Desperate for help
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So I go to bed exhausted and fall right to sleep. then I wake up around 3 am sometimes I sleep until 5am. soon as i open my eyes it begins, severe doom gloom feeling, waves of panic and anxiety. then I actually end up feeling physically sick. this goes on for hours, usually until 11am and during this time I am debating going to the ER because i feel that bad and this happens every day . these feelings start to subside and then I am absolutely exhausted and tired. so then the rest of my day I am numb and detached and cant function. it's like I am literally just existing. can this really be hormones? anyone suffer like this?
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Salesmanswidow kdw12
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omg i could of written this post, my health anxiety is through the roof with all these awful exhausting symptoms. my newest is burning bladder & burning back ache to add to the never ending list! suffering day after day but still trying to exist day by day sending you a hug x
kylie01267 kdw12
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Yes I wake up like this also. In saying that though I don't sleep very well at all, I get ringing in my ears due to the anxiety and I struggle to get out of bed most days and have no motivation whatsoever. I get up in the morning feeing like I've been hit by a truck. I have aches and pains, I just feel so old yet am only 48
kdw12 kylie01267
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do you work? I want to be able to work a part time job and function like a normal human being but when I am this bad it takes EVERYTHING i have to shower. there has got to be help. my dr just says that I am definitely in perimenopause and that's why I feel this way. well I cant exist the rest of my life feeling this way
kylie01267 kdw12
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yes I do work. I am in the aged care industry and work in peoples homes to care for them. It is a battle to keep going every day and I still have to wonder if there is not something seriously wrong with me because I just feel so washed out everyday, no matter what time I go to bed. Hugs to you, I know how you are feeling
bev27429 kdw12
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Yes, I have experienced numbing depression that comes and goes, as well as feelings that I simply can't go on one more minute, but, of course, I always do. I have often felt totally detached from life, where I have simply been existing, and I didn't even want to go on. This whole experience has been beyond horrific! Luckily, I have an amazing spouse, mother, and close friends who have literally had to help me daily, when it's been bad, otherwise I don't know if I could have kept going. I never knew that this level of suffering even existed. The last three years of my life have been horrendous, but I always got a reprieve here and there, where I saw myself emerging, and I did my best to use these good times to propel me through the awful times.
My heart goes out to you, and I completely understand what you are going through.
Feel free to private message me; I will always respond:)
Hugs,
Bev
kdw12 bev27429
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thank you. it is good to know I am not alone. I really am so desperate for help. I have been on several antidepressants as well and none work. I am beginning to wonder if the antidepressant is actually making things worse. we cant just exist like this until full menopause, right? I dont think I can go on much longer with these symptoms.
bev27429 kdw12
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The antidepressants that I tried didn't even touch my symptoms! Yes, in some cases, they can worsen symptoms. It's a rock and a hard place.
I know that it is terrible for you right now, and it feels like things will never improve, but I promise you that they will! I feel like I have had the worst perimenopause that anyone could ever have. I seriously wanted to commit myself to a mental hospital; it was that bad!!! But I also knew, that doing that would likely make me feel even more crazy and unwell.
You need to lean on people who love you, and you have to ask them to help you. I even had my Mum sit in my waiting room at work, on numerous occasions, just so that I could make it through the day!
I consider myself an incredibly strong person, and I have certainly seen my fair share of hardship in my 52 years, but NOTHING prepared me for this!!!
After three and a half years of what I can only describe as "human torture", I am starting to feel like I am coming out of this hell.
You will make it, and your life will be restored; I promise you. Just hold on and reach out.
Sending big hugs your way,
Bev xo
sarah090370 bev27429
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Hello
My anxiety started at 44 and I'm now 50. Mine manifested in burning, aching and insomnia. I can now put this down to my hormonal changes. since starting my HRT eostrogen patches and uterogestan i have completely turned around. I have accepted there will be bad days but i try and exercise daily.
I know HRT is not for everyone but I couldnt go on feeling the way i did. I hope you all find your fix.
xx sarah
Salesmanswidow kdw12
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isnt it hard to believe hormones can make us feel so ill, i think health anxiety is the worse for me at the minute always thinking im dying & the doctor doesnt detect it. i wake nervous which makes me run to the loo no appetite weight loss no motivation i sit on my bedroom floor for an hour some days before i muster up the energy to shower! now my back & pelvis is burning its all too hard