Looking back I think Seroquel (at a much higher dose than I take now, probably 900- 1200mg or so) really messed with my periods. When I was 34 I started having signs of early menopause and periods so heavy I was constantly on the edge of needing ferritin infusions. My moods were affected and after trying some other things for about a year and a half we decided to do a hysterectomy. Because I had bad reactions to having my hormones messed with my ovaries were left but my surgeon was pretty certain I would be through menopause within 5 years. (That was 12 years ago).


After my hysterectomy I went through hot flashes, ramped up migraines, all kinds of hormonal stuff that tapered off and so I assumed I was through menopause until I was sent to the high risk breast clinic. They want me on a med that depletes all the estrogen in the body that is sourced outside the ovaries because it will lower my risk. So I've been having FSH and estrodial levels every 6 months and while my hormones are consistent with being in menopause I am not through it yet and all those symptoms were not the end of it all. I do have some symptoms now but without a menstrual cycle the levels are only estimates of what is going on.

I blame the Seroquel because I came off it 8 years ago and that's pretty consistent with the end of the symptoms I was having. I just never thought about it.

Once I get through menopause I get 5 years of the estrogen suppressing med that I am dreading. It causes menopausal symptoms in a lot of women and I can't be on hormone therapy. But if it decreases my breast cancer risk it's worth it.