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I've been dealing with perimenopause for five years now, and I feel like I've had every physical and mental symptom possible! Just when I think that it's getting better, and I get my hopes up, I plunge into the darkest place imaginable all over again. It's so incredibly disheartening. When will all of this end?! Can anyone else relate?
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kate07875 bev27429
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Hi Guys
New to this forum. Am 55, no periods for 4 years. Sailing by no symptoms. In May this year and for the last four months I have been so overwhelmed with what's happening that I've locked myself away. Some of my symptoms are so odd that I still think there is something else going on.
recurrent utis.. ended up on IV antibiotics. I began to put all my symptoms down to utis but it wasn't. Now on Hiprex which I think is making me very nauseous
constant flu like symptoms
groin pain and inner thigh pain
feeling sick
nausea
bursts of sadness and sobbing
my fatigue and aching is so bad I can barely do any exercise.. last night I felt ok so walked around the block
dragging period type pain lower abdomen
4 months ago I was heading to greece, (cancelled, rebooked cancelled due to symptoms), waked 5 miles a day, loads of energy. all my bloods are ok except obviously ostrogen. I'm doing everything I should do, with HRT on the backburner I react badly to everything so still pondering on this. All my girlfriends are in denial and won't talk about it. I am single no kids so wonder what the hell it was all for. I have cancelled pretty much all my summer. Keep pulling out at last minute. Can anyone relate. The aching is so bad it makes me sob. I never thought my life would become so small and isolated. Not to well enough to travel or exercise....Thanks in advance.
aliseanya kate07875
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I am still in peri. I was skipping. Had my fourth dose of vaccine two months ago and my periods started again. This latest one went for it's normal time but I have been brown spotting every day for over two weeks now. It's a nightmare. I am not blaming the vaccine or anything. I know that is one of the side effects for me.
My husband & I had food poisoning last week during Labor Day (USA). I am not joking my peri symptoms are way worse than food poisoning.
Right now I am experiencing backache, feeling sick, nausea, bowel issues.
Huge anxiety. I was eating dinner last night and had one of the worst anxiety attacks with a hot flash that I ever experienced in my life. It made me so sick. I am so bloated right now.
Under lots of stress and feeling overwhelmed.
Pelvic pain both sides that comes and goes. Tired all the time, not really fatigue. Have lots of energy but I just don't feel like doing anything. I also have a touch of depression too. I know it's hormonal. I know the difference between my hormonal depression and depression caused by mental health issues like grief and loss. I have had a lot of that recently too.
My feet hurt all the time. I am so grateful that my husband will massage my feet. The pain is unbearable. His massages really help.
I was surprised the other day. My Mom who is in her late eighties was talking about menopause with me. She didn't know a lot of things I told her. My Mom is as sympathetic as a toadstool. Since I started my peri journey she refuses to talk about it. Out of the blue she said she felt so sorry for all of us women going through menopause right now because we have to go through it with Covid. She thought that was a really hard burden to carry.
debbie1226 bev27429
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I can relate and after 6 years and medications (hormone patch, effexor for anxiety and synthroid for my thyroid) I can still work, socialize, travel but it is a fight every day to get up and be productive and I don't want to travel out of the country anymore for a fear I can't even explain . I went from having so much energy and excitement to not wanting to leave the house. There are times I cant wait to get home and just want to be alone. I was never like this before menopause and even gave up drinking and eat very healthy now because food affects my mood. I am 56 with a wonderful husband and 3 adult children who I am very close with. I am open about this with family, friends and co-workers so other women don't have to suffer in silence. I have to say that 95% of the time when I force myself to get out and live life I am happy and can forget my apathy for a little while. But I know it will be there when I wake up the next morning. My mother had paranoia her entire life and menopause didn't phase her. I guess we all deal with something but mine happened overnight at 50 years old. Menopause can be a huge slap in the face to the woman who loved and lived life to the fullest. I can only encourage you to take one day at a time and hope things will get better someday.
jo37228 bev27429
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this is exactly how I am feeling. I feel like there is something very seriously wrong with me. I sometimes feel like I'd be better not being here at all, I know I wouldn't do anything though to hurt my family so at least that's one thing! I feel like I have so many things wrong that this can't be menopause it has to be something more serious. But menopause is serious, if that's what this is. I feel for all of you and hope that you all get through this soon. Sorry for the rant!