Premature Menopause

[Resilient_Mimi]

I am 35 years old, I was diagnosed as having Premature Mnopause at age 28.  I stopped having a period and after waiting about 8 months I went to the women's clinic to get myself checked out, they ran a few test.  They have ruled out PCOS, and they ran an unltrasound and everything is in the right place and is the right size. No cyst, ovaries were the normal size.  They were stumpt, so they sent me to an endrocrinologist 2 1/2 hours away in Nashville, TN. He did some test also, and I got a letter in the mail reading studies confirm premature menopause without an obvious underlying cause. male hormones were NOT elevated and no evidence of adrenal dysfunction. Prolactin was normal, Karyotype was normal. I was advised to follow up with my MD for hormone replacement.  I didnt understand, so I went ot see my MD and he told me I was going thru Menopause, and I'm unable to bare a child.  I have not had a period in many years, that part isnt so bad, its the not able to bare is the problem.  I have bouts of depression with this.  I try to leave this issue in the hands of the LORD knowing that he knows best, and for whatever the reason I was made not to have children.  It is very hard... I do not take hormones, I started and they made my breast hurt awful. So, I stopped taking them.  I guess part of me just needed to vent, and the other part was wondering if anyone out there has gone thru this same problem, and how do you deal with it.  I guess it would be nice to know that Im not the only one going thru this problem.  It is sad really, I would be such a great mother, I really really would. Any answers are welcomed, thanks for your time.

[armymp]

I have been having kind of the same problems. I am 30 and been sick for almost 6 years.  It took years and years to even get a doctor to check my hormones. I went to Nashville too for help. They did NOTHING for me. They didn't even check my hormones or anything.  I eventually went to a compounding pharmacy and found out I have low growth hormone and ALL of my hormones are low and I have adrenal problems too.  I can't find a doctor that is either willing to help me or knows what to do to help me.  I am miserable everyday of my life and hardly make it through each day.  

My HRT is not working. The doc there told me that she has never had anyone respond to HRT like me.  My levels are actually going down.  I posted about it on here eairler.  It sais "30 year old.  HRT. Still Sick. Please help"

I have seen 15 doctors so far only to be treated bad by 13 of them. Very very sad.
I know how frustrated you are.  I hate life right now because I feel so bad and noone will help me.  

[AnnieBrooke]

I would try the hormones again, but just in a lighter dose.  Sometimes women on hormone replacement therapy do pop out an egg.  You never know.

[Linda355]

It may have been a good sign if your breasts were hurting with the hormones.  Mine used to hurt sometimes before a period.   I would give it a few months and let your body adjust, or call your doctor to have the dose adjusted.

Don't give up hope just yet.   Keep with your doctor and work on that hormone dose, you may also want to try an infertility clinic.  A friend of mine went through something quite similar to what you are going through and she did end up having two children.   :)

Due to a horrible misdiagnosis of an ectopic and uterine pregnancy at the same time I was left infertile, so understand what you are going through.  

[ku111]

Do they know if you ovulate?  Just because you don't have period doesn't mean you don't ovulate.  Just wondering.