I have 1 ovary removed and have become VERY emotional. I had hormone and estrogen checked and other ideas?

I don.t like the idea of mental health drugs but that is my next approach. I feel out of control for the first time in my life. I have Extreme mood swings and I just can't be sexually satified. I just turned 29 if that makes a difference

I have 1 ovary removed and have become VERY emotional. I had hormone and estrogen checked and other ideas?
Hi. It definitely sounds like you've got hormonal weirdness going on. I had one ovary removed at 16, then the other some years later. The funny thing is, it turns out that women who've had one ovary removed seem to have as many bad long-term problems from the surgery as women who have had both removed. (see: http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/... for example). So there are some strong indications that having one ovary removed does interfere with you hormonally. Yet women with just one removed tend to still be fertile (though they go through menopause on average a couple years earlier than other women). The hormonal problems you've described sound really similar to some of the problems women face as they become peri-menopausal (the as much as 10 years before actual menopause, when there are hormonal fluctuations--and I'm NOT saying that you are perimenopausal, I'm just saying that you are showing examples of fluctuations). It's possible that the blood test you had of your hormones is not telling the full story. That is, when you had the test, your hormones were normal, but there may be other times of the month when they're out of whack. I would recommend tests at a different point or points in your cycle, for comparison. And get your FSH and LH tested, in addition to estradiol, testosterone, and progesterone. Before trying anti-depressants, I personally would recommend trying birth control pills as a means of giving you a steady, standard dose of hormones. I think it's important to deal with this quickly. And I also think it's a good idea to deal with the root of the problem--your hormones--rather than treat the symptom of your problem, that is, your brain chemistry. In other words, don't go to the brain as a first resort, but rather, first try to treat it hormonally. See the book Women's Moods for some more reading, or the book It's My Ovaries, Stupid. (see links below). These should give you a good bit of information about what's going on, and how to troubleshoot your problems. I can't recommend highly enough that you should read these books.