Re: Interesting read. His wife is an OB/GYN

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Kate,

Whom ever it is that posted this on your other list is not giving bad

advice. I know of someone whose graves was in remission and whose

marriage could have been in trouble had she and her husband not had a

long courtship and recognized her little pms tendencies as having gone

awry and deciding p which she had been on for about 6 months. Then

again same person's marriage was saved by a diuretic pill prescribed

for her (for what was diagnosed as a hormone imbalance)to take for 10

days in each pre menses time. That person was also allergic to

premarin. Not sure of the details of that last one (the premarin).

So there are issues with hormones and not all are hypo or hyper

thyroid issues even on patients with such diagnoses or former diagnoses.

Lee

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> I posted this in another forum and thought to share it here, too:

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> While this pertains to another condition, thought this was insightful

> ( " makes you go hmmm " )

> Note: I can't verify who he says he is but I have no reason to

> disbelieve him. I do believe him.

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> Most doctors are very frustrated with the number of patients they

> must see each day in order to pay their overhead and make a good

> living. They are also frustrated with the paperwork and the low

> reimbursements from insurance companies. As a result, doctors and

> patients alike are frustrated with the whole system. My wife is a

> practicing OB/GYN and she and her partners have openly told me that

> the perimenopausal/menopausal patients take up too much of their time

> with subjective complaints. Most importantly, insurance companies do

> not consider perimenopause something important to treat. After all it

> is not going to kill the woman and every woman who lives long enough

> will have to go through it. However, insurance companies will pay if

> the doctor gives the perimenopausal woman a stronger birth control

> pill to control her irregular cycles and/or an antidepressant for

> depression. Therefore, this is what most OB/GYN's do in order to get

> paid and to get the perimenopausal woman out of the office before she

> takes up all their time with subjective complaints. This is why so

> many women are frustrated with their doctors when they get poor

> treatment for perimenopause symptoms. In fact, most doctors will

> simply tell a woman that she is not old enough to be going through

> perimenopause. My wife is an OB/GYN and she is treating herself the

> same way that the insurance companies have forced her to treat her

> perimenopausal patients. She simply has denied for over three years

> that her symptoms are related to perimenopause. As a result, she is

> suffering day after day from the fluctuating hormones caused by

> perimenopause. In addition, most doctors are afraid to give women

> hormones because of the Women's Health Initiative Study completed in

> 2002 which unnecessarily scared women away from hormone replacement.

> Now women are even afraid to use even the bioidentical hormones which

> may actually prevent disease processes in perimenopausal and

> menopausal women. Women and doctors are so confused at this point

> that noone knows what to do. Thank goodness for this website because

> it is incredibly informative for perimenopausal and menopausal women.

> I hope my insights will help someone out there. The bottom line is

> that you have to do your own research and find a doctor who is

> willing to give you some time and work with you to replace your

> hormones with bioidentical hormones not the old, outdated synthetic

> hormones like Premarin. I hope this information has been of help to

> you. I just want to use my knowledge to make a small difference for

> the women suffering through this stage of life. I've seen too many

> women file for divorce because they think the problem is their

> husband rather than hormonal imbalance. Of course, husbands are also

> known to leave their wives during this stage, but the statistics show

> that 70% of the time women in this stage of life are leaving their

> husbands. Please use bioidentical hormones before considering

> divorce. It will change you thinking more than you can imagine.

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