littlek wrote:Ok, so, I developed rashes, I gained weight suddenly (not lots, but it's unusual for me), my hair is dry, my skin is dry, my periods are wacky...... is 36 too young to be having peri-menopause?
Sounds to me like either a thyroid or a pituitary problem.
The doc checked my thyoroid levels and found them to be fine. I don't know anything about pituitary problems..... yet.
I have been researching premenopause. I already have gravitated to foods high in phytoestrogens (nuts, berries, soy, oats, whole grains, apples, carrots...).
Would it be worth buying a tub of topical progesterone cream and trying it out? Could it hurt anything?
Check with your OB/GYN.
Remember, if you would prescribe it yourself for your animals, you probably should not prescribe it for yourself.
I don't have an OB/GYN, I have a GP.
Really. You're getting to be an "interesting" age. Also, your GP is not an expert in your reproductive hormones.
Hmmmm, I guess I'd figured that GPs had taken over much the same role as OB/GYNs and that the later were more for when a woman is having babies and such.
I don't think you're alone - that's what has me rethinking the whole idea.
No.
If you needed heart surgery would you have your g.p. called in?
There's a reason there are different specialties.
Kinda like taking your car to a mechanic that specializes in a particular type of engine.
Then again, what you may need is a referral to an endocrinologist.
But your gyno would be astute in that.
Unless you're at an hmo, and then, I dunno.
Savvy older women see OB/Gyns. You're eligible for savvy.
I've had a gynecologist since I was 25, perhaps unusual, but I worked in med centers since I was sixteen. No way I would not have had one.
I had a GYN as a teen and into my 20s..... then I went GP. I dunno why.
Oh wow, I'm eligible to be savvy! Cool.
littlek--
Be savvy or get nagged. Your choice.
Hahahaha... if the nagging is going to be done by you, Noddy, I'd better be getting savvy PDQ.
I know that I'm gonna go get my boobs squeezed, to stay out of Noddy poking range.
