Feeling Worse After Period
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The weirdest issue I have with perimenopause is that I almost always feel worse the week AFTER my period. Just as my period starts to fade out, when I'm down to a minipad and maybe some light spotting, I feel like I get the flu. Can't sleep, feeling cold, nausea, digestion issues (usually going to the bathroom more often), anxious, no energy, etc. Then it fades out as I head towards ovulation. I never had this before perimenopause, and I wondered if anyone else went through something similar?
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toria_07298 quenby25609
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yes, i used to be better after my period, not anymore x
quenby25609 toria_07298
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Yup! I had minimal PMS symptoms before all of this began. Maybe a slight headache and a touch of insomnia the very night before my period came. That was it. I woke up this morning (day 8 of my cycle) feeling dizzy, nauseated, had to use the bathroom twice, anxious, and then started spotting out of nowhere when I went to pee.
toria_07298 quenby25609
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its awful isnt it, i cant even count my symptoms and even worse my periods are every 18 days 😦 x
brandy19060 quenby25609
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Yes and when it first started happening i thought there was something wrong with me. My life is horrible now though, im very sick the week before my period, during my period, right after my period and the week of ovulation. I only have maybe 4-5 good days a month...this isnt living life anymore its torture!
quenby25609 brandy19060
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It's awful. The nausea, the using the bathroom more (that's my main issue, waking up having to use the bathroom and it's often loose or "not right", when I never had digestion problems like this until my periods became irregular), the chills and then feeling hot, feeling anxious and wanting to cry. It's like having the flu for at least half of every month.
cat38281 quenby25609
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Gah yes. There's also the headaches, floatiness (dizziness?) and "hot head" feeling 😦
toria_07298 cat38281
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my head is burning today but had it this time last year, also sore throat swollen glands, for me its histamine problems cause my spikes in estrogen x
toria_07298
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"caused by"
cat38281 toria_07298
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Gah awful. Let's not forget "full head" feeling -- do you know what I mean?
toria_07298 cat38281
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yes but i get mine mainly on right side of my head feels like numbness x
quenby25609 cat38281
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YES. I've been weirdly swimmy/dizzy every morning for the last few days. Just completely off kilter. The worst is that 90% of the symptoms fade out through the day, and by the time I go to bed I feel almost normal. And then I wake up at 4am the next morning feeling like death all over again...
cat38281 quenby25609
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I hear you! Hang in there!!
zmama quenby25609
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yes! post menstrual syndrome starts as soon as my period is winding down. i feel like i have the flu sometimes! awful and annoying