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clair11942
clair11942

Anyone else have the same,

I ask because when you read info about hot flushes they all say lasts up to 10 mins,

Mine are always late afternoon to early evening and last hours, my face goes bright red and it feels so hot it feels and looks like sunburn but my body will be cold ,

At night I also get hot feet that keep me awake because I'm back and forth to the bathroom pouring cold water over them,

My periods were always every 28 days in the last year started getting irregular and now I have not had one in 3 months,

I have a swollen bloated painful stomach every day, some days it's like bad period type of pain cramping, (I do have a hiatus hernia 7cm and waiting for reflux surgery

But this pain is different

I had health anxiety, just come out of nowhere about 3 years ago the panic attacks often early hours of the morning like 3-5am, which I'd sometimes ring an ambulance convinced its a heart attack,

Then 6 months ago my knees started making this cracking noise when bending them (noise like walking over glass), first doctor just gave me cocodamol to take and said it will go away,

Then I've noticed there is fluid around my knees rang doctor she seen me and said its wear and tear and it will go away on it own! It's getting worse, this is the Same doctor that is adamant I'm not perimenopausal because I'm too young I'm 43 nearly 44!

My days are spent laying in bed feeling so fatigued and no motivation and really low and just wishing my doctor would do something,

I recently had a video link appointment with a gynecologist, who has put me on the waiting list for a stomach scan he said it's 5 month waiting list, made me have blood tests for FHS etc (but we all know that these aren't very accurate as they fluctuate daily),

I have been told that I had a Microplactinoma as my prolactin levels are "slightly elevated" (doctors words)

when I demanded to have results printed out it was 667,

Again no treatment just "we will check bloodwork in 6 months" had it done and it was 578 and she said "well it's lower so we will leave it another 6 months see how it is then"

And another thing I've noticed lately is my temper (which I'm not used to experiencing) I go from 0 to 100 in seconds and I can feel my temper boiling over,

To me in not living I'm just existing, and with no treatment ideas or options from my doctor, she will just brush them off,

I just want to feel happy and normal and not spend my time worrying I'm dying because my mind is running wild with more symptoms adding on Arrggg

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  • edith99275
    edith99275 clair11942

    Edited

    hi, hun

    You not to young I started early menopause at 39 years old. I am 51 years old and still going through something. Everyday I eat my stomach be bloated I might pass gas. it's hell my appetite goes and come my left side is sore and stiff. Sometimes I might get shortness of the breath. sometimes dizzy my doctor told me menopause come with to many symptoms. If I eat the wrong food I start feeling I have acid reflux it's just to how much for one people to handle.

  • aliseanya
    aliseanya clair11942

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    Yes, I get them. It's normal. They are called hot flushes and not hot flashes. It is miserable. I can relate. It is worse because of Covid. I feel like all I do now is have a thermometer permanently in my mouth. There is never any fever. This also started when I was 44 & I am 49 now. Last year I got the traditional hot flashes with the hot flushes. Wait till you get a cold flush. My first one was on the hottest day of that year & I was under heavy blankets. 😃

    Bloated tummy all the time. I went from having a super flat dancer stomach to a belly dancer stomach just not as sexy, least to me. 😃

    Health anxiety that is so bad it's debilitating. I have always been level headed about anything medical. That time of my life is over. I am not level headed about anything medical.

    Quick temper too. That has been hard to cope with. My reputation has always been patient, understanding and empathetic. Now, I don't feel like that at all. I do notice it is getting better.

    I agree menopause comes with way too many symptoms for one person to handle. I guess that's why women go through it because men couldn't handle it, lol.

  • toria_07298
    toria_07298 clair11942

    Posted

    its good that your periods are getting further apart, mine are closer together and its sheer hell! x

  • carrie71
    carrie71 clair11942

    Posted

    Yes, I don't get the typical hot flashes with sweating, but get flushed on my cheeks - sometimes it's just one cheek! Mine doesn't go away within minutes either.

    I sometimes get hot feet at night. I stick my feet from under the covers!

    • toria_07298
      toria_07298 carrie71

      Posted

      my hands and feet are always cold but the rest of my body burns so i have a hot water bottle by my feet over night, i get night sweats and the daytime flushes can last hours at a time x

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