Thursday, August 29, 2019

I feel like I'm going CRAZY

It's a confusing time, coupled with the fact that everyone experiences this "shift" differently, there is NO "normal" here. but if there were one thing that almost every women going through peri (with symptoms) will say
"I FEEL LIKE I'M GOING CRAZY"
the mental issues + the emotional issues + the physical issues + the spikes and falls of the hormones... it can make a women feel that someone had come into the "control room" and moved everything around, turned all the knobs and flipped all the switches.
It can take years before someone identifies these symptoms as hormonal, especially when they are in their 20's or 30's (and not the typical 40's and 50's).

In a perfect world, we could check our hormone levels like you check a temperature, there would be a HARD "normal" and an easy way to track and follow any imbalance but this is FAR from a perfect world

Most of us will go see a Dr, trusting that they will listen, and guide us in the right direction BUT unfortunately, most of the time that is not the case.
If you are under the age of 40, you will most likely be put on a birth control pill to help "regulate any imbalance" and perhaps be sent to a gynecologist who will tell you that you're fine and that what you are experiencing is perfectly normal.
If you are lucky enough to get a dr who runs a hormone panel, you risk your levels coming back "within normal range" because that test is measuring you on ONE day, and your hormones will fluctuate constantly throughout the month, dropping and spiking like a fun little roller coaster.

My personal "journey" took a whole SIX YEARS of back and forth before I found a Dr who actually agreed with me that I was going through premature ovarian failure and experiencing symptoms and side effects of Peri-menopause (even though i'm only 36).

If I had it to do all over again, I would take a bit more control, I would test my hormones myself - over the course of the whole month and measure every single marker that might indicate an irregularity, and then I would go to the Dr. ARMED with info, and facts and PROOF, that I'm not going through "normal" imbalance issues.

It's too late for me, I've landed in a place where I am now on HRT, doing well and seeing a wonderful Dr. who listens and understands.
BUT it's NOT too late for you. If you feel like you're going crazy, and you don't know what to do to get back to feeling normal again. I will recommend that you take matters into your own hands and order a test that you can do in the comfort of your own home. I won't spend too much time explaining it, cause the website will do that.
I'll leave my referral link here - and you will save 20% if you order from my link. Everly well

This test will give you something to take with you as you navigate the world of Dr.'s and specialists and trying to find the right course of action.

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