Partial hysterectomy, feeling like unhinged 2 months on! What’s going on?!

[Sparkler20191]

I had a partial hysterectomy and prolapse surgery in early Sept- so two months now. My ovaries remain intact. Physically i feel a big difference and am glad to have had the hysterectomy BUT the last two weeks have been horrendous. I feel like a raging bull! Or I’m collapsed crying! My kids are horrified, husband is doing a heck of a lot of dog walking and gardening to avoid me! Feel totally unhinged. Just for background - I’m 46, have had mild perimenopause symptoms for a few years now, occasional night sweats, joint aches and palpitations. Keeping my ovaries should have meant all continued to, well, slowly decline I guess!! But I honestly feel a different- and not very nice- person. Anyone experienced this??

Excuse the “like” in title! Wrote too quickly!

I believe some ovaries pack up straight away, some may continue to function for a few years. I had a hysterectomy with preserved ovaries. They stopped working within 6 months.

You may need to talk to your doctor about hrt. The good news is that you’ll need oestrogen only. C

It sounds as though you would benefit from HRT!

Thanks everyone! Everything I read makes it sound like it can be difficult to get, my friends have had a lot of push back

Go in Armed with all your facts & be firm. Don’t be fobbed off.

Thanks MadamBetty, I appreciate it. I didn’t realise a partial hysterectomy can cause your ovaries to pack up!

Look at the NICE guidelines pinned to the menopause topic here.

Your operation was not that long ago - you would have received a lot of medication at the time plus the anaesthetic can really knock some people and trigger a wee bit of the blues. It’s a fair whack of chemicals for your body to deal with. Did you have negative emotions about the operation Needing to happen? It’s a bit of a milestone and maybe you need to give yourself a break and some time to process the change in yourself and in your body.

Def investigate HRT, ask for a trial, if it is going to help you will notice a difference in about 2/3 days. If not HRT then something else os going on that should be investigated, but DONT let the doctor suggest you need mood stabilizers as a first line of treatment. If you can, keep a diary for a few days before you go to the doctor. So Monday, cried for 2 hrs, yelled at kids 6 times, felt out of control from lunch until tea. etc. It makes it harder for a doctor to deny there is something wrong