Does Acupuncture cause Menopause?
With a back track in memory, approximately 2 years ago, I went through a stage of night sweats for about 2-3 weeks. I don't re-call any hot flashes, or unusually flushed episodes during this time. I was working a lot and going through final exams. I also remember money was a bit stressed, and my job was causing me utter depression (toxic environment). The night sweats went away, and I hadn't thought twice about them....until March (2013) when the heat flashes began to set in at work. I thought I still had a way to go before reaching the Menopause door - it just came up abruptly in my face!
Brief Aside:
As you may have read in the prior post, I stumbled upon using a supplement to essentially give some support with my fibroids, and it turned out it also cured my hot flashes and night sweats. Killing two birds with one stone is always a good way to go.
I must stress that it is important to educate yourself about your health - the human body, and how it works. Researching an affliction or problem in addition to seeing a trained Medical Professional can allow a more pro-active, safer, and/or alternative means to be treated, and heal because you KNOW. If I didn't pay the attention I do to my body, how it works, didn't read, etc., I would not have probably been using the supplement in the first place.
Deduction:
The night sweats I experienced two years ago were probably related to the stress I was dealing with at the time, as opposed to an onset of early menopause.
Facts:
- I had no disruptions with my cycle until I began Acupuncture (May, 2012). This was caused by the frequency at which I was taking the herbal compliment prescribed by my Acupuncturist. Once I decreased dosage, my cycle jumped a regular schedule, but became lighter each month.
- I increased my daily intake of water to 2 to 2 1/2 33.8oz btls. It's been making feel wonderful.
- Work level decreased from insane to tolerable, so stress level at work was lower, and I were to the point of being able to laugh more at the blunders of what was going on at the circus we called 'the Job'.
- The Acupuncture was steadily shrinking my fibroids, but was also putting balance into other areas: my body was detoxing a lot of toxins in the form of shrinking the fibroids, my liver and kidneys were getting a nice flushing, and I ate/eat a more vegetable based diet. The fibroids were disappearing. So I couldn't make a connection that the Acupunture could induce menopause, whether prematurely, or otherwise. With some additional research, I found (not surprisingly) that Acupuncture has been used to assist with the effects of hot flashes and night sweats during Menopause, as well as vaginal dryness. It is highly possible that my Menopausal symptoms/effects were as moderate as they were (compared to some I've seen, and those to whom I've spoken) due to the Acupuncture. However, it is speculated based on the positive aspects that Acupuncture has provided for Menopausal women. And, I can give personal testament to no negative effects suffered after my sessions.
Conclusion:
I guess my body was ready to do its thing, and CHANGE. I'm glad to have found a way to get relief from the flashes and sweats, as I was shrinking my fibroids and dealing with Menopause at the same time. What are the odds of that? Needless to say, a pretty interesting mental/emotional/physical ride, all at once. Thus far, the Menopause symptoms have ceased, and the last cluster of fibroids remaining is getting softer.
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