Posted by Crystal
on 12/15/2004, 1:39 am, in reply to "Awaiting Results with many questions...."
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My story, so far...
I had headaches, irregular periods, and was nearly suicidal with depression and social anxiety as a teenager. I went on the pill at age 18, but it gave me heavy painful periods. After a few months, I went on Depo Provera - the birth control shot - and did not menstruate on it. I was on it for more than 6 years. I had pain with sex and weight gain and lactation the entire time, but my moods were very stable on it. I didn't even cry at a sad movie for 6 years. I had my first panic attackin the time frame. I switched to the pill again to see if my period would come back and to see if I could loose a little weight for my weding. The pill made me menstruate. I had 3 more panic attacks in this time frame, but my husband and I learned how to deal with them. I was on the pill for a year and a half, when my husband and I decided we would like to try for kids. After months of no period and getting sick with Urinary tract infection and yeast infections, I went to the doctor. He told me to wait 6 months and if my period didn't return, we would run more tests. After 6 months, I was tested and had high prolactin. I was told I had a microadenoma, but none showed on the MRI. I don't menstuate, I lactate, I had pain with sex, I was depressed and had weight gain. My OBGYN gave me progesterone to force menstruation. She said that you build-up the menstual tissues, and if your not menstruating, it needs to be purged every few months. My Endo gave me Dostinex, but the jerk kept me waiting for two hours, tried to convince me I needed anti-depresents and told me my tumor was "just a quality of life issue". I'm looking for a good Endo in the San Diego Area and people to talk to about getting pregnant on Dostinex or other meds. Dostinex is very expensive. I feel much less depressed and am loosing weight on it. I do get nausia from time to time. I'm almost through my first 2 months of one .5 mg tablet per week. I am worried about the treatment, though. My endo didn't even re-test the prolactin. He gave me dostinex, but it seems like he should have raised th dose after 1 month or been monitoring my blood or something. He doesn't care if I can get pregnant and he dosn't beleive that my depression is related to the tumor, but it is so clear to me because my hormones have always greatly affected my moods. I can't wait to hear about some other experiences.
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