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[Peri-wrecked]

HI All,

I haven't been on  here in a while but i have been checking in to see updates....... I guess i sort of came to some "acceptance in  my head" that i was in "perimenopause"  so after 3 years of searching and visiting every consultant imaginable, i just resigned myself to living in pain and I put on bright smile for the outside world and just grinned and beared it knowing i was too young to feel this way.

Just to recap, i am 36 years of age.  At the age of 27 i had my first child.  I went straight on birth control one month after having her and at the age of 32 while on birth control i started getting weird symptoms....my doctor suggested switching birth control but at the time i wasnt in a relationship (sad break-up) so i said you know what i dont need birth control................QUEUE HELL AND WEIRD SYMPTOMS.

I want to say i had a  lovely GP, the best, and he referred me immediately to a gynecologist 3 years ago when i told him i started getting symptoms when i stopped birth control.......but my gp could only do so much. the people he referred me to didnt listen.   i went to gynecologist, i explained i came off birth control, i wasn't having regular periods, i was having chest pains, panic attacks, acid reflux, joint pain, swollen breast, weight gain etc..............all i got was "you are too young".

Sad part is that i actually wanted to be committed to a psychiatric unit because they told me i was imagining my pain and symptoms.................my sister drove me to the psychiatric unit when i told her they said i was imagining things............she didnt want to drive me there but i believed that maybe i was making it up....afteralll they had ran so many tests.....my sister feels so cross now because we both remember that evening, i went to buy christmas presents for my daughter and i asked my sister to please make her xmas a happy one because i was in such a bad way. It was such a horrific time.....I'm a single parent and i could see the fear in my daughters eyes when i was in a bad way.   i remember thinking how bad i was..

well 3 years on, and yesterday i got diagnosed with POI/early menopause....................I KNEW IT!!!.
I'm 36 now........i have EDS and now I have POI.   

ladies, listen to your gut................i got rushed into see the head consultant  yesterday , i was going there with 2 years............the only test that showed i was in early menopause was the Anti-Mulerrian Test... if that test was not done i would still be in the "ur too young bracket".

I am still heading for more tests to see if i am suitable for HRT. I should know mid April if i can take it.
Ladies, trust your gut instincts!!! Ask for AMA test if all the other tests FSH, LH show nothing specific!!!

we know our bodies!!!! trust your instincts!!!

[sjpercy3]

Hi Peri-wrecked, I've gone through exactly the same thing, but still no diagnosis.
I asked my GP for an AMH test and was told it's not tested on the NHS. Did you have yours tested via the NHS?

[BlueButterfly]

I'm so glad you finally have answers and people listening to you!
All my problems started while I was taking the birth control pills as well. Was working amazing for me for years but just stopped and a whole new "normal" started for me. It's very hard to feel your n such an awful state but have doctors constantly telling you it's just anxiety or in your head. I remember thinking the same thing about getting checked into a psychiatric hospital. I will definitely be talking to the doctor about that test. I have never heard of it before.

[Peri-wrecked]

Sjpercy3, i'm based in Ireland but I did get the test under the 'medical card' scheme here which is public service I guess it's similar to NHS.
All I know is I kept going back to ever doctor saying irs hormones. I don't even know why they did that test but thank god they did.
Maybe you could try saying you want to check your egg count, pretend your trying to get pregnant and they might check it.

Hi Annamuller, thank you for your message....... I hope your EDS is not too bad and is manageable along with this menopause malarkey.  Thankfully, the menopause soecialist/gynacologist I have has a friend whos''s daughter with EDS and is clued up on the condition (usually I get doctors going on google to check it out).

[CLKD]

NO lady is too young for menopause.  I know a girl who had 1 period at age 12 and no more.  I know another that has never had a period, now aged 36 ........... and anywhere in between, if GPs realised 

Let us know how you get on!