Anxiety so bad!!

Wildfire, 

   While I may not be able to recommend something, I might be able to tell you WHY this is happening.  Hopefully someone will come along with some good ideas.

   Remember that all our hormones are interconnected.  Our adrenal glands help push off small amounts of estrogen/testo/progesterone.  Once we lose our sex steroids, our body is definitely feeling some stress.  And our adrenal glands are what help with stress.  So they go into high gear, trying to help us.  But this is why so many women feel anxiety in menopause.  Those flight or fight hormones create that stressful feeling.  

   Hope this helps.  You aren't going nuts or losing your mind, it's all part of the changing hormone landscape.   

Wildfire123

My anxiety, panic, paranoia has hit its most high, horrible thoughts, body shaking, totally convinced my husband and in laws are out to get me. Constantly beating myself up for past mistakes, feeling totally unworthy of everything, can't eat properly, wide awake now 4.50am! Again, flushing all the time.   Not trusting anyone, pushed me to the point of , can't do this anymore, been to docs and got some tabs, I had them before and felt better , so stopped taking them,big mistake! So hopefully these will kick in very quickly 🙏🏻 They are supposed to help with menopause symptoms. 

First if all you need time see you Dr and tell him or her about your symptoms. I assume you will be given something. I was given Xanax slow release .5 once a day. This is a very low dose. Next, find a good psychologist, and go. I assume the treatment will include some talking, some cognitive behavioral therapy and some mindfulness. All this will help tremendously and I promise you will get much better. Just taking control already helps. Until you make your appts, you can look for mindfulness and hypnotherapy y.t. videos, which help get your flight and fight hormones down a bit.

Hi wildfire123 

I use HRT they are called femseven  cont patches they have help me with my anxiety  I all so went to see a councillor she help me a lot  at the beginning as I could not work for 4 months with anxiety

Take care 

Paula 

hi my gynae put me on a supplement which has Evening primrose oil, vit B, Vit E, zink an magnesium in it....an a calcium pill with Vit D, K2  combined....these 2 pills really have helped my anxiety.... when its really bad befor my period i do have a calming pill i can use but thats seldom now.....

I've found guided meditations and yoga really good for reducing anxiety. Also avoid too much caffeine and alcohol which can make you feel worse. Magnesium supplements can be helpful too.

Gypsy014 I know exactly how you feel. Sometimes it's hard to just walk to the mailbox and back. I feel impending doom immediately. 

Kelle34850 I had no idea what these "surges" were. I just kinda brushed them off in the beginning. But now they are almost every night. They are so annoying.  I now know what it's like to put my finger in an electrical socket without actually doing it. I too get the tremors first thing in the morning. I find if I eat a banana they go away a little bit. 

Denise999 I too always think that my boyfriend is cheating on me when in fact he's not. He's not that kind of man. Plus his mother would murder him if he did cheat on me. What kind of tabs did you get?

Lana07071 I see a wonderful therapist and she has supported me through all of this. I've learned a lot of coping skills like CBT and DBT and mindfullness. But they don't always work for me. 

Paula20385 I had to quit my job because of the crippling anxiety. I may look into the HRT if my gyno will give it to me. She's kindof a butthead though. She took blood to test my hormones one time and said "Oh your levels are normal. There's nothing wrong with you". If there's nothing wrong with me then why am I having all these symptoms? ! 

Michele60550 I'm on a multivitamin that has B complex and D3 in it. 

Elaine62759 I cUT out caffeine a long time ago and I don't drink at all. A friend of mine uses a magnesium spray and she says it helps her a lot. I might order some off Amazon. 

I think it is a process, a combination of many things. I am off coffee, off alcohol, need to exercise more though, as that is supposed to help a lot. I have a harder time inthe morning also- shaky, but the nausea has gone, and hope it doesnot return. Appetite is better also. I also get lightheaded or dizzy sometimes. I sometimes take magnesium before going to sleep and a few times a week B complex. I also drink chamomile tea at least once a day, and try to eat foods that up my serotonin. I am trying hard and it seems to be improving. xx

I did lose some weight. I struggled for a while in the morning. Nibbled on dry toast for over an hour etc. It is much better now. Between the xanax xr .5 once  day, therapy and all the other stuff, it seems to be working. I hope to get off xanax eventually. DO you take anything?