Correction and ps to my prior reply: Re: Interesting read. His wife is an OB/GYN

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I must have hit a key and eliminated a part of the above sentence:

Correction:

and deciding to stop taking the first time tried birth control pills

she had been on for about 6 months.

PS

Also that person DID fall out of Graves remission of signs and

symptoms (went thyrotoxic) a year BEFORE she officially completed

menopause (said to be official after you go 1 year without any monthly

menses based on one of my past readings and discussions with her in

those days).

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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