Endometriosis Support Group

no your not crazy. its just all those hormones causing those moods. my aunt had a hysterctomy and her moods got worst. she needed hrt medcines to keep her from going crazy lol. its lasted for about a couple if years and now shes off everything and her moods are normal. menopause will take its course overtime. theres also natural suppliments and herbss you can take to help with menopause symptoms. you can find them at a gnc store or vitamin world. good luck


-sabrina-

I have HORRIBLE PMS and mood swings from hormonal problems I think, and the ONLY thing that has ever helped is acupuncture. For some reason it just seems to alleviate the worst of those hormonal surges that make me crazy once a month. I never though it would work, but every time I go I find it easier to handle stress, have less pain and am way happier/even tempered. Are you able to get hormonal testing?
From what I understand (and I have not had a hyst), there are horrible mood swing problems with it as well unless you use hormone replacement. Speak to your doctor, because you don't have to suffer like that!

Hi!
I can really relate. I can tell you for me, my thyroid was very diseased (Hashimoto's) and instead of it being a butterfly shape like it should, one size was growing and grew under my collar bone and the other side was not functioning properly so I MAJOR mood swings and PMS. In addition, I was also undiagnosed at that time for endo so I thought it was normal to feel like a maniac every week before I start and a little less crazy during and I got maybe 5 days before the cycle started over. I ended up having a complete thyroidectomy and am on meds to keep stable. I know that helped the mood swings ALOT! I do still suffer with endo (last lap to clean up was 2 weeks ago) but my cycles are much, much better. I agree with Utah about getting your hormones checked. An FSH and estridol test will actually tell if your into menopause so that if that checks out OK, I would get a COMPLETE panel of thyroid. (including 3rd generation and reverse T3) Good idea too sabby about using natural supplements. I also LOVE the teabags called...Tension Tamer.

Good luck and hang in there! Your not alone.

Thank you for the replies. It helps so much just knowing it's not just me! I have a dr appt tomorrow that I was going to request my 2nd lap at, but now maybe I am thinking of seeing if he can send me for some testing first to see if we can locate something more specific before any more surgeries. Thank you all so much!

Hello Sheri,
This is an endometriosis support group, so I'm assuming this is why you would have a hysterectomy. Thing is, with severe endo, leaving your ovaries just allows the endo to continue growing. I am forty-six, left in my left ovary when I had my hysterectomy at 35 yrs. Good news, for thirteen years, the mood swings were under control with soy-lecithin vitamins. Problem is endo nearly killed me. It continued to grow, tying off my intestines, bowel, and colon, plus causing a giant chocolate endo cyst on my single ovary. The doc saved my life, but entering instant menopause has been a complete nightmare, add healing from major abdominal surgery and my emotions are in a tailspin. Consider all your options. Try everything before you have your hysterectomy. I did not have a choice, I would have bled to death. Now, I am doing what you need to do now. Talk to your doctor, try homeopathic solutions, possibly even acupuncture. No one told me, the doctors would throw up their hands and shrug about instant menopause because HRTs cause the dreaded endometriosis access to our innards. So, what is a girl to do? Grit our teeth and learn how to flip off the covers. It sounds as if I have no help for your dilemmas, but you are still young and if your endo is not bad, maybe a synthetic hormone would help you to stabilize. You are in my thoughts and believe me, I understand. Soy really helped me through peri-menopause. In fact, my kiddo went out to get it for me when I ran out, I'm told I was being a b. I like the Sundown Soya-Lecithin sold at Walmart and K-mart for about five dollars a jar. I hope this helps, oh and not to be too preachy, but I used to keep a list of my blessings when I flipped into cranky. I quit watching and reading negative things, and mostly eliminated those people who inspire a bad mood. Some of those life sucking folks are permanently woven into our lives and we need to consider the source, However, those "friends" who make us feel discontented with our lives, must be replaced with someone who helps us to be a better person.
Consider carefully the possibility of major surgery and check out hystersisters.com, they can answer plenty of your concerns. You are in my thoughts and prayers and I hope, I have helped.
Toodles
Jenn
P.S. Always start with your endometriosis when you start talking to anyone about treatment for hormones.

Thank you for your reply Jenn. Yes, I do have very severe endo, suspected since I was 24, diagnosed through my first lap at 32.The mood swings have not been a constant throughout my endo though..they really have only ramped up over the last 6 months and I am wondering if the pain increase I have been experiencing is related to the hormonal shifts I'm going though too. I've been holding off on the hyst as long as I possibly could - every female over 40 in my family has had at least a partial one, most likely due to endo but they didn't diagnose it as long ago as my grandmother's surgery, etc. I also have a strong family history of breast cancer and had two lumps checked out myself last summer so I also have to be careful of what I introduce into my body to not add to that risk, so surgery has been looking more and more attractive to me. My dr is ready to do it whenever I am but I've not been ready, and I still don't know if I am or not. All I know is I hate living like this! I take very good care of myself, my diet is almost entirely organic and hormone free, very little fat intake, good protein/carb ratios with almost no red meat, etc, etc. I also exercise regularly and maintain a healthy weight and for awhile it was all working but now I wonder "why bother" because it doesn't seem to matter what I do, the pain and the craziness remain.

I am not a negative person and it is frustrating when I literally can't overcome the feelings I am experiencing. I wish I could find a way to overcome but this last bout that I went through was enough to make me say no more. I just can't do it to my family or myself anymore.

I already had a dr appt scheduled for tomorrow evening and I am going to discuss all of my options with my gyn and see what we can come up with.

Thank you for your advice! I appreciate you sharing your experiences with me.