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Raised FSH and LH and cortisol Surges and feeling desperate!!!!

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karen13258
karen13258

Hello all

I am writing on behalf of my 66 year old mother. she had a partial hysterectomy in her mid 30's. Her ovaries were left intact. She does not recall having had her menopause. Since Christmas 2020 she has started to feel extremely unwell, leading to suicidal thoughts due to her symptoms that are increased urination, a surging feeling of adrenaline, feeling of pending doom, weakness, tiredness and a feeling like she is burning from the inside but isnt warm to touch. Her FSH and LH are significantly raised. Her cortisol is raised and she has had hyperthyroidism that is now under control but the symptoms remain. She cannot take any more of the feelings she is having as it keeps her awake and are severely negatively impacting her life.

Does anyone have any info on partial hysterectomies and later life menopause. Could she be experiencing this?

thank you.

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  • Gypsy014
    Gypsy014 karen13258

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    Hi Karen, really sorry your mom feels so bad! we want nothing but the best for them and when they feel bad we would do anything for them to help them.. I had a hysterectomy when I was 27 and I just turned 50 in January.. so I am in this blindly ! ( no periods to go by) just symptoms.. I have really felt symptoms since my hysterectmy as blood supply gets cut off an ovaries really are never right again... are 43 symptoms of joint pains frozen shoulders ect... started leading me for blood tests which came back Rheumatoid arthritis and hashimotos... I felt like a train hit me.. i have had the raised cortisol symptoms just like your mom and those are no fun.. had them pretty much 2 yrs straight.. the doom the gloom the feeling of intense jitters was awful so depressed crying all the time..it was worse after midnight when cortisol is at its peak levels and really bad upon awakening in the morning 5 / 6 am.. the only thing that would help is to get up and do a n thing to help burn it off until levels dropped back down again late mornings to early afternoon.. I would go for a walk do some dishes laundry wash floors really anything that kept me busy..then the crash would come I wouldn't feel so wired and depressed I would crash and sleep for a couple hours then get up and start dinner All my evening things and go to be only to repeat everything it was so draining the nervous anxiety as well as the health anxiety takes over its a maddening vicious cycle of crap! it really does feel like you trade symptoms for more different symptoms..so you come out of those and enter into migraines (for me) and dizziness and heart palpatations.. and night sweats or whatever its just never ending.. its long and slow transition.. another lady above made a comment on a different post that I really liked which was to do things that make you happy during this difficult time.. take care of yourself by eating good taking vitamins .. the best that you can to try and ease your way thru.. the high cortisol is awful it will pass .. and the up and down estrogen and progesterone will settle to where she can function it takes time and like I said symptoms are always changing..the hypothyroidism doesn't help the menopause at all its like adding grease to the grease fire..and im still not convinced that these ever changing hormones are not the reason for the hypothyroid and for me the Rheumatoid arthritis..hormones can wreck havoc on the body for sure.. I do have the frequent urination that is all part of this.. I hope your mom funds peace with her symptoms and they settle for her soon enough to at least function..take care❤

  • corinne62311
    corinne62311 karen13258

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    I am 51 and had one ovary removed when I was 30 I did not experience any symptoms until this year. my Dr treated me for Hypothyroidism ( Levothyrine) and it evened out my thyroid numbers but I still had a huge amount of other issues including the ones your mother is experiencing. I went off the Levothyrine but still had symptoms. My thyroid numbers started to increase again, in the mean time I started HRT and my thyroid numbers started to get better.

    I truly believe that this is menopause related - I am not sure if she is a candidate for HRT but it has brought me relief. I no longer have the feelings of doom and suicidal thoughts( these are soo scary) I want to cry for your mom.

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