Has hormones made you look sick?

I forgot to say I did have some health issues in 2014, lost weight, anxious, among other things but eventually felt better. I even had hormones checked in 2015 or 2016 by my then gynecologist and she said everything was good except elevated prolactin. I don't know what all she checked though. I would have been 41-42 years old at the time, makes me wonder if it was my body's way of saying this would be happening a couple of years later.

At least im not alone!! It makes me feel like im crazy cause i have done a 180 of who i used to be. I used to love going places or going to the store just to get out of the house....now 5 mins in my car i become nauseous and nervous, and then i go right back home. I just want yo be normal again and the antidepressants make me feel worse so i have no options but to suffer, iys been at least 5 years now ive been this way

I don't know why that happens but I have read that it sometimes makes you nervous to, driving that is..I couldn't even go to a family day event my adult son was having today, 2 hours away and my husband is not home. It makes me uncomfortable to drive that far away. I feel a loser and want to feel like my old self again.

Hey Tracey, you’re not a loser Tracey don’t berrate yourself, to be honest, I would’ve done the same thing. I don’t even like driving 15 to 20 minutes to go to dinner somewhere. Don’t beat yourself up, as this time in our lives is very difficult. Sending you hugs:)

Thank you Lisa, I appreciate your comments. I feel like I am driving people around me nuts by the way I feel sometimes. Not to mention asking everyone (women that is), if they ever felt like this or if they are around my age feel like this during this time of our lives. Needless to say I feel many if not most look at me like I have 3 heads. I have 2 maybe 3 women that did have some increased anxiety/depression, feeling like your crazy at times, during perimenopause but everyone else is either normal or at the very least a wonderful actress.

I know there is supposedly a certain percentage out there that don’t experience anything, SUPPOSEDLY, but I’m gonna call baloney on that. I don’t believe it ...I’ll never believe it ....and I’ll say that till the end. There’s no way that your body can be depleted of That many hormones and hormones bouncing all over and all these changes happening to our body and they’re not gonna feel anything. I think there’s some statistic out there that 20% of women glide through .... no way ! I said it before and I’ll say it again. I have a portion of friends who are on antidepressants.... they are the ones that supposedly don’t feel the changes, and I have a sister that is addicted to tramadol and she said her period stopped and she never felt anything. So take what you will from that. If I see an old friend occasionally at the grocery store ...I will always bring it up intentionally, and they look at me like... did she actually say Menopause ...and they get this ghostly look in their eye and change the subject, I mean you would think it was 1950, it’s not taboo, it’s a natural part of life for middle aged women. The women out they’re being dishonest ...they’re only hurting thenselves & future generations of women going through this. sending you good vibes 😃