Tubal Ligation Problems???

After my tubal I went through a mini menopause. There were 3 of us at work that did it at the same time and we would meet in the hall and cramp together. Lots of menopause symptoms came up, night sweat, hot flashes, crabbiness, cramps and outright fang showing mood swings. I got relief from my Dr. in the form of a sublingual progesterone and an anti depressant. Good luck on finding what works for you.

My mum not only had cramps and bleeding for the first year or so, but her anxiety went through the roof. The anxiety eventually turned to rage, and she lived with bipolar like mood swings for the next 15 years. When I was 20 (aka, 15 years later), she'd already had 3 heart attacks related to her extreme moods. The doctors put her on Beta Blockers for her heart, and low and behold ...for the first time in 15 years... her mood swings stopped dead, and she was herself again.

While her own Doc's told her that it couldn't be related to the tubal, her father (a thorassic surgeon specializing in the adrenal system) was adamant that it was. When beta blockers "fixed" her bipolar like mood swings he started prescribing them to several of his other patients who had similar problems relating to their tubal ligations. With near universal success. Unfortunately, he died before he could publish, but the medical community up in Seattle is aware of his work... so it'll probably only be about 10 years before that's out and about common knowledge.

Your anxiety may NOT be related to your tubal, but since it IS going to be quite awhile before this info is out and about, I wanted to pass on the info.

As any psychologist, psychiatrist, or endocrinologist will tell you: any time you mess with hormones or a hormonal system you stand the possibility of mental side effects. And those side effects vary, because our brain chemistry varies.

Many people don't believe that cauterizing the fallopian tubes can cause changes in our brain chemistry, because the ovaries are still in place. HOWEVER, the system HAS been messed with. It does not preform the way that it used to (hence the birth control effect ;), so it DOES stand to reason that in some cases, it will cause noticeable effect. Obviously, in the majority of people, the effects are mild to unnoticeable. <Grinning> Which is why I caveat that your anxiety may very well be the result of something else.

Good Luck,
R

I had a tubal ligation 10 months ago. It's unlikely you're having problems from your TL, but talk to your ob/gyn anyway. I've had extensive conversations with three ob/gyn's about tubal ligations and, although my periods have been different after this 6th and last baby of mine, I don't think it has anything to do with my TL. Having 4 kids 8 and under, including a newborn, is very demanding. God bless you and congratulations!

I have heard of these "side effects" from TL's.

For this reason and my own personal gut telling me, I never had a TL after my last child.
What Riley said, is very valid. My Husband as well, for this same reason, did not "wish" for me to mess with my system/my body. We discussed it. Then I decided not to do it.

Speak to your Doctor about it... the endocrine system is very sensitive and complicated. It could be also, that you just had a baby and your body is just adjusting to it all.... as they say, it takes about 1 year post-birth, for a woman's body to re-adjust.

Take care,
Susan

I have a friend who is a womens health care practician (GYN) and she told me THERE IS such a thing as post tubal ligation syndrome, she helps many women with this syndrome, and was very happy I choose not to tie my tubes when considering it after my last baby. Post tubal ligation syndrome does occur in many women after a tubal, and She said many women are very ill after they have their tubes tied with a list of symptoms. But the problem is it is very hard to find a Dr who cares or agrees with it. Google it and see if your symptoms match up. There are Drs out there who will help with it, it takes a while or some traveling to get to one who will help though. Talk to your DR for some help, maybe he/she will have some suggestions.
Good luck and take care.

I had a tubal after my twins were born 2 1/2 years ago. Since then, I've had more mood swings, anxiety and, for the first year and half, heavy and painful periods. I've since read about post-tubal ligation syndrome. There are supposedly many in the medical field who dismiss this and not being a medical expert myself, what would I know. However, it may be worth researching. I'll never know whether my issues had/have anything to do with the tubal. I was 36 when I had my twins and maybe it's just an early kind of peri-menopause. It could also be that it was stressful having 3 kids in 20 months time! Either way, what Riley J said in her reply does make some sense to me.

S. T

Run don't walk to the hospital and check it out. I had my tubes cut and tied and this was done in 1979. I have had no problems, you need to see your doctor ASAP, there could be complications. I'm sorry for being an alarmist, however, this is not something to fool around with. Good Luck.

I had mine done about a year ago and I do have trouble sleeping and an anxiety problem. I don't know if it's from the tubal or not because anxiety runs in my family and trouble sleeping is part of my anxiety. Good Luck!