Perimenopause and Birth Control

Birth control can help women with hot flashes and irregular cycles. Dr. Robert Feldman, Chief and Medical Director of Obstetrics and Gynecology with Baptist Health South Florida, explains the effects of contraception in perimenopause symptoms and how his patients feel.

[sheilaemadian]

This is all good information. I am 38 and was put on nuva ring. At 37 I felt in a funk and started having GI issues similar to IBS, extreme cravings, then nausea issues started happening regularly when I was ovulation and right before the period. The nausea became so severe and debilitating that I could no longer work or take care of my kids or function at all. It was at first just 2-5 brutal days through the cycle so I dealt with it, but I started losing a lot of weight and became skeletal. I was very scared and thought I would have to check into a hospital and need a feeding tube. I have had insomnia as well, and I was having severe anxiety and panic attacks and heart palpitations through this moment of total chaos of fluctuations and hormonal imbalance. I basically developed severe pms which I never had before, but I never imagined could I be in perimenopause beginning already?! It seemed like clockwork it all began with the decline of fertility at 37 and by 38, I was full blown nauseated the whole cycle pretty much! I could not imagine living that way with chronic nausea. I am traumatized by it all. I went from 90 lbs to 70 lbs. I felt totally helpless, and birth control has saved me!! The adjustment has been rough, but I am doing so much better. I plan to be on it til I am in menopause.

[caenterprisellc]

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