balance problems in meno

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Hi all a little help would be good, i have stopped having hot flushes now my balance and co-ordination has got bad and i have fuzzy vision and head also headaches feel like im punch drunk how strange been to doc ok been to check eyes ok going to see if my neck is the problem i have head pressure am i lacking in something whats going on , one thing after another, maybe someone on here had same  thing when hot flushes stopped please help my eyes have got very dry to x

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    I've had all of your symptoms i still get hot flashes. My eye dr told me to use liquidgel eye solutions for the dry eyes and it worked. Its definitely the perimenopause. Hang in there.

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    Hello Karen. Sorry to here of your symptoms. They seem to be normal for your menopause. Everybody experiences their own type of symptoms but some have certain symptoms and others don't have the same symptoms so unfortunately everybody is different. I have suffered the same symptoms off and on and it seems that every day it's something new and different. Some days are better than other days. We just have to bite the bullet and just remember this is only temporary it will eventually stop

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    Hi Karen

    I had a forced hysterectomy last year and am suffering badly from hot flushes.

    I also have fuzzy vision, often wake up feeling like absolute death and feel like have the worst hangover ever, even when not been drinking and my head often feels like it's not my head. I can't remember simple things and I am really struggling with getting any enthusiasm for anything.

    Plus the lack of sleep is HORRIFIC. Averaging around 3 or 4 hours a night. Not enough when working full time and running a house. Thank God I don't have kids!!!

    I can't even be bothered to cry. Not that I want to!

    It would be great to know that this may eventually go!

    Good luck x

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    Hi Karen I have the same sensations and symptoms, weird head sensation, feel I'm getting pulled about like a rubber band, swaying feeling and it's like being on a moving stair, AV had this since March last year, sometimes it's a challenge standing up

    I've had ct scan lots of other tests ENT thinks it may be vistibular migraine which affects your balance daily. I've always had menstrual migraines but no balance problem, ENT said that hormone imbalance can cause this. I also have a very stiff sore neck, dono if that's caused by migraine or tension as I try to steady myself lol

    I've tried different meds but can't tolerate the side effects so need to wait and see if it goes away when the hormones settle. I'm also taking tibolone hrt don't know if that's helping or making things worse

    Give me a shout if you need to ask anything

    All the best xx

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      Hi brenda, hope you are well we have spoken  a few times in the past, i have been doing well with peri controling hot flushes and everything else then wham i feel drunk off balance like i said strange, the odd thing is i have stopped taking anything now because my hot flushes have now gone and i feel normal again all sleep back to normal i feel like i did years ago very odd then this balance thing hope its the shift in hormones for the better my doc said my levels were up to 64 so im coming to the end  now this
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      Hi Karen, I'm still staggering around as well, it's so annoying and debilitating. Some days I can cope better than others but it has caused me to suffer from anxiety and very low mood, my husband took time of work for a while to help me and help look after my mum who sadly passed away in January this year. He's now back at work and I hate when I hear him closing the door in the morning cos I feel so isolated

      We used to have a routine walking three times every day even when my balance is bad I always feel the fresh air and being outside helps now I need to get used to being on my own

      ENT diagnosed me with vistibular migraine he said that's what causes the dizziness and imbalance but I don't know. I've not had bleeding since May but had a light bleed on and off for the past few days, sometimes only visible when I've been to the toilet, my balance problem has always been worse before and during spotting or bleeding so it's defo related

      I have two sisters one a year younger than me she's 51 and the other 58 and they're managing to carry on living normally going to work going out socially etc, I just don't understand it

      I have had ME in the past so I'm thinking this is why my symptoms are so severe. I've been on tibolone for 6 months but don't know if it's helping me or making things worse I just don't know what to do for the best

      Sorry I can't give you any answers but take comfort that there are others with similar symptoms as you and I and hopefully one morning we'll get up and they'll be gone and I'll be running round the bed celebrating 😂

      Give me a shout if you need to talk

      All the best Karen xx

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    the balance hit me hard new years eve 2016 and it was horrible for 2 weeks. i was literally falling. i dont do that now but constant feeling as if on a boat. worse when i leave the house. its the worst symptom of peri for me i think there is. next to anxiety, which is mostlu caused from balance. gping to hearing test today followed by ent next week. i too had the dry eyes in the beginning. thought was allergies. i am wondering if there is an order the peri symptoms go in? like stages
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      I SOOOOOOOO agree! The 'sea legs', off balance, bouncy house is the absolute worse. And it's so freaky when you're out and about, a simple walk in the park or on a beach which normally is pleasurable, is a nightmare. And thus, the anxiety kicks in which adds insult to injury.

      It does lighten up but then comes back with a vengeance. This is the hormonal roller coaster. Worse most debilitating symptom ever!!! Thank god I'm not walking a tight rope in the circus😀

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    Hi Karen

    I know the feeling my eyes are fuzzy most days! It's

    horrible. I started getting migraines about four months

    ago never had a migraine in my life!!! The doctor put

    me on nortriptyline and it worked!!! My headaches went

    away for while and just started again so I'm back on the

    medicine! My hot flashes stopped as well!! I had head

    pressure to went away when I stared taking the medicine

    for my migraines.

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      Hi Maureen did you have any side effects from the nortriptyline? I was prescribed them for vistibular migraine which causes dizziness and of balance but I stopped them after about 3 weeks that was last year don't know if I was suffering from side effects of the meds or if it was peri symptoms. It would be good to hear from someone who's been on the meds

      How long were you on them?

      Thanks xx

    • Posted

      Hi Brendababy!

      I was nortriptyline for about three months and I have

      to say it really help me with the migraines. The one side affect that really bothered me was the dry mouth syndrome it was the worst but it wore off after

      about three weeks. I also was terribly sleepy when

      I first started taking it. I got off of it for a while because my headaches stopped but I'm back on because they started up about a week ago when

      my period started.

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