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margaret04348
margaret04348

I have had enough and yesterday I went to the Docs and wailed like an idiot that I just could not cope anymore!!!  Knee problems, pain in hip bone, sleepless nights due to peeing so much, sore bladder, leaking, anxiety, rages....memory gone to sh*t, confusion, I could go on!!!  I am now on HRT!!!  I am praying it works becuase TBH I think if it doesn't I will go mad!!!!! Just not prepared to suffer anymore!!!!  I will let you know how I go.XX

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  • susan21149
    susan21149 margaret04348

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    I am so sorry to hear you are not feeling well I hope the HRT works for you. Just be careful about the side effects. 

    Just hang in there things will get better they always do

  • anita31460
    anita31460 margaret04348

    Posted

    Hi Margaret

    I so feel for you. I was in a very similar place a couple of months ago. I too sat in the surgery in floods of tears begging my GP to tell me I was going to get better. I've been on HRT for 6 weeks now and have a Mirena coil fitted. My biggest problem was the anxiety and panic attacks. I am so much better than I was. I still have the roller coaster of emotions, days when anxiety bubbles all day and days when I feel a little nauseous and have heartburn but nowhere near as bad as it was. I had my reservations about taking HRT but I think it's starting to give me my life back. I map my moods in a diary and I can see a definite pattern emerging which is quite reassuring. At least when I feel a bit desperate now I know it's only because my hormones are out of kilter and I will feel better in a few days. I'm now starting to go back to work and am feeling a lot more able. Don't get me wrong, some days are still really hard but I'm so much better than I was.

    I really hope it works for you. Don't be put off by the scaremongers. If you do your research you'll see a lot of the scare stories were based around flawed research. Experts in the field are happy that prescribed properly the benefits far outweigh the risks.

    Good luck and let me know how you get on

    Anita xx

  • mel64317
    mel64317 margaret04348

    Posted

    Miracle cure for me honey....!! Took it fir 8 years, weaned myself off....pills, patches, then cut the patches in half etc.....in my 60s and FINE now...it just got me over the " hump" and allowed my body to get used to the idea.....

    You may have to try a couple to get the right combinations.....I noticed the effects within 10 days !!! Told my doctor I'd kill the person trying to take me off it and plead temporary insanity !!!!! Lol 😄

    Good luck honey  xx

  • Scampi18
    Scampi18 margaret04348

    Posted

    Hi everyone.

    4 years ago I was diagnosed with hypothyroidisum put on thyroxine 25 mg also put on hrt, to cut a long story short I have never been good on either never felt any better in fact, I have thought about suicide numerous times, the constant sobbing panic anxiety racing heart every symptom of meno and every symptom of hashimotos, hormone hell for me 2 good weeks out of the month, had to come off hrt and gone onto sertraline 100mg daily, the last five ads didn't work and I told my gp this, but she said it would work, I am no gp so going along with it and starting CBT ?  I have no stresses nothing to be depressed about, it's all hormonal that's caused all this ever since I had my first menstral cycle many moons ago, suffered for years now 51, got BPPV benign positional vertigo, 5 fibroids prolapse of womb, herpes zoster virus, lost 2 stone in 3 month teeth rotting, sweating, insomnia, palpatations, allergys,  I am taking every vitamin under the sun, i will have to wait to see what helps, I keep asking my gp for hysterectomy I think it would solve some of the problems, but they keep saying no even though I have the five fibroids.

    so frustrating, good luck at the GPS I hope you get what you want. 

  • margaret04348
    margaret04348

    Posted

    Thank you everyone.  I will let you know how I go.  Really hoping.XXXX
  • margaret04348
    margaret04348

    Posted

    Also thank you everyone for your comments and support.  I hope you all had a good Easter.  This is such a hard time for us all. I really hope that you all at least get some restful periods from this .  In some ways I feel if my joints n bladder improve my anxiety will be better.  I just can't stand those symptoms as they inhibit my life so much and they make me feel "old"....and I am not "old"!! Take care everyone.XXXX
    • Sandy07
      Sandy07 margaret04348

      Posted

      I know exactly what you mean. My Dr says my joint and muscle pains are down to anxiety. But the only thing making me anxious is the pain. If I have a better day im not really anxious at all, so why doesn't it start to get better? I'm sure hormones have a role to play. I'm off in 10 days to have a chat with the Dr about HrT. Xx
    • margaret04348
      margaret04348 Sandy07

      Posted

      Hi there muscle pain according to my doc and the research I have done is a symptom of the meno.  Now, I think because I am not coping very well, again the meno, it seems worse to me and I spiral out of control and think that I will not be able to exercise which is one of my main ways of keeping sane normally, and keeping fit and healthy and I will be disabled!!! I could hardly bend down my knees were so bad and I had a pain in my hip bone....ankles also in the morning sore and very stiff.  That is not right for a fit and healthy 51 year old.  Go back to your Doc you deserve better than that.  Good luck.XXX
    • annieschaefer
      annieschaefer margaret04348

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      Margaret

      It's funny you mention the muscle pain. I used to practice Yoga religously and about a year ago or little more, slowly but surely, I found I wasn't able to even keep up with Gentle Yoga. My muscles hurt afterwards and I ached all over. Something wasn't right, still isn't. I was told it could be the dropping estrogen level or now issues with hypothyroidism and way too much caffiene intake. Haha- I am a hot mess some days. I hope you update on how the HRTs may improve this factor, as I'll skip right down to the GYN and find which HRT works for me. This feeling like 100 yrs old, no matter what vitamin/supplement I do so far-(save for new meds for thyroid-that won't happen until end of month) has not helped this and I miss exercising as well. I have a brand new recumbent bike and Teeter Hang-Up machine waiting for me. I can't even go for long walks like I used to thanks to the constant bilateral plantar faciitis. 

