When my second child was born, I never had my periods again. I am 40 and have only had a few periods in the last 10 years. I just haven't felt right for a while. I find myself having more migraines, irritability, anxiety, on and offf depression, and stress. My blood tests with my family doctor show no hormonal imbalances. I have had IC for 4 years. I thought I finally had control of the pain this past summer, but have been flaring since September. I find that I have days of extreme irritability with very little IC pain and then days that I feel like I am on top of the world with extreme IC pain. My emotions are all over the place and my IC is all over the place with the emotions. Family doc. says the periods may have gone away due to stress, but I am wondering if their is a hormonal imbalance that the general blood tests are not catching. I have found a Hormone Replacement Center that does blood testing to check hormone levels and thyroid testing. If they find a hormonal imbalance, bio-identical hormones will be administered. I am nervous. I cannot take birth control pills and I tried one out of 10 provera over Christmas to get period and bladder could not tolerate the progesterone. With this facility, the estrogen and testosterone are in the form of pellets that are surgically placed under the skin and progesterone is compounded in a compounding pharmacy and given orally. Has anyone tried this? I am scared once the pellets are placed under the skin and start to dissolve, they cannot be removed if my bladder cannot tolerate it. The pellets are usually replaced every three to four months, when they stop working. I really want to feel better and I feel something is out of balance, but I don't want to do anything to make my flare any worse. If anyone can give me any suggestions, I am going for a free consultation on Friday. This will not probably be covered by insurance, so I don't want to make a mistake and cause myself more stress and pain. Thanks!

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