Thanks SilverTrees! I really appreciate you sharing your experiences, and it's definitely on my list to look into now - it might take me a bit to get to it (I'm overwhelmed with stuff here right now, including replacing the dishwasher, the car, trying to do neurofeedback on my own, and looking for a new therapist - *cry*!) But I will definitely add it to the list.

Thankfully, the period is done! Finally. But now I'm scared of the next one... reading everyone's stories about peri-menopause and periods once you hit the mid-40s, omg. I feel like the period-monster can leap back out of the shadows any day, any time!

I'm really grateful for a place to talk about it though, thank you!