Anyone else bedridden? I believe I have more than meno going on.

Rather than taking pills, why don't you try flax seeds for the constipation and ginger for everything else. Works a treat for me!

I take a spoonful of lightly crushed flax seed with my porridge and cinnamon in the morning. That way I get a good dose of Omega 3 and the whole seeds and husks act like dyno-rod for the bowel.

Any sort of upset stomach and I have a piece of ginger, candied or pickled, it doesn't matter, both work well.

Hi hon. I tried that and chia also and no such luck. I had to drink Magnesium citrate to get the job done. My bowels are just not doing much at all. I do hear gurgling so there is signs of life in there. Hopefully not some gastric alien creature!! I will probably have to rely on this magnesium citrate until tues when I finally get in with the gut dr. I am worried about what this mass is. Of course I've spent the last several days Googling what it could be. I'm convinced zI have malignant cancer that has spread throughout my entire body and they just keep missing it with each test. I'm a nightmare. Hope your journey isn't as challenging as mine has been. You're probably not the complaining drama queen that I am either. That certainly makes a difference. I do appreciate the support from you great ladies though. You get it. XX

Yeah crippling anxiety can actualy bring on so many chronic symptoms and can sometimes think oh my god I cant cope......but I went on tabs for anxiety and I must say its the best thing ive ever done. Yeah I still have crap symtoms but no stress in my belly or gut no feelings of panic. Highly recommended.i can cope daily now .and I always say never suffer I never liked being on tabs but hey!! So be it .one life live it and cherish waking up each day I now hear the birds again and see blue skies .heads up it will all pass xxxxx

Thanks, yes I have held off for many years, but it has become unbearable as my whole body feels in knots most of the time even wen I am not doing much.  I feel like I am missing out on life because I let my anxieties take over.  I get anxious leaving my house, the only time I am calm is when I don't have to be out in the world....and this is not me.  The physical symptoms are there, back pain, muscle tension in the abdomen....and I feel like my adrenaline is in overdrive.   So I am hoping I find some relief in some low dose meds.  It is winter where I live and I have been indoors we get a lot of snow, and all the animals and birds are few and far between....so I know once spring comes I will feel better.

HiLinda. Sorry you're struggling with anxiety Isn't it just the worst! I had it so extreme last summer I was terrified we were going to war with N Korea and insisted I go and stay on our woodland property in our RV far away from the city just in case. I mean I had it really, really bad. We live 2 miles from a military base and I just kept obsessing over feeling like at any moment a bomb blast was gonna come from the west side of our house. I am not in that head space any longer mainly due, I believe to the sleeping pills I have been taking regularly since early Dec. Insomnia kicked in 2 years ago and that alone will drive you seriously mad, and I mean clinically. This hormonal imbalance stuff is freaking ridiculous!! Nobody told me I was going to feel like death lurking. My sister nor my mother had anything like what I am going through. I do believe that being on antidepressants for half my life put me in a really vulnerable position. I'm just about to go onto BHRT. We'll see how it goes. Tuesday I see the gut doctor so I am already telling myself I have cancer so that when they tell me that I do, it won't be such a shock. Great strategy, I know. Hugs. XX

This is some crazy stuff. I was never on antidepressants until 2014. I got off 12 days ago. I feel like crap mentally. I'm going to go back on them and just take a half dose. I cannot function like this. For so long I was breezing through peri and menopause then in 2014 the  I felt "off". Doctor put me on Trazodone and in three days I was humming along with the radio on my way to work. I pray to God I can eventually get off them all together, but it's not now. Of course a co worker just told me another lady's sister just dropped dead from the flu 11 days ago. I know people die but every time I hear about someone dying it makes me feel like death is imminent and I should just throw caution to the wind and do whatever and not worry about it and let God sort through it.  I'm a bit of a mess.

I so relate to you.  Anytime I read or hear of anyone sick with cancer or died, it throws me into sheer panic.  Cancer runs in my family and I pray every day that no one around me gets it as I have witnessed enough close loved ones suffer from it.   That is why this phase in life with all these symptoms has me rushing to the dr for tests...years ago I might have had the same pain but never gave it another thought.  Health anxiety is high right now,and I know I have to stop it because it isn't helping the situation.   I remind myself, I could live to be 100 and what a waste it would be if I worried all these years.   The lack of hormones is for sure my issue, I went on a progesterone cream and felt wonderful...very mild anxiety....and I could leave the house with no stress.....I weaned off of it as my blood counts went up to normal levels and a couple months later I was worse than when I started...

That's what I don't get. I feel the same way! I had aches, pains, twinges I would shrug it off and not give it a son's thought. Now everything is a deadly disease! I was thinking the same thing the other day, that I could live to be 100 and I will have wasted precious moments worrying about nothing! I can so relate! Health anxiety is the worse! I can remember my sister's husband driving her from doctor to doctor because she thought she was going crazy and had no idea what was going on with her body. She describes menopause as "a dark period in her life" she won't even talk about it.

Hi hon. Actually I just had my thyroid testing done last week and it's fine. So that's good. This lump thing is in my lower right abdomen, where the ascending colon is. Maybe even the ileocecal valve. I don't know if it could be a fatty tumor? An obstruction? Cancer? I see the gut doc Tuesday. After dealing with this issue among too many others to list, I am reluctantly going to find out what this is. Hope you're in better shape than I am at the moment. Thanks for responding dear. Helps to know other women know where I am coming from.

Complete thyroid testing takes more than a week to receive the results so make sure they tested everything and not just the basic thyroid test. The constipation, chills, fatigue, tinnitus, anxiety all sound like Hashimoto's.

I have an ultrasound appointment tomorrow morning. I have a mass in my lower right abdomen. I am so scared and so angry. I hate fear so much and I can't find a way to overcome it. The only thing I can think to do is just act as if I am dying but that's not really working either. What it boils down to is the fear of death. Can't we go back to the time when we didn't realize any of this. I have been reading far too much on the internet about abdominal masses and lumps trying desperately to find something non threatening. A fatty tumor would be fine but I have been struggling with constipation which is a sign of colon cancer. Please don't let this be cancer God. Please. please.

I'm praying for you right now Leslie...And will do so in the morning too. Please keep us posted. Overcoming fear...something we all struggle with...I struggle with. Big hugs!!

I will also pray for you Leslie. Yes the fear is awful. We want to live a long time, but when menopause hits it changes your brain and you fear everything. One lady's Doctor told her to stay off the internet because whatever you're looking up always ends in bad news. Lol! I actually had the technician at my mammogram tell me that most masses that are found in breasts are non cancerous, but if you read the internet every mass is cancerous. We are at a point where we thought we would be enjoying our lives even more than when we were younger, instead we find ourselves in doctor's offices fearing the worst. Like another lady on the forum said, we could live to be a 100 but so many wasted moments worrying and fearing disease and death.

Please let us know how your ultrasound goes. I believe the devil is a  lie and you will be fine, in Jesus name, Amen.