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Aged 46. Is it perimenopause?

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michelle46271
michelle46271

Severe pressure headaches,anxiety and depression.Tinnutus,weak legs,balance problems,acid reflux,hyper sensitive,can't get any sleep 😕

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  • kezzabird30
    kezzabird30 michelle46271

    Posted

    Has anyone as young as 41 been prescribed HRT? I reckon i would have a right fight on my hands with my doctor if i suggested it. Is there a blood test you can have to see if it is perimenopause or menopause?
    • jamie50513
      jamie50513 kezzabird30

      Posted

      You can have a hormone blood panel done. A lot of docs prefer to go off a patient's symptoms though because hormone tests can be unreliable since hormones fluctuate so much. For some people it takes having the test done a few times before you get an accurate result.
    • Zigangie
      Zigangie kezzabird30

      Posted

      Hi kezzabird,

      I think you probably can go on it but it seems the doctor's like you to think you shouldn't be experiencing symptoms until you are around 51.

      I was told after blood tests that I was peri when I was 46. The doctor seemed so unconcerned that I didn't research peri or anything until after I was post.

      If I had known anything about it then I would have asked about it.

      So many of my symptoms that were blamed on depression and mental health have all gone since starting it.

    • CCinCal
      CCinCal Zigangie

      Posted

      I think that's what's happened to me. Diagnosed with depression years ago but I think it was peri.
    • chris14174
      chris14174 CCinCal

      Posted

      Me too and still struggling. Can't leave the house sometimes for days. Just going to try hrt as last resort :-(
    • Zigangie
      Zigangie chris14174

      Posted

      Hi Chris,

      Looking forward to hearing if it helps.

      I read about it a while ago from a meno doctor online (if I mention his name it will be moderated).

      He calls it reproductive depression. I'm taking what he recommends, oestrogel and Utrogestan.

    • CCinCal
      CCinCal chris14174

      Posted

      Chris, Please let me know how it works out. I'm thinking that's my next option but convincing my gyn is another matter.

      cc

  • Szyalicia
    Szyalicia michelle46271

    Posted

    We women are really having a hard time with this . I am experiencing anxiety I get excited just so for nothing , body aches is horrible , when speaking I always starts fumbling somewhere in the conversation feeling very confused, I does wanna be in a room by myself , seeing people calling my cell and refuses to answer, I feels so irritated for no reason and so much more..I find lately am swallowing and feels like something in my throat .
  • Szyalicia
    Szyalicia michelle46271

    Posted

    And worse of all is when my heart starts racing wow that's so scarey..
  • Daisy03
    Daisy03 michelle46271

    Posted

    I am 46 too and only realised recently that the various symptoms I have been experiencing could be all part of peri. I have tinnitus, sense of blood pulsing behind my ears, seems be around my period and usually in the evenings. I still worry at times it might be something serious and perhaps should go to doctors to have it checked but then if I went with every single symptom I would be there every day. I don't know if it's the symptoms or the anxiety that they bring about what really troubles me most. I hate feeling this anxious about my health.
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