To start off with, I am 24. I was diagnosed with fibro at age 14 and have had awful periods since I was 11. i started when i was 9. I was only recently diagnosed with endometriosis. Since May my periods have changed and I am beginning to notice new symptoms that seem to fit with premature menopause like temperature fluctuations, severe hair loss, chronic yeast infections, vaginal dryness, I also have had this weird irritation on the genetalia (not an STD, trust me I checked) and I have read that menopause can cause thinning of the skin, I also have bladder troubles (needing to go a lot). My periods have changed too since May 2009. They vary from month to month, I had one in July that was 3 days and my last period was 13 days long. My periods for the last 2 years have been 5-7 days longand have a good amount of clotting and the cycle is about 24 days. Now I am ranging from 16-30 days. I have had my thyroid tested and it was normal.

Is this similiar to how you felt? I'm nervous about going to the doctor and asking them about this. I asked them about my hair loss being hormonal and I pretty much got a thats the way it is answer but to date no doctor will even look at my head to see how it is thinning. I feel like this has got to be a hormonal change. I want to be wrong because I would like to have children.

It could also be Premature Ovarian failure.

Please Help!! Is anyone going through the same thing. Any advice. What tests should I aks for?

There are tests to see if you are in menopause or even past menopause--I had a hysterectomy and kept one ovary when I was much younger. They ran the test on me and found I am past menopause and I'm 57 now. They will not prescribe hormones though because my family history is one of breast cancer heavily on my mother's side of the family.

Seriously, if your OB/GYN will not take you seriously and assist you with this, it's time to get another doctor. Ask your friends/relatives who they go to and then see that doctor. Unfortunately, there are some crummy doctors out there.

When I had so many problems and had D&C's to supposedly help, had endometrosis on the bowel and other areas inside, and my bleeding each month was too massive and would send me to the E.R. with the extreme cramping and pain, I needed the hysterectomy.

My male aged OB/GYN said he would not do a hysterectomy on someone my age (around 32 years old) because I might find that prince charming that would ride in and sweep me off my feet. I told him that was a fairy tale and I was having very serious problems every month.

I then saw a female OB/GYN and she said what had been happening was not good and I would need a hysterectomy but she wanted to run a test first. Before I could get the test done, I began hemmorhaging and my female OB/GYN had to do the hysterectomy on emergency.

So that is the difference between good doctors and bad ones. And if you don't get away from the bad ones, I think at times you might end up risking your health and possibly your life.

[This Message was Edited on 10/29/2009]