      It's no wonder the moods go so low some days. Hoping this all works out for you and can't wait to hear an update from you!

      Annie

    • shaznay96184
      shaznay96184 Sandy07

      Posted

      Hi Mooma

      joint/muscle pains "down to anxiety".......Excuse me, but I'd say your Dr is talking......oh, I'd better not say that , as they won't post this(!) .......rubbish!

      If that was the case, most women would be walking around in agony for most of their adult lives!  By nature, we're a bunch of worry guts, so really what the Doc's saying is: the pains are all psychosomatic, and we're all imagining it?!

      Mooma, when you go back to talk bout HRT, maybe go and see a different Doc.  as margaret04348 says below:  "you deserve better than that"lol

      Let us know how things go for you. Until then, remember we all feel just like you, we ache, and some of us have bad anxiety, but not all of us.  And Mooma, please don't tell my your Doc was female too?!!!

      Wishing you a pain-free day Kiddosmile

      Sx

    • Sandy07
      Sandy07 margaret04348

      Posted

      Thanks Margaret, I'm going back next week. My neck and jaw are so stiff. Gives me awful headaches and facial pain😞. Xx
    • Sandy07
      Sandy07 shaznay96184

      Posted

      Thanks Shaznay, no my Dr isn't female, thank goodness. It was actually the consultant I saw about my jaw who told me it was due to stress and that I needed to take a good look at my life and eliminate or reduce stress. He suggested I go cycling. Can you believe it? I'd like nothing more but with the dizzy head I have id probably end up under a bus! Not the most practical solution ever! My Dr also hinted at it being stress related but didn't actually come out and say it. He was open to the idea that it could be hormonal and said I can try the HRT but would be happier if I'd lost some weight. So I'm frantically trying to lose some before going back to see him. To be honest I think I'm prepared to take the risk right now. I'm otherwise healthy so it's worth a try I reckon. Xx
    • shaznay96184
      shaznay96184 Sandy07

      Posted

      Hey Mooma, maybe me and you could tandem-up to shift some of this bloody weight. Now wouldn't that be a laugh?!!

      In a a way, I do see what your Consultant's saying.  I've always been a terrible 'grinder' - I ground my teeth from a young age. Also, do notice myself 'holding' my jaw at an angle and have to correct it: maybe thats a stress 'thing'. 

      My jaw really clicks, only on R. side. Improved for 3mths but seems to have come back - at the same time as my aching L. shoulder & elbow. 

      Oh well, if you're feeling a bit fed up, just try and picture us on that tandum.........I'm already smilinglol!

      Sx

    • caroleUJ62
      caroleUJ62 shaznay96184

      Posted

      Shaznay and Mooma, I have the clicking jaw thing too on my left side. Sometimes it really bothers me, but I dont get pain, and have a mouthguard, so its a matter of following advice, having patience and hoping for the best.  

      I used to grind my teeth really badly at night for years, - my husband used to tell me in the morning, or sometimes wake me up if it was really bad, and I had absolutely no idea I was doing it.

      Seems to have got worse in the past couple of months, oe maybe I'm just noticing it more. I get the muscle aches on my right side - shoulder and back. I did have a fall, but was hoping it might have calmed down by now.   My husband thinks most of my symptons are down to the peri/menopause, and that I should be on HRT.  Amazingly, this is something we totally agree on.   Sorry about the italics - pressed the wrong button, and I should really be in bed!!

    • Sandy07
      Sandy07 shaznay96184

      Posted

      Shaznay, I can picture it now. lol yes I also get what he was trying to say, but apart from this pain I don't feel stressed really.I have tried a mouth guard in case I was clenching my jaw at night but it made no difference. The jaw is constantly tight and I cannot relax the muscles whatever I do, so something has got to be causing it. Which brings me back to the gool Old hormones!my right jaw really clicks also, but isn't painful, but it's my left side I have the facial pain, neck pain and also left arm. I did at one point have an issue with my left elbow. It seems we have more in common than we realised, so will have to get that tandem after all!! Haha. Xx
    • Sandy07
      Sandy07 caroleUJ62

      Posted

      thanks for this Carole, I do have a mouth guard but it made no difference to me at all. There is a definite link here between the clicking jaw one side and pain on the other. Mine is clicking on the right side and painful left side of face, jaw, neck, into shoulder and down left arm. Shaznay has the clicking on the left side and pain in her right shoulder and elbow. I've seen a consultant who says the jaw joint is fine and it's down to stress and anxiety. The problem I have is the stress is caused by the pain so I have a vicious circle. It's impossible to relax the jaw muscle regardless of what I do so I'm wondering if it's hormonal as I don't feel particularly stressed other than the pain. I do get some days which are better than others and I get on with life and then wham it's back full force again, nothing I can relate it to, no common denominator. Xxx
    • shaznay96184
      shaznay96184 Sandy07

      Posted

      Hiya

      I read an article this week that was aimed at 'normal' people (lol what are they??!!).

      It had 7 Signs that You are Stressed......one of them was Teeth Grinding!!!

      OK, I'll concede and give in a bit that your GP might have a point......but not that he completely chose to ignore the fact that you're Perimenopausal!!

      Dya know what Mooma - I think I should stop reading all these 'health' articles:  they're not good for my healthsmile!!

      Hope you're feeling a bit better.  Hate to tempt fate, but I'm back to feeling OK again (finished yet another Period), joint ache-wise.  But I'm still being a 'miserable/ argumentative cow'......apparently!!  Hey, you get what you get in my book!

      Sun's shining and we've got a couple of good days ahead this week.  Should I dare tempt fate and do a bit of gardening - last time I ended up feeling like I'd put my hip out for weeks!!!!  Decisions, Decisions.......smile

      Sx

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