I gave menupause as an example as that can last a few years. There are other problems like endometriosis that can plague a woman for several years leading up to having to get surgery as that’s what I had myself. Women can suffer from ovarian cysts that grow large and burst and the pain from that can be excruciating. I was given medication to stop my period and it ended up completely depleting me of estrogen and I went into a debilitating depression where I could not even get out of bed. I had to get hormone treatment that took a while to where I could function.

Hormonal imbalance can have crippling affects on someone. My endometriosis traveled down my right leg and mensural cycles brought pain in my right leg. The condition got worse with time and the PMS was horrible.

I was in my late thirties and turning 40 when I went through hell. I ended up going through early menupause.

Just saying….