Posted: Jun 8, 08 12:05pm
Hi everyone,
Just to introduce myself. I am almost 45 yrs old and have been going thru the beginning stages of menopause since I had my last baby at 40 yrs old. Daily I have hot flashes, which in me leads to a panic attack as I have panic disorder and I know that my hormones cause the panic attacks. I also have the night sweats, and I am plucking hairs from my chin...... I actually had my first hot flash at 29 yrs old and didnt know what it was. Since my own mother has passed on I cannot ask her about things, besides she had a hysterectomy at 45. I did ask my grandmother and in her words " I had my last menstural cycle at 49 years old" so I am looking forward with impatience to the age of 49 when all this can stop. I found my first gray pubic hair a couple of months ago and I promptly pulled it out. I have noticed that I am losing pubic hair quite a bit....and I lose the hair on my head so much. I used to have rather thick hair ......now ...well lets say I use a lot of hair products to fluff it up in order for it to look like I have a lot of hair. My doctor will not put me on HRT....and I wouldnt go on it I think as it causes breast cancer..or it can in some women.......so I am looking for a natural remedy. Herbal remedy or something along those lines so that my poor children dont have to have mom going thru the mood swings and running outside in the dead of winter in bare feet and only a houserobe on lol.
