Been going through menopause for about 12 years!!
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Hi
I had my last period about 10 years ago, and now at the age of 63 I am still having numerous menopausal symptoms and wonder if I'm going to be one of the unlucky women who just doesn't become free of symptoms!! I still have....
hot flushes day and night
brain fog
dizziness and balance problems
overthinking things
feelings of doom and gloom
days of feeling tearful for no reason
cramp
forgetting words and mixing words up
There are more symptoms and sometimes I think that it's so easy to blame all aches and pains on the menopause.
I used to have monthly hormonal migraines when I had periods, now I get a dulled down version of them.
Ten years ago I was typing when I suddenly forgot a word that I was just about to type, it took me ages to bring it to mind, ever since this I occasionally forget words that I am about to type/write, it's so annoying, I also sometimes mix my words up, my head feels full up of things to do and things to say that it feels as if my head in in competition with itself.
I do feel as if my menopause is never going to end, nothing really bothers me about it because it has become my life! 😦 😃
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debra16694 Betty97
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hi annette - I never ever had issues with my health & this whole meno business has thrown me for a loop - i know my Mom suffered terribly from menopause, but you never knew it...she soldiered on - you sound very much like my Mom...she used to say its all in your attitude & i think that is another issue that i am dealing with...i have always been the "work horse" get er done kind of person...i was the person everyone relied on to complete tasks & now i just cant. i am praying my stamina will return. Thanks for being a great sounding board - Also, in january i took up restorative yoga, gentle water movement & a strength & stability class because i was so freaked out about my dibilitating aches & pains - i cant say that my pains are less, but i know its what i need to keep doing - i do look forward to the yoga classes & the calming effect it has on my mind - take care annette & hopefully we arent 70 & still going thru this -
Betty97 debra16694
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I think I quietly soldier on because I fear being seen as a moaner, but yet I'm quite happy to listen to others without judgement, so yes perhaps I'm a little similar to your mom haha
I've always been one for getting things done rather than leaving till later, I sit here in a morning looking like I've got nothing to do and am being lazy, but in actual fact I've been up since 6am and rushed about getting my jobs done, it's a habit I can't get out of since having four children to look after, everything had to be done before I took them to school, definitely over the top behaviour haha but anyway I reckon your need to get things done and being a work horse will be your inspiration to get back on your feet with the aches and pains as hard as that might be, what you are already doing is all credit to you, you obviously aren't letting it beat you and hey so what if we are still like this at 70, if nothing else it will make us stronger!! From what you say, I definitely think you are stronger than you think you are!! at least you're not giving into it!!