WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for April, 2001: Re: 'Get your hormones checked'?????

Re: 'Get your hormones checked'?????

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 30 Apr 2001 21:40:40 -0500 (CDT)

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Actually, I'd go to the internist first, get a complete physicial and complete blood work and then see what comes up.

Hope this helps and write back anytime for more information.

HSM

At Sun, 29 Apr 2001, AMD wrote: >
>I was talking to my psychiatrist about the horrible "brain fog" and
>memory problems I've been having. It's been gradually getting worse
>over the years. I'm only 30 and I have been getting more and more
>flakey over the past 6-8 years. I have trouble focusing and
>concentrating, again getting worse over the last few years. He told me
>when women report these kinda problems, he likes to have them get their
>hormones checked before moving forward with other treatments. I take
>birth control pills, so my hormone levels should be fairly stable. I
>have also been incredibly tired a lot of this time, my hair's gotten
>very thin, have no sex drive, and just generally feel yucky.
>
>Any ideas which hormones I should have checked??? Is this something that
>can be addressed by the internist, or should I see the GYN for
>"hormonal" stuff?
>
>AndreaD

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Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York

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