Obviously, this question is for the ladies on the forum.
I am hoping someone out there can help me. I have had my ileostomy since I was 10 weeks old - all of my life. I am now in my early 40s and believe I am beginning to experience symptoms of menopause or perimenopause. To the extreme.
I have been tracking everything for the last 6 months, and after 3 months of Jekyll and Hyde behavior that is ruining my friendship with my best friend and impacting my work, I went to the doctor. He prescribed Yaz birth control pills and I have been on those for 3 months. There are some changes for the better.
What I still seem to be experiencing are the wild mood swings, from the depths of despair, depression to full-blown anxiety attacks.
My friend suggested I pose the question here, given the major surgeries we have had and the major altering of our insides, has anyone else experienced stronger than normal menopause?
I am, after a lot of consideration, considering anxiety medication to get me calmed down to where I can think rationally and start feeling myself again.
I would really appreciate anyone else's views on this and what, if anything, works.
Thank you for reading my post.
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