Feel fobbed off by doctor- help please

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i knew I had a hormonal imbalance. My periods only come 3ish times a year and I get other hormonal symptoms too. I’ve been to the doctors over 20 times and they refuse to do anything and said I don’t need it as im not trying for a baby. I was once told to be grateful for rarely getting periods as ‘some women would kill to be in my position’

I went for a private test and the results threw up extremely low oestradiol, basically non existent in my system. I went back to my doctor with it who couldn’t explain why it’s basically non existent and said it’s nothing to worry about and that until I’m trying to convince I shouldn’t worry about it. I can’t really afford to go to a private doctor and it was a stretch affording for the blood test in the first place

I tried to google it and can’t find much either. I’m not anorexic, I’m a healthy weight (BMI 21.5) I’m active but not overly so, I’m not on any other medication or anything that would cause this

does anyone else have low oestradiol or know anything about it?

I would use something like benenden health op, it's really cheap and after 6 months you could request referral to private gynae to ask them, and for further tests. best of luck

YADNBU

What diagnosis was your private doctor considering? I'm assuming you've given the blood test results to your practice to scan into your notes so that the results are available to the GP. Have you had a pelvic scan, and is their a family history of polycystic ovary disease, for example?

Book an appointment with a different GP. Contact the practice manager to complain if you don't yet have a diagnosis

www.nhs.uk/conditions/irregular-periods/

But if you don't want a baby, why does it matter? I had a similar diagnosis in my early 30s

Osteoporosis, plus the myriad other things that oestrogen protects against.

I don't know if it's relevant here but my niece didn't menstruate until she was almost 17 - and only after GPs fobbed her off, she suffered fractures of her feet (she is an athlete) and her parents got her to a private specialist. Scans showed low bone density and she was unable to run for 2 years.

She still isn't back to the speed she had at 16 - 6 years later.

It's very common for young girls who train hard for athletics (and ballet dancers), to start menstruating late, then have them scantily or not at all for long periods of time. Personally I don't think that is very healthy. However has the op said she is an athlete?

If she is worried, she can ask her doctor to organise some tests which will reveal any problem, but she may well be quite normal, for her, and later on her cycle will settle down.

PS I have noted the op has said she feels fobbed off by doctors but she could insist and stress that she needs reassurance. I am sure the GP will oblige then.