But within the past few months I have noticed that I've had a lot of hair loss, insomnia, and now I am having trouble having an "O".
Anyway, (and I always say this in all my posts...LOL) please don't reply with anything negative that could have something to do with another problem/disease- I deal with anxiety due to being a hypochondriac, so if the smallest thing is even mentioned I will take it and run with it.
My mom and mother in law both told me that their hair (after hysterectomies, which is what I had, too) came out in literal clumps, etc...My mom even told me she had hair loss occur for an entire year! (On top of that, her hair loss started about the same time as mine...one year post surgery) My MIL also told me she also experienced insomnia...which so does the lady across the street from me.
Please take note that I also did in the past 6 weeks come down from .9 HRT (I tried it for a while thinking that I needed more hormones b/c of migraines- which is also a new symptom) b/c I thought that might be causing the hair loss...so the nurse told me that when women are pregnant hair loss occurs from too many hormones, so to give it a try. I must admit that even though I am still having hair loss it is in no means in big clumps as it was when I was on .9 HRT. So it is no longer in clump form, but I still notice it.
So bottom line, can you experience new symptoms during the menopause phase such as trouble having an "O", insomnia, and hair loss while still being on HRT even though it cured hot flashes?...."hypochondriac me" can't seem to realize a+b=c in this particular situation. I guess I just don't get why this is happening now after one year....but my mom told me her hair loss started about one year after her hysterectomy, too. I guess I thought things would have went haywire with my body earlier on and somehow evened out by now.
I think I need to realize that this is just how it is...and how it is going to be...symptoms and all. I sometimes second guess my hysterectomy (endometriosis). But I also know that I would be worrying about something like ovarian cancer with every twinge of pelvic pain had I not had the surgery.
Again, I think my common sense knows better, after all I have had my mom, moth in law, and neighbor tell me the exact same thing...I just really need someone to make me feel better. Why is it that strangers can do this when family can't?
