OK Gals, Who's with me

[The empressof all]

I'm peri-menopausal and crampy here. Will this never end?

[freetobegay]

1. Did you know, you can get mopaul out of that.

[The empressof all]

11. Just let him try

He wouldn't last one hour in my body today----:) (Oh yuck-didn't mean it that way) :) :)

[drthais]

2. no.

it will never end
and I think crampy is the least of it

the ultra-PMSiness is worse, IMO

!

[The empressof all]

7. It's getting to me today

It's hot here, I feel creepy and I want to rip my uterus out with my own hands. If I have one more hot flash I'll just scream. Screw the stupid herbal shit I take to make this more bareable. Screw the stupid Yam Root. Eat Shit Evening of Primrose Oil. Die, Die you black Cohash. Excuse me, I need to go choke on a vitamin.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

13. LOL!

Welcome to the hormonal roller coaster!

[drthais]

3. oh, and this

ask your Doc for Serafim (spelling?)
its the thing

actuall, they don't tell you this at first
but really its Prozac
they just call it something comforting for women!

[Kool Kitty]

4. I'm menopausal and STILL CRAMPY.

I can't win.

[leftynyc]

5. I'm in the same boat and have been told this could last

YEARS!!! Amazingly, I haven't jumped yet. Hang in there....this is the best place to vent.

[The empressof all]

12. Why aren't we told this when we are younger.

It lasts for years!!!!!! What do they think - We're going to defect.

[kayell]

6. There is nothing worse than being peri-menopausal during

a Bush administration. Just increases the sheer aggravation and crankiness exponentially.

[Worst Username Ever]

8. OH MY goodness I walked into the wrong room

[The empressof all]

9. So so sorry moderators.

See You can tell I'm just not thinking clearly.

[latebloomer]

10. perimenopausal, on the rag

my computer room isn't air-conditioned, it's 90 degrees in here, I have to work tonight, and I'm PISSY AS HELL!

[The empressof all]

14. The friggen heat....

The friggen heat just makes it worse. Thank god I don't need to be anywhere today.

[SheilaT]

15. It does end.

Takes a bit longer for some, but eventually it ends.

I hated the hot flashes -- went through a time when I'd wake up at least half a dozen times at night because of them. I have always HATED hot weather, so those personal moments of summer were awful. In my case it lasted about two, maybe three years. And it's not so long ago that you'd think I'd still remember to the day.

I've even recovered most of my sense of humor that somehow faded away as an early warning sign of peri-menopause.

So stick it out. Go ahead and take hormones or anything else you think will do you good. Just make sure you understand whatever it is, and you know what, if any, risks are involved. I managed the old-fashioned way, because I felt everyone around me should share in the joy of my change of life. :-) But you do it however you wish.

I don't think there's anything that makes all the symptoms magically disappear, except for the passage of time. And remember, there's not a male in the world who could put up with any of this for ten minutes at a time. And we do it for years. And we get pregnant. And endure childbirth. Often more than once. No wonder men are afraid of us.

[The empressof all]

17. That what doesn't kill us makes us stronger

I have tried to adopt a similar philosophy. Most days and months go by without too much grief. I think the heat is getting to me today. It's only 78 here but we don't have air-conditioning. I think today is further proof that I just need to break down and cut the damn hole in the side of the house and have one installed. We normally don't need it but I guess like every thing else-This too will change.

[Jabbery]

16. I'm not with you

Oh wait, I'm a GUY. Sorry.

:)