Dragging myself around

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Hi Lovelies!

Do any of you wake up feeling like, excuse the term, crap in the morning. I go to bed exhausted! I wake up feeling worn out then I get sleepy again mid-morning. It's frustrating!

Yesterday I had sinus pain and pressure on the side of my head. It nearly drove me nuts. I still feel it today. There's always something. Do we ever get a break?

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    I know exactly what you mean . I've got a migraine at the moment , so not feeling great . Dragged myself into work , but thankfully home now . Don't feel like doing anything . I seem to have more rough days than good days . Is anyone else like this ? Also , I'm sorry if this is tmi , but some days I'm constipated and other days I can't stop going ! I just keep thinking ' what is wrong with me ? ' . Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated . Thank you Jane X
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      Jane it sounds like you have a bit of IBS on top of everything else. It's never ending isn't it and I can totally relate, I'm finding at the moment I have more bad days than good.
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    Yes!! I have hypothyroidism though and it's a common symptom with most sufferers having trouble with energy levels. I wake up in the morning feeling like I have never slept then have various levels of energy and motivation during the day. Today was a bad day and I ended up going back to bed after lunch for a 3 hour sleep.
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    Hi got up with some kind a pain in mine sleepy as ever I think we all do feel the crap in the morning not on your own as you said a break will do .
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    I feel the same way. I woke up this morning just feeling weird. Now I find I feel weird more often than none. I have to keep going so I don't give into the feelings. If I don't, anxiety will take me over. I will start thinking everything in the world is wrong with me. My sleep pattern is crazy, my head feels weird at times, I'm full of gas, and the list just goes on and on. I am so over it , that's it not even funny. I'm so grateful to come here and be able to talk about it, because to everyone else I'm complaining and it's getting to the point where my family is like stop complaining and push forward. I do that but it's really difficult when this peri/meno stuff bothers you not only physical but mentally as well.
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      Yes I am grateful for this forum too. My husband is the biggest baby in the world. He gets mild seizures and I think his medication affects his mood and makes him drowsy because he sleeps a lot. I show him all the sympathy in the world when he needs his rest. But when I'm not feeling well or I tell him about my symptoms he has no sympathy at all. He says, "Oh well...I don't know what to tell you!" He'll ask how I'm feeling but then get upset when I tell him because you know there's always something.

      As for the issue with gas, don't get me started with that. Mine seems to want to get trapped in my chest which of course triggers my anxiety. It's a on-going story!

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      That's the worst. I can deal with the gas in my stomach but it's horrible once it gets trapped in the chest. I immediately get anxious, start to feel like I can't breathe then it brings on an anxiety attack. The one thing that helps me to calm down is knowing that if I run to the ER, they are going to tell me there is nothing wrong, I'm just anxious, and pretty much leave me lying there until i'm calm enough to go home and then I'm stuck with another expensive bill. At times I just feel so lost and overwhelmed and just hoping that this won't go on for years. I have accepted the fact that I have to change, and as I get older some things will never be the same, just don't want to go through everyday feeling sickly when I'm really not.
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      Yes the past few times that has happened when the anxiety is really bad, I have gone to the ER and all they do is end up giving me some antacids. They of course run the blood work to make sure it's not my heart. But after I leave from them I feel reassured too. At this point before I allow the axiety and panic to take complete hold of me, I tell myself that what I am feeling is hormones again. I try to relax and do some deep breathing and I try to remember if what I am feeling is somethin new or something I've felt before. Usually it is something I've felt before and I tell myself, " you didn't die then and you won't die now!" Then I muster up the strength and will to forge ahead.
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    I go to bed OK and wake up exhausted! The joint pain is really getting me down. Nothing seems to help. I've cut out sugar and highly processed food and am taking vits and magnesium and am generally feeling great - apart from the joint pain!

    I get better as the day goes on. But if I sit too long it's agony getting up.

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    Yes, I get this a lot. It seems to come and go so I'm sure it's hormone related. I find that I will have a sinus like headache with pressure around my eyes, top and back of head and my vision will feel slightly out of focus. This will last a day or two. As a matter of fact I has this the past two days. Then I get this overwhelming exhaustion. I slept for 10 hours last night. Dragged myself out of bed and felt ok but tired. Hubby and I went out for a late lunch and now I'm home on the sofa trying to stay awake. It's so frustrating!
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      That's exactly how I feel. I've had the head pressure thing since yesterday. It's better today. It was on my left side and moved around from the side of my face to the eye socket and then to the back of the head and neck and behind the ear. So annoying. It feels a lot like tension. As for the exhaustion, it just creeps up on you suddenly. If I sit in one place too long and am inactive I dose off. My husband is starting to take it personally when he comes home from work at 11:30pm and I can't even stay awake to chat and catch up on each others day. But by that time, I'm zonked! After I deal with a very energetic 7 year old boy and an equally hyper 3 year old girl, I have no energy left to do anything at that time of the night.

      Right now he's the only one working and he wants me to back to work and I want to but I am concerned how I will be able to function on a job feeling all of these crazy symptoms.

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    Totally identify with everyones comments.

    I go to bed exhausted but wake up several times during the night. I seem to be able to sleep as soon as it's time to get up.

    I have lost my care factor and don't find work interesting. I used to love my work. Now I want to give it up and do something less challenging or nothing at all.

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    I feel the worst right after I get up. Dizzy/off balance, nauseous, no appetite (I used to be a big breakfast eater), hard to just get up. Horrible brain fog ,fatigue.

    The foods I were able to eat before I'm not able to.

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      I relate completely to this!! Forgive me but it SUCKS!
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      Yes! I'm finding that I can no longer eat the same anymore either. I have little to no appetite in the mornings. I eat a very light breakfast. I may have some lunch if I feel up to it. My appetite doesn't usually pick up until evening. But then of course that sits in my stomach and digests slowly causing heartburn and indigestion the next day which is why I don't have an appetite for breakfast! It's a vicious cycle!
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      Omg...that is so me. I can't really eat anything in the morning. I finally eat something light around 10 or 11 am then nothing until the evening and I'm hungry. Then im watching what i eat to try not to trigger those horrid symtpoms. Then I get the indigestion and horrible gas. You said it right, a vicious cycle.

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