ok I’m almost 18 and I have suffered with facial hair and androgen related hair since I was a kid. I feel embarrassed to have such a heavy hair growth. I get hair on my face and all over my body, and it’s not normal I know it’s not! I mean I shave my legs and my face and the hair grows back the next day. I even saw that in waxing the hair started to growth back in two weeks. I’ve been reading online about this, and the articles said that when women who grow facial hair have a hormonal imbalance. Where can I go to get this looked at? My dermatologist, or my doctor? I’m going to college in a month, and I really don’t want to be shaving my face everyday with a bunch of other girls watching, it’s really embarrassing you know? I know I probably sound a bit vain, but it really is important to me I don’t want to go through this hassle for the rest of my life.

Hi everyone…I just had some routine blood work done to make sure everything was okay. I recently had an early miscarriage at 6 weeks pregnant. The blood work that I had done tested my thyroid and some other things. My question is…if I had a hormonal imbalance what blood test do this? Thyroid? Or do I have to have a special test done? I just want to make sure I don’t have one since I did have a miscarriage so early. It seems like I have most of the signs for low progesterone. I got a call back from my doctor….she said the results looked good. Should I pursue this further and did they test for the right things? I didn’t ask for a hormonal imbalance test…I just requested routine blood work.

So im kind of confused right now, i have been having many symptoms of being pregnant but 2 negative test, does it sound like im pregnant or that i have a hormonal imbalance, something else? Or maybe im tricking my body into thinking i am>

I am 2 months late in 2 days. I was on bc for one month and stopped and i know that it can take 3 months to get a period back. Also i am pretty sure i ovulated a couple weeks ago and my bf and i had sex around that time. So i don’t know if i could be a couple weeks or 2 months?

Symptoms:
Missed period
Headaches
Tense feeling in my lower stomach not a pain (weird feeling)
Exhausted after a good night sleep
Swollen boobs tender nipples (brown ring is forming around my areaols)
Lower back pain
Peeing frequently
Have gotten nauseas a couple times.
Uncomfortable when sitting straight up
Bloated off and on
Constipated for about 2 weeks (I also have IBS irritable bowl syndrome)
Thick white dis********

Can these symptoms mean something else, am i freaking our, or could i really be tricking my body into these symptoms.

i have been on a lot of meds the the last 5 years and i have not felt my self lately i kinda feel like not very manly and i never want to do anything i feel realy lazy and i was wondering if maby all the meds i have been on could couse me a hormonal imbalance is that possible ?? iv been on meds for anxiety and depression and lately my doc has poot me on anti sycotacs and ever seance i have been on the anti sycotics i havent felt my self what douse antysycotics do to you and what could they make you feel?

I’ve been really struggling with PMDD/severe hormonal imbalance for the past couple of years, & I’ve been trying to get it under control w/ natural methods, but nothing has worked that well. Recently I went to an endocrinologist, & I didn’t think he would put me on birth control (I’m 15 & not sexually active), but he just prescribed me w/ Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo b/c of its very low dosage. He swears by this, & assures me that my horrible PMDD symptoms will be significantly reduced, if not gone completely. I’ve heard mixed things about this pill, but I’m hoping that my psychology of the situation makes sense: if I’m correct, my PMDD symptoms will be reversed, b/c most women begin birth control w/o PMDD symptoms, but then gain some of those side effects will being on BC… therefore, my symptoms should go away, right? I’d REALLY love to be able to live my life again w/o constant anxiety, mood swings, heavy bleeding & irregular cycles, terrible cramps & other pain, and increased appetite UGH.
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What do you guys think?! I need your opinion.
Lamia: I apologize for not making my exact question clear. I am wondering if taking this pill will make things worse for me, or do the opposite & reverse my "condition," but I guess I will just have to find out by taking them. Thanks for the insight.

hi, i’m a 17 yr old and i’ve been getting my period since i was 14. my periods have generally been irregular though in the last year or so they have come more often.
however, recently, they have not come for at least 3-4 months. i have experienced this before near my major exam periods but this has been really bad because i have discharge, bad skin and very, very bad hair loss now. i am also often cranky and have mood swings. i suspect it’s a hormonal imbalance but idk what’s causing it. i have been through quite alot of stress and stuff like depression over this year, could it be causing this?

thanks!

