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Mood swings ---post hysterectomy - 12/14/2007 12:52:19 PM   
Maya2001


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Status: offline 		For those that have went thru .... how long does it last post surgery before the moodiness settled ???

and is there anything that  can help in the meantime???

Sheesh I though PMS was bad at times   ...... the waterworks is absolutely freaking ridiculous!!!  


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RE: Mood swings ---post hysterectomy - 12/14/2007 1:31:56 PM   
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Status: offline 		I haven't  had that surgery, but when going through menopause i found Black Cohosh to be a big help with mood swings and hot flashes.

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RE: Mood swings ---post hysterectomy - 12/14/2007 6:14:26 PM   
Siona


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Status: offline 		The Doc started me in on hormones the day after surgery.
It took about a week before things were "normal".

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RE: Mood swings ---post hysterectomy - 12/18/2007 12:35:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		It depends on a lot of factors.  Are you on hormone therapy?  Many refuse it because of the side affects it can cause. 
Herbal therapy?

Surgical induced menopause hits much harder than regular menopause.  Regular menopause takes about two years to set in before you even know you are going through it.
By then your body has went through some slow but radical changes on it's own. 

Surgical induced..and your body is thrown into almost a shock.  There are plenty of alternative menthods out there to combat the symptoms of menopause.  Right now soy is the highest on the list with the least amount of side affects.

However, when doing research the "magical" number is one year usually.  If you survive that with the right amount of calcium and other things...you probably can survive a long healthy life without too many side affects.

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RE: Mood swings ---post hysterectomy - 12/18/2007 5:37:41 PM   
Maya2001


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Status: offline 		guess I shoould have explained I have been going thru perimenopause for a few years now(got the long version )  because I am a smoker the doctors  are avoiding  HRT as a result, but mood wise it's was nothing like what I was experiencing  pre  surgery,  when the hormone levels changed I would be quick to lose my temper had hot flashes night sweats have been dealing with for 6 plus years,  post surgery temper is the last problem I have lol, now the problem is bursting into tears often for silly little things, which I was not expecting since ovaries were not removed still have my 1 1/2  other 1/2 was removed 25 ago to cancer, my post op recheck is one month post surgery  so may have to discuss with the gyno then if still ongoing, thanks though to those that responded may give the soy a try see if it helps 

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RE: Mood swings ---post hysterectomy - 12/18/2007 6:07:16 PM   
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Status: offline 		Oh, I have found it to be HARD.  I had surgical menopause about 7 weeks ago and it's been horrible.....however, this is when I made the decision that I wanted to move into being more submissive and now here we are.

I have tons of hot flashes and get very down at times.  I know it's hormones and it's a pain.  Hang in there.

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RE: Mood swings ---post hysterectomy - 12/22/2007 8:23:23 AM   
nohalo


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Status: offline 		Maya,

I had my surgery 8 years ago.  While I was still on the morphine drip and not even out of bed for my first steps, I went on a horrific crying binge because the night nurse wouldn't give me Tylenol for my fever.  When my Dr. came in the next morning, in between sobs and rants, she looked at me so sweetly and asked if I had received my estrogen patch.  I just cried "n..n...no..."!  About 4 hours after the patch was placed, I was a new woman. 

I had my surgery when I was 35, so I hadn't started menopause yet.  I had a total hysterectomy.  I smoke and I am on plain estrogen, 1mg daily.  Right after surgery, I went through a year of trying combinations of testosterone and estrogen, but after a while, my libido came back and just plain estrogen keeps the "evil one" at bay now. 

I have many friends who have gone through surgical menopause without meds, and they seem to balance out after six months or so. 

Good luck...and hang in there.  I just wanted to share my experience being a smoker, taking estrogen and how it has been a lifesaver for me.


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RE: Mood swings ---post hysterectomy - 12/22/2007 9:32:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		I had a hysterectomy at 31.  I kept my ovaries, but at 41, I am ready to get rid of them.  I have been in perimenopause for the past few years and they have been causing major problems including pain because of repeated bouts with adhesions.  I did start estrogen therapy after the hysterectomy and it took a few years to find the right dosage and type of administration.  I did not tolerate the pill well and the patch was a bother.  I have been on Estrogel, a topical gel that you rub on your forearm every night and it is wonderful.  The pill metabolizes differently for everyone, so sometimes a topical type is better. 

Even if you still have your ovaries and they sometimes work, it is hell because there is no physical indication of "that time of the month" and you just have to guess.  It is much better than the cramps and 2-week bleeding spells, though.


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RE: Mood swings ---post hysterectomy - 12/24/2007 8:06:14 PM   
Maya2001


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Status: offline 		I have had ovarian cancer already at age 23 though they were able to save most of the ovary then  and and cancer runs high in my family the other reason why the doctors do not want the prescrible estrogen for me, the amount I smoke also plays a factor in the decision

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RE: Mood swings ---post hysterectomy - 12/25/2007 1:26:49 AM   
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Status: offline 		maya, my mama had a hysterectomy (not a total, left the ovaries) and it threw her into sudden menopause.  her ovaries totally stopped working about a month after the surgery.

that was....gee, about 25 years ago, she is no longer on HRT and still has the occasional weepiness and hot flashes.

i know, no help.

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