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artic123 · 08-24-2007, 03:58 PM

The hot flashes, the craving for chocolate, insomnia, irritability. Looking back I don't know how anyone around me lived through the beginning stages. My boyfriend at the time asked me to see a doctor because I could have nine to ten hot flashes in 40 minutes. The doctor clocked five in 15 minutes. She put me on premarin. I took that about three days because the irritability turned to rage and the weight gain was so uncomfortable.

I then went on prozac. It was my life saver. Within a month the hot flashes stopped or were not as intense. I was able to sleep and my moods were back to the normal "me". I resisted so long trying to take the natural vitamins and herbs when in the end one pill of prozac-a-day did it for me. I only took prozac for a little over a year, then I went off of them.

Being a crone is wonderful. I have a lot of energy and I am calmer and more focused than I ever have been in my life. I wish that the first half of life was as good as this part.

Be positive on your journey--the end is great!

P.S. I recommend James Patterson novels for insomnia. Short chapters, easy type and interesting.

08-24-2007, 03:58 PM	#9 (permalink)
artic123 Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 48	I am crone The hot flashes, the craving for chocolate, insomnia, irritability. Looking back I don't know how anyone around me lived through the beginning stages. My boyfriend at the time asked me to see a doctor because I could have nine to ten hot flashes in 40 minutes. The doctor clocked five in 15 minutes. She put me on premarin. I took that about three days because the irritability turned to rage and the weight gain was so uncomfortable. I then went on prozac. It was my life saver. Within a month the hot flashes stopped or were not as intense. I was able to sleep and my moods were back to the normal "me". I resisted so long trying to take the natural vitamins and herbs when in the end one pill of prozac-a-day did it for me. I only took prozac for a little over a year, then I went off of them. Being a crone is wonderful. I have a lot of energy and I am calmer and more focused than I ever have been in my life. I wish that the first half of life was as good as this part. Be positive on your journey--the end is great! P.S. I recommend James Patterson novels for insomnia. Short chapters, easy type and interesting.