Aniexty or peri menopausal

I can't offer any help but I think I am in the same boat.  42, totally regular periods (a bit heavier), really bad acnes and some other weird symptoms (tingling and numbness).  I have had some brutal bouts of anxiety that seem to be hormonal (but sometimes during ovulation and sometimes right after my period ends).  They've run a million blood tests and other tests (colonoscopy, MRI).  The only explanation they seem to have is early menopause (which is better than the alternatives but not really reassuring since it's not a definitive thing).  I'd say keep advocating for yourself and you know your body best (and medicine and science have some wonderful answers and some serious limitations). 

Alesa

I know it can sometimes feel as though no one understands but there are hundreds of women of all ages on here going through what you are including me.

Changing hormones is one of the most difficult experiences that modern medicine can treat and most of the time successfully but a great majority of the time it is 'hit and miss'.

I chose to use antidepressants low dosage, cut out all processed foods and eat as healthy as possible. I also take pilates and yoga and self hypnotherapy. I am by no means a 'mother earth' type of person but this has helped. Along with supplements and bio identical hormones I am slowly getting through it, what you are describing sounds like peri menopause (if you still have periods) this can last up to 12 years but normally a lot less.

Don't feel a burden at your doctors if they are unsympathetic then change doctors but remember it's doesn't't last forever

I have been through this Alesa, I felt like I didn't want to be with my family

cause I felt like I couldn't be bothered and didn't have anything to offer

them emotionally at the time. I sometimes feel a bit like it still but nothing

like what I used to. That was about 5 years ago (51). Like I have been

discussing with the ladies on the other threads, I still feel anxious, fed up

and just downright miserable at times but I am trying to overcome it, or

we are wasting our lives. I used to make myself do stuff with the kids and

even though I dreaded it I felt better for it, you know, happier.

You are very young to be starting all this but I know people who have, the

same age as you.

I am afraid this is all I have to offer as I have got myself through lots of

symptoms over the last 12 years as I can't take any medication.

All I can say is I am doing it so it is not impossible.

I hope you can get some help, doctors are not as good as they used to be

in my opinion.

I wish you all the very best?

Hi, what you are going through is exactly the same as me. Sometimes I'm ok and then the anxiety and depression hit and I feel like a different person. It's awful and I wish there was something I could say to help you but you just have to hang in there. I do meditation and I try to take it easy, I've tried all sorts.

Alesha, you're not alone! It does sound like peri. There is such great advice and guidance here. Read others posts and you'll relate and find great things to try. I'm going through it too and finding so much help. 

I'm 48 and gynae confirmed peri meno...

I also have anxiety out of the blue always around ovulation an during an after my period it's aweful.... I use a light calming pill those days to cope....I'll wake with this shaky feeling inside me or will wake up sweating an racing heart.... its all hormones I use evening primrose oil capsule that has vit B vit E zink an Magnesium in it and calcium supplement..... strongs