Thread: I don't feel like a woman anymore...

I don't exactly have menopause or atleast I don't think I'm starting menopause.. I guess I never realised that I may have some serious hormonal problems unitl after I had my little girl, she is 9mths old. I breast fed for 5 mths so I barely ever had a period but I've noticed that since my periods have come back I have this vagueness and my head feels like it's in a vice 24-7. I get really bad mood swings and PMS, I get body aches, my back gets really sore, my bones crack when I move and I have developed really bad facial hair all over my face. The hair on my head has thinned out so much that if i lose anymore i'm afraid I will end up with no hair in 12mths. I feel tired, fatigued and totally unmotivated for anything. I'm only 29 in two months time and I think why is this happening to me, I mean I used to be reasonably attractive and physically fit but now when I look in the mirror I hardly recognise myself, I always look red in the face and have a puffiness that I told doctors about but they said it was all in my head, my skin has become thin and I can rub up against something even lightly and my skin scrapes off. My features have become extremely masculine and the facial hair is so bad that I'm waxing nearly twice a week and then plucking every day. I really don't feel like a woman anymore, my partner doesn't understand why I don't feel like sex anymore, but I just don't feel good about myself. If i get treatment will these symptoms get better or am I stuck with the undesirable ones like facial hair and looking like a guy for life???

Thank you, I was uncertain of the sort of specialist I should see so I'm glad I know where to go from here. Not feeling much better today, I feel really tired and hazy. I just want this feeling to go away. I'm happy that there is some support out there because before joining this forum I really did feel like I was the only one going through this.. I felt very alone, I mean I haven't even spoken to my partner about how I'm feeling.