I have been depressed most of my life due to a very traumatic childhood. I have dealt with it relatively well until I decided to try Prozac about 2 months ago. Prozac turned my mind into mush and couldn’t take it. I have tried Lexapro and Abilfy since then and they also just made me freak out. Since starting these antidepressants I have been having daily panic attacks that will not subside even with xanex. I have insomnia and have experienced exploding head syndrome. My moods can be ok sometimes but the overwhelming sadness seems to correlate with hormonal changes. During ovulation and about 5 days before my period. My breasts can sometimes be tender for weeks before my period. Could I have a hormonal imbalance or am I just nuts?

I’m going to list my 27 year old wife’s symptoms, if you want to pick out the symptoms she has that’s fine but it might just be easier to tell me what the symptoms that you had instead… At first I thought it was depression but someone said it could be hormonal instead….

In regards to my wife though: she’s very fast to change moods (mood swings), she’s very irritable, she no longer cares about her body or her appearance, she thinks the world around her needs to change and she’s perfect, she seems to be always bleeding even when not on her period, she has PMS often, she’s always cold when everyone else is hot and the opposite, she has frequent headaches, she gets very low quality sleep so wakes up tired, she’s fatigued half way through the day and can’t do anything after 4 or 5pm, she’s argumentative and stubborn (never was an issue), and my personal favorite she has really low sex drive (libido) and we only "get it on" about once every 3 or 4 weeks but sometimes longer (sometimes as long as 3 months apart).

She’s been like this for so long that she feels like there’s nothing wrong with her and that I’m the one has the problem but she can’t explain the above symptoms… If she does have a hormonal imbalance, what should she do? Is it fixable? How long will it take to get better?

Now she has a very high stress life which wasn’t always this way but because she had to return to work after being a stay at home mom for 4 years it’s changed her life faster than she thought it would. She has to do the chores that I don’t do (and I do a lot of them so don’t troll me please), she has to periodically watch the kids and/or care for them (again I do a lot of the work too so don’t troll me please), she has a lot of online friends (about 20 or so) through Yahoo!Groups that she MUST keep up with on a daily basis who are still stay at home mom’s and she feels out of the loop on what’s going on since she’s working now and misses a lot of gossip, she wants to provide a "quality" childhood for the kids so she’s signing them up for extra programs outside of school, and of course there’s the stress of being a house owner with bills (which I could do but she’s afraid I’ll mess something up)…

Side notes: She’s a heavy caffeine drinker (I quit caffeine in February, well all forms but chocolate), she’s on birth control and has been since the beginning of last year, she too is the chocolate lover, and she doesn’t exercise but she’s down to 110 lbs.

I recently went to the emergency room for a problem I had been having for a while. The dr. told me I would have to go to a gynocologist, but he was almost certain that it was a hormonal imbalance, and the weight I gained was from that. I gained over 100 lbs in one year, and I am really depressed because of my weight. I have a dr.’s appt on Monday, but I wanted to to know if getting everything under control would help me lose weight or it would just stop making me gain weight? I am really depressed because of the weight gain, and I have tried losing it on my own, but nothing seems to help. I am just really nervous to find out from the dr. and wanted to see if anyone knew.

Thanks!

If I have a hormonal imbalance how long would it last before it when away? And does it go away on its own?

I have been experiencing larger nipples, darker areola, tiny bumps popping out around the areola.. at times it is very sensitive then most of the time it does not hurt at all…. I’m just really scared because the nipples are so large.. and the veins all over my breast are weren’t there before.. non of this was… I’m 24years old and have never experienced anything like this before.

