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Perimenopause - - FSH Test
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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 288043" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>It depends upon your interpretation of "within normal range". I asked my MD for that test and he wouldn't even do it, telling me that the levels vary so greatly from day to day that it really doesn't mean much. "Over 10" means if you are at 11 you aren't much over 10, and unless you are at 11 - 15 all of the time, it can't be judged as outside the normal range. IOW, you'd have to have your FSH tested every day for months to know what was going on by that standard. Besides, most doctors aren't entirely sympathetic with peri-menopausal women. After all, we <em>all</em> go through it and usually don't die from it. Unless they're making their money from it as a general rule, they don't want to bother with it.</p><p></p><p>I wish I had a better viewpoint on this, but I've been being ignored for my nightsweats and mood swings for about 8 years now. And all I have to show for it is a mustache. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 288043, member: 99"] It depends upon your interpretation of "within normal range". I asked my MD for that test and he wouldn't even do it, telling me that the levels vary so greatly from day to day that it really doesn't mean much. "Over 10" means if you are at 11 you aren't much over 10, and unless you are at 11 - 15 all of the time, it can't be judged as outside the normal range. IOW, you'd have to have your FSH tested every day for months to know what was going on by that standard. Besides, most doctors aren't entirely sympathetic with peri-menopausal women. After all, we [I]all[/I] go through it and usually don't die from it. Unless they're making their money from it as a general rule, they don't want to bother with it. I wish I had a better viewpoint on this, but I've been being ignored for my nightsweats and mood swings for about 8 years now. And all I have to show for it is a mustache. :mad: [/QUOTE]
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