medication and that he had me on the lowest possible dosage.
I stopped taking the Premarin on my own because I didn‘t feel it was that beneficial to me and it was costly. I then began an over the counter herbal treatment which I believe was call Estroven.
Whether or not that helped any I really couldn’t say. I took that for a few months and then stopped all treatment.
I am 58 years now and on a very rare occasion I may experience a hot flash. Unfortunately the aftermath of menopause has left me with extreme dryness. I am not just speaking of the vaginal area but, my skin is always so dry and I developed chronic dry eye.
The eyes are so dry that I need to apply an ointment every night before bed. I don’t need to shave my legs anymore because I don’t have any more hair growth there. Unfortunately I have hardly any eyebrows left either.
I always had very light hair growth. I understand this can be a very difficult time for many women but, honestly for me it was not that bad. Aside from the problems, I mentioned, I feel better mentally and am glad I have menstruation behind me.
While almost at the end of my last bleeding days, I was struggling in a doctorate program, working 60 to 80 hours a week with drug addiction clients, dealing with family issues including children, and I allowed myself to get into a horrible situation with a former client that got me terminated and completely ruined my life. I was unable to tell my side of the story due to the nature of this dangerous client threatening me. Can a woman make a very poor choice while menopausing, or it is a very poor excuse? I have not been able to find an excellent therapist that specializes in menopause; this individual was not the kind of person I would even be attracted to. I’ve accepted the fact that I have failed in life and I can never be worthy of ever working any job again period. Can someone please shed some light?