The Endless Road Continues

Like I said, I had decided to give it one last try. I made several appointments all in the same week and my first stop was with a female OBGYN.

I still believed that an OBGYN would be understanding when it came to hormones. I just figured that maybe all of the male doctors I had been to just didn't get it and for that (their maleness!)I could excuse the ignorance. But a woman! A woman could surly not be ignorant. I mean, a fellow woman would have to understand how getting your period could reek havoc on your life. Or at least one would think!

For the purpose of this blog we will call her Dr. "I am an embarrassment to women everywhere." (Dr. IEWE for short!)

Dr. IEWE came very highly recommended to me by several friends that live in the area. So as I sat in her office, giving her a run-down of my struggles over the past year, I remained hopeful that she would be able to help me. I explained how I believed that my depression was somehow directly linked with my period. I told her about all of the psych medications that I had tried and how each time I got my period, whatever progress I had made with the medicines vanished. I risked my fragile vulnerability and laid it all out there. I told her that I truly believed that my period (or my hormones) was causing my depression. Even my friend Tami attended the appointment with me and told her the story of my emotional rollercoaster after I miscarried with my first pregnancy and how my mental stability did not return until 4 months later with my second pregnancy.

Are you sitting down? Cause you might want to be when I tell you her response. Now just keep in mind that Dr. IEWE was a female OBGYN. A fellow "red tent" attendee if you will!

In response to my belief that my severe depression and anxiety was caused by hormones she responded by saying that the mind was a very powerful tool and that it was all in my head. She went on to say that we don't treat depression with hormones, we treat depression with psych medications.

Need I say more about Dr. IEWE! Well, ok, just one more thing. Ladies, if women can't help other women, if we don't want to see each other succeed, we have got big problems! But alas, that is a topic for another day!

Dr. IEWE if you are reading this, I pray you are never met with such "silliness" when seeking help from other women.