Women start hormone decline long before your periods end and your hormones stop. Instead of the torture you are putting yourself through why not get a hormone level to see. And, find somebody who does not ignore. You have had these hormones all your life and wham, your body starts to rapidly decline. This is what has made your a human being for heaven sakes. They now have natural hormone replacement, bioidentical hormones it is called. Read Susan Sommers book on this. Since we also lose melatonin (for sleep) can try this, couple of bucks 3 mg at Rite-Ad and other places.