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Hi ladies.. does anyone else experience a horrible fuzzy head and a not with it feeling?? I hate this feeling. It sometimes makes me scared to go in the bathroom and have a nice bath for fear... does anyone else feel this?? Is this perimenopause at its worse??
Yuk!!!
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Pra_Adoni dora_39625
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Hi Dora,
yes, it is one of the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause...actually one of the first one that I got freaked out about. Its "normal"...as normal as one can have in this transition period.
Having said that, it does get better, but the feeling of fuzzy head does freak you out in the moment.
Hang in there!
dora_39625 Pra_Adoni
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It's such an awful feeling. I've had it alot this past month. It really is scary
I feel so spaced out and not with it. I used to get this a little during pmt bit nowhere near as bad as this!
I'm at my wits end. Do you know if HRT clears this? I woukd seriously consider taking it if it helped and I got my quality of life back.
samantha42264 dora_39625
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I get the fuzzy head all the time. Also the feeling of not truly being present. I forget things and feel foggy. My sons like to say "oh mom is gone again, she is lost in her stunned brain world". I've also forgot where I parked my car at the grocery store at least 10 times in the last year, walking around the parking lot is embarrassing, Im 46 for God sakes not 86 ? I wish I could get the humour out of it and make fun of myself like my sons do...but it's scary at times. From what I've read on here it's "normal". Maybe when this stage is all over I'll think back and get a good laugh at myself.
dora_39625 samantha42264
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I'm totally with you on this one! I get exact same symptoms/problems and I'm 42.
The car thing I totally relate to. Happened to me the other day and its not the first time!
Hopefully, we will see the funny side to all this x
maddysmom2015 dora_39625
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Brain fog is my dominant symptom and I hate it! I am a professor and I am paid to think for a living. And, like Samantha, there are multiple days a week where I don't know where my car is.
I have few hot flashes or sweats or any other symptom. But I am constantly operating on 20% brain power. And the 20% I do have is often occupied with health anxiety about the symptom du jour. Ugh.
I did have some mood elevation and clarity when I added back a little bit of white sugar. (I am largely paleo.) But the white sugar causes other problems. So I have to figure that out.
Does anyone take/do anything for the brain fog? I would love some suggestions!
dora_39625 maddysmom2015
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I agree, brain fog is awful. Clarity woukd be nice!
I also try and add some sugar to tea/coffee in the hope it might help but it doesn't really.
Hormones are a terrible thing.
I'm 42 and didn't expect any of this to happen to me now in this stage of my life. My mum and gran both started in their 40's so I guess it's in the genes!
It must be so frustrating for you particularly as you're a professor. Have you spoken to anyone about this? Surely, their is a natural product out there that can alleviate these horrid symptoms and make us feel more human again?
maddysmom2015 dora_39625
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Dora, That's the surprising thing! I have spoken to every GYN providerabout it . No one is the least bit curious about the symptom or interested in developing any strategies/treatments for coping. The last one I spoke to said she could give me HRT for it, but wouldn't recommend.
My brain fog is pretty intrusive all the time, but it is worse around my period.Is that your case as well? The brain fog is now my primary symptom since my periods are light and I'm not really cramping very much. But the fuzzy thinking got so bad once when was trying to drive to the laundromat and couldn't remember how. (I have lived in my town since 2001!) So now I try to plan not to be behind the wheel for 2 days at least when my period is coming. It's not safe. And that's scary.
As for the funny/up side, I try to imagine it like a vacation from my regular, obsessive, over-thinking life. It's made me realize how overscheduled and overwhelmed I am. And to try and have more empathy for myself when I am working so hard to hold it all together.
It's so great to have you and the other ladies on the forum to talk to about it!
dora_39625 maddysmom2015
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Yes, I'm worse before and during my period. I've never had it this bad though. This past month gas been absolutely awful. I haven't felt myself and suffered bad with fuzzy head/spaced out feeling, weakness, some ear pressure, lightheadedness and jelly legs. It's been sooo debilitating.
The car thing I totally relate to. I've struggled with that one to recently. Not knowing where I am and not feeling with it. Pretty scary!!
I have a 3 year old girl, so you can imagine how much more difficult all this can be.
Would you take HRT if it helped these symptoms? I've heard patches are good. A friend of mine said they worked for her. Everyone says "just go with it" but it's not so easy when you're the one experiencing all this.
Great talking to you too!
maddysmom2015 dora_39625
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Hi Dora,
I am so impressed that you are parenting a 3 year old through the process! That's tremendous. You should make sure to give yourself credit for all the variables you are managing as you navigate through peri as well!
As a mom of a young child, you may not have the option to just 'go with it.' Someone very small needs you! I was scared for myself when a few months ago I was supposed to go to the dentist and drove to the grocery store instead. (And didn't know why I was at the grocery store once I arrived.) I can't imagine the extra pressure of having a little one in the car when that happened!
I think I would take HRT if it helped. I don't know my own family history, so I am personally reluctant to try it. I did try some bio-identical progesterone recommended by a naturopath. It made me sleepy and cold all the time. But the patches have a more complex and targeted matrix of hormones that are probably way better.
Gailannie, who has forgotten more than an endocrinologist will ever know about hormones, would be a good resource to ask!
Take this with a grain of salt, since I also have colitis and I am highly sensitive to food. (Flour is the monster that lives under my bed!) But I am wondering if you started eating something different this past month or so? Gluten or dairy or some other food intolerance could account for both the increased brain fog and the gas.
Love you! Please let me know if there's anything I can do!
dora_39625 maddysmom2015
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Thank You!
I haven't done anything different this month and am quite a healthy eater.
It just floored me one morning whilst getting my little girl ready. I felt drowsy and not quite with it. Extreme fatigue kicked in for next couple of weeks aswell as a host of other ugly symptoms. Had various tests done, mainly bloods and apparently all fine
Only thing they picked up on was slightly elevated BNP levels.
Going for an Echo test in a few weeks to rule out any issues with heart.
Wish all this would just stop and I could feel my normal self again.
Thanks for listening! I appreciate it.
lena53512 maddysmom2015
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Hopeless!
maddysmom2015 lena53512
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I'm soooo jealous you have an increase in clarity! I describe my brain fog as "two percocet" thinking. So like a drunk of indeterminate gender.
I have gotten more 'male' in the sense that I am more likely to say "no" and have slightly better boundaries. But that's still a bit of a struggle too.
Are you taking any supplements? Do you think they help?
christine66659 dora_39625
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hopeforever dora_39625
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I am currently going through this horrific experience. I want to cry so bad but feel if i start that i am going to feel worse after. I do not need to add a stuffy nose to the situation. I feel so much head pressure and feel off balance. My ears feel somewhat blocked, by what only God knows. I feel not right. like i am in some kind of twilight zone. I am so happy to have found this forum, knowing that i am not alone.