Exercise perimenopause & cortisol
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I like to take exercise 4 - 5 times a week, swimming, pilates & in the gym and have so for over 20 years. Since going through this horrendous peri and having gained a anxiety panic disorder ( for which I take anti depressants) I struggle with exercise I can only do low impact now but a couple of hours or day after I get heavy airy head, I ache during and after I sweat profusely during like a bucket water has been thrown over me, face goes bright red and itches.
I believe that my cortisol levels rises during exercise which is effecting my progesterone? I am slightly estrogen dominant
Has anyone any knowledge or experience of this, I had my thyroid checked, all OK, not particularly overweight but I am putting weight on round my waist at an alarming rate. I overhauled my diet no processed food, no sugar don't eat sweets etc I take flaxseed oil and bio identical hormone cream
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Sochima822 Woo3353
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Hi Woo while in perimenopause phase you need to slow it down. I was like you running at the track, going to zumba dance class, pilates, and whatever other cardio workout i could do, but when perimenopause hit me, I could barely stay on the treadmill, I definitely had to stop going to the classes, some days I was so dizzy and lightheaded that in leaving the gym I had to take the elevator and it was even hard to walk. Even doing floor warmups were hard. But I would do everything that was low impact until I finally came out of that phase, It took a while but i couldn't do anything about it. So take baby low impact steps and you'll be fine.