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Is the end in sight?

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Bobbins059
Bobbins059

Hi Ladies, do hope you're all doing ok & keeping well. Well it's a year now since my last period, many symptoms are slowly settling down but I'm not completely free yet...still have my 'funny moments' sometimes with hot feelings in my face which can make me a bit woozy, have thought maybe my BP spikes a bit, doesn't really feel like a flush as I don't get sweaty, just feel 'off' n not right. I get really bad hip pain at times(Dr confirmed arthritis, in knees, they're like sandpaper rubbing on sandpaper but no pain...really freaky lol & fingers, possibly lower spine) this freezing cold weather doesn't help...come on summer! & my hair is OMG! just crappy, every day is a bad hair day WT...?! LoL I will be 56 in a few months, how long after the one year mark does everything get back to normal? such a slow process ho-hum sigh!..... 😔 thinking back, I must have been peri menopausal through my forties considering all my states of mind & emotional upheavals etc even though it had never been mentioned to me & i'd never heard of it back then. I'm still taking my menopause herbal tablets, I'm sure they are helping, starting to feel sort of feel different, calmer...if that makes sense. 

Take Care, hugs to all 😄 

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  • laurie93043
    laurie93043 Bobbins059

    Posted

    glad the herbal tabs help for feeling better. Let that be a good sign. smile I don't know how long it all takes; everyone's different and it seems to go in phases or stages as our bodies adjust. It's about change, transition, adaptation, finding balance and ways that help our bods feel better. I wish there were an app for that. L.
  • jayneejay
    jayneejay Bobbins059

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    Hi Bobbins 

    bless ya ..

    i am nearly 2 years post meno no HRT .. Age 51 

    must say since i discovered i was Vit D defficient and now have 2200iu of D3 a day and my weekly B12 injections my aches have almost gone.

    doc put me on very low dose escitalopram in May as my hot flushes returned 20 plus a day with the spanish heat - and its worked no more flushes and also given me my old self feeling back too.

    i needed to take something for them and HRT not an option for me .. No no 

    also its stopped my re-occurring shingles so far too.

    regards to you .. glad your feeling good 

    take care ladies 😊

    jay x

  • lynne55968
    lynne55968 Bobbins059

    Posted

    Hi Bobbins059,

    Hugs to you too...55 and I have good and bad days..Bad days getting better...I think we are over th hump and heading to the finish...Hopefully..

    Take care,

    Lynne smile

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