My last period was on Jan 2nd and lasted for 2 days…. they are always 5-6days long….I did go to the hospital on the 9th and took a blood test and it came out negative! so no pregnancy… and I have been experiencing this since the 27th of Dec.
I’m so confused… please help if you can. kind answers only please! thanks!

Okay so I started my period in september of 2009 and got it once again probably two months later and then like 3 months later for the third time. I haven’t gotten it since and I’m really worried! My mom said she had something called a "hormonal imbalance" I don’t really know what that is and I’m really scared! Also I have this little round ball kind of near my vagina like on it and I’m not sure what it is??? Please help I really don’t feel comfortable talking about this with my mom please help!

Hi I’m 18 and I think that I’m suffering from a hormonal imbalance my symptoms have been so severe I don’t think I can cope much longer. I did some research on hormonal imbalance and its common in older women and it has to do with menopause. I have took quite a few test on the net ( Web Md) and other sites to try and diagnose my symptoms.

Here are my symptoms ( They start 2 weeks before my period) and I don’t think its just pms.
Sadness/ weeping – Sometimes I break down and cry
Very sore breasts
Irritability – sometimes I will be happy then I will rapidly become irritated for no reason
Depression/ feeling worthless/hopeless
I feel like killing myself/thoughts of suicide

As of now I would say this would be my happy/ok week my period was about a week and 1/2 ago. But I know these symptoms will start back over and come back when its time to start my next period it always does. What could be wrong with me?

My best friend recently found out she has a hormonal imbalance. the doctor says that birth control pills can treat a hormone imbalance, which I do not think is true…birth control pills only mask the symptoms, not treat them. I heard that there are natural herbal remedies to treat a hormone imbalance. If her age makes a difference in any way, she is 14.
I am asking, does anyone know any home-made or herbal remedies that work to treat a hormone imbalance? And does anyone know any good reliable websites with treatments (that do not include birth control pills)?
Thank you so much!

-I am sorry if this question is quiet vague, she has forgotten to tell me which hormone is missing, and I haven’t been able to reach her lately.-

I had gone to my "down stairs" doctor who’d determined in an exam that I have PCOS (ovarian cysts)that were caused by (or causes) a hormonal imbalance. In brief conversation afterwords I’d asked him if this "imbalance" would be the cause of depression or "the blues." He advised me that it very well may be a symptom but to speak up to someone if I have these problems and they do not subside in a few weeks of taking the medication. He has since put me on a regimen of 1500mg of metformin (actually a diabetic medication but also treats pcos) a day (500mg x 3 per day). I dealt with some pretty horrible side effects for about 2 weeks before i was okay with the medicine and then a certain kind of "magic" happened. "The blues" went away and it is SUCH a relief because i swore for a min. there that I had a serious depression problem. I would love to hear a little feed back from others that are on this regimen; Specifically women who felt a little depressed before being treated. Did metformin help you with this too?.

She is in her early 40′s now, and her doc put her on extra progesterone for her PMS, which is bad. I seem to have the same horrible PMS, and I know my hormones get out of whack. I’m beginning to get my periods back on track after Depo for 2 years, and they are 32CD…I usually start to feel PMSness right when I start ovulating.

My mother also has a bicornuate uterus, which wasn’t known until well after her three children were born. My mom didn’t know she was pregnant with me for three months because she had her "period". I think this was decidual bleeding, since that can be caused by a hormonal imbalance. I was also born footling breach, and they broke my femur on my way out via C-section. My little brother has cerebral palsy and was born three months premature.

So my question again, could these things be genetic? I am finally at a point in my life where we are TTC, but I’d like to get to know my hormones, and the risks that come with any imbalances.

Any help would be great!!

Come on, I’m on here looking for answers, don’t say go ask someone else.

Already asked my mom…she doesn’t know.

I asked at my last annual…and they didn’t really give me an answer.