Had enough of this
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I am just worn out with this. I have tried supplements, acupuncture and life style changes with some medical support for the menopause and yes some things have got better but other things go on. My bladder is improved but still niggles, memory dreadful,anxiety and inner rage goes on and aching kness, ankles and hip bone really getting me down. I exercise, properly as I have a trainer, and despite stretching, mobilisation, strength work, resting nothing works. I can hardly kneel down!!!! This is just awful and if I can't get to the gym I will go bonkers. I have had phsio on my knees, do special strength exercises, take rose hip, devils claw and have tried fish oils and glucosimine....nothing makes a differnece!!!! I have Docs on Thursday and I am seriously thinking about HRT!! Anyone had positive repsonses to muscle pain or can anone suggest anything else...I also go to the jacuzzi to see if it helps despite my fear of germs!!!! #atmywitsend!!!!
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trudy77450 margaret04348
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Bubbins margaret04348
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margaret04348 Bubbins
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jayneejay Bubbins
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i do that, go back to check alsorts hahahaha
thought it was just OCD me ..
I even pull out drive in car, park up and go back and hang on front door checking i have locked it
nightmare, but i been like this years.
we were on a plane once, and my partner said to me, half way on the flight , ' i am sure you left the iron on ' it was his joke..
OMG i went all panicky and had to think about the iron..
( it wasnt on ) but it started me twitching)
rotter
jay x
trudy77450 margaret04348
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margaret04348 trudy77450
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viv1960 margaret04348
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Sorry to hear things are getting you down, I can empathise completely. My main complaint which started a year ago, was horrible muscle aches & pains. I see that you have tried acupuncture, this helped me greatly, but it took 6 weeks of weekly sessions to get the benefit. I now have 1 session a month which usually keeps it manageable, and have reduced my strong painkillers from 3 times/day, to now and again.
So so if you only had a couple of sessions, please consider perseverance with it, or find a therapist who comes recommended. Mine specialises in women's health.
Good luck
Viv
margaret04348 viv1960
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marie90939 margaret04348
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I think the length of all this is just so subjective it's not possible to estimate, as every one of us is different from anyone else. I wonder if I might still have the worst to come (I knew someone who was having hot flushes into her 70s) so not sitting back on my laurels toooo much yet! but I really think that it's just so individual to each of us that all we can do is go with the flow and deal with every new symptom as part of the ageing process.
mel64317 margaret04348
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I can only tell you HRT worked for me....truly. I just thought "stuff this" "I really don't want to put up with this if I don't have to.....so off I went to my GP. I was lucky, I had been on a combined pill until later in life which suited me. So we just looked for the same combination of drug in HRT and it worked !!!
All of us are different, what works for some......will not work for others, but it's trial and error. Make a good doctor listen to your woes, keep a diary of symptoms and feelings to show them AND your partner....you are NOT going mad......read on, there are SO many women suffering in these forums.
I started to feel better almost immediately, within 10 days...truly ! And within 6 weeks felt " normal" again.....I came out the other side 10years on (weaning myself onto a lower and lower dose...pills, patches, and patches cut in half ) and I'm FINE !!
Don't suffer in silence out of some misplaced loyalty ie, " well other women do it " YOU decide how you want this transition to go for you only...be selfish....take care of yourself better than you ever have....and choose what's right for you. Unlike our mothers and grandmothers...we don't have to feel like this anymore...
Good luck honey. Xx💝
Sandy07 mel64317
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barbara49965 Sandy07
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italianmama margaret04348
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