Successfully Approaching Menopause.. Being a 32 punk hippy who lived a hard life

I lived a hard life because I had eating disorders, mental illness ran in my family and it was the only way i knew how to deal with the feelings of being indignent I fled and I imagined very hard.... I slept away most my life even most of my pregnancy i would take a pill for nausea and to relax and sleep my days away or exercise hard so I also did not have all the money for the steak that I used to eat so things were sort of hard, I did make a batch of delicious collard greens I do recommend to eat this before you get pregnant.
I am 32 I was molested as a 6 year old i have a feeling i was sexually availabily active for myself until I could make my next ventrure into sex but I was born and raised in Upstate NY and I moved here when I was 10 lived here on and off for until I was 16 i moved to ny moved back when i was 18 to my old hometown when i was 19-20 and back
I have smoked nicotine on and off for 8 years now
I of course did not smoke when i was pregnant or even for 5 1/2 years of her life
I have about a fifth of my hair grayed to a wonderful white tinsel color i love so much.. I am growing my hair to my calves!
My first perimenopause period was In June

 

Please if anyone has any tips on how to approach Menopause I need help .. I have had my double fallopian tube removal this February and I have a double belly button ring too, as well as my shen men and lobes I wonder how much I need to know about this?

 

You are the 1st person to post on Church of the Good Earth in a long time. I hope you find the help you need on the forums. There are some good people here.

 

I'm sorry that you've lived a hard life Kansas.

These two links (to pages on HF) may be helpful:

Alternative Treatments for Physical and Mental Illness

Self-Treatment Methods for Physical and Mental Health

If you're still in upstate NY, I think there's at least one acupuncture school there that has a teaching clinic. I think it's in Seneca Falls.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, you might have what's called deficient blood, but I'm only guessing. I'm not sure what conventional diagnosis or treatment you'd get.

If you're able to see an acupuncturist, they might be able to give you a formal diagnosis and a patent formula for it. Patent formulas are usually pretty cheap (you have to be careful about what brands you use, as some are much less reliable than others). Once you've got a prescription you might be able to continue getting it online without having to make more follow up appointments, although follow ups would be ideal.

While the Shen Men point is a very important point in acupuncture, I haven't heard of any acupuncturists ever recommending piercing this point, or getting any piercings at all. That's another thing to ask an acupuncturist about.

A book called "The Courage to Heal" is a book that is often recommended to women and girls who have survived child sex abuse.

I hope something can help.