I can't take it anymore!! Perimenopause horrible..HELP!

Yes! I've been suffering with it lately and the GI doc wants to do an endoscopy. Since I've been in perimenopause I feel like I'm falling apart!

Yes I never had until peri symptoms started.  Truly started to think that the shakes and all of my other peri symptoms were from the Prilosec but it turns out it’s just hormones. Just had an upper endoscopy last week which was 100% normal. Which was such a relief but shocking considering how bad my stomach hurts. I even tried going off coffee. Didn’t help at all. And I realize it’s part of perimenopause 

So are you sure that it cannot be a coincidence ?  That would also mean there would be no point for you to try going off coffee ...?...did the Prilosec then help at all ??  The question is now :  what best to do ?  If the Gastritis is caused by hormones (?) then what’s the point in taking drugs or cutting out coffee or going on a non acid diet etc ??  This is crazy.   Nobody ever mentioned this before.

Welcome, Suzy!  You’ll find lots of support here.  I couldn’t get through this without the forum.  Keep coming back!  🌸

Welcome Suzy,  this forum will give the strength and support you need to get through this nightmare because we all know how you feel.  It’s the best forum I ever found since suffering with these symptoms.   I never looked into forums before as I thought it was a bad idea.  But I’m glad I changed my view on this and so happy I found this forum.   Many people around you every day have no idea how you feel but we all do.  

Suzy,

I felt the same way when I found the forum, its nice to know you are not crazy and alone.  I've learned a lot of tips and will be trying them.  I have been desperate.

Thank you to everyone that shares it means so much to us when we are having one of those days.

agree, so grateful I found you all! This perimenopause journey was really scaring me and making me feel alone and crazy! Thank you all, I rely on you all so much to get through this craziness!❤

hi mandy!

You are in a good spot here.  I just joined and i am grateful to say the least.   However much help i can be i will for others as i have found a few things doing my own research.  Here they are.

Yoga-  i swear by it for the aches and joint discomfort.

essential oils-look into it ladies  it works!!

let yourself cry-best advice.   dont hold it in,  your body needs to be heard  it’s crying too.  Be understanding to it and never feel guilty of you cant accomplish what you need to or used to.  i stopped being so hard on myself and its immediately relieving.

praying is a big big one.  probably should have been first on the list.   (forgive me lord  

Thankyou! I’m just lying here now with the worst migraine! I think you are right. Praying is a necessary thing.. and so is crying but can’t seem to! Hope I can be of some use to you all. God knows i’m Not much use to myself at the moment!

I have been reading your messages..omg..thank goodness..I have felt so on the outside of life for the last few months..actually feel crazy..and like I'm losing myself ..why does nobody warn you it's this horrid..the itching..the fogginess.. the dithering..fatigue anxiety..the sweats..not night sweats..the any time of the day sweats ! I'm so relieved to have found your forum..I know I'm not crazy..thank you ladies

I whole heartedly agree shawnalb.  I would also add herbs, meditation and self talk.  Has been helping me get through this barrage of symptoms.  This web page has also helped so much with me not feeling quite so crazy.

Hate to be bearer of bad news but peri phase can last up to 10 years. Been 3 for me now and not much let up yet.

I too, have had heart palpitations.  I even went to the emergency room because they came on suddenly and I had no idea what they were.  The cardiologist (supposedly one of our state's best) ran all of his tests and then very condescendingly told me that he sees at least 2 or 3 or "me" a week.  Women around my same age (this was about 5 years ago, so age 40).  He said he can never find anything physically wrong with their hearts so he assumes that we are all just 'high strung' and need to calm ourselves down and take something for anxiety.  I knew that wasn't right since before then I didn't really have a lot of anxiety.  Well, after researching I found out that palpitations is a VERY common symptom of peri menopause.  I still get them now just not as often.  I did have heartburn and my digestion slowed to a crawl there for a while at the beginning.  Food would feel like it just sat in my gut like a brick.  I found betaine hcl and digestive enzymes and they have been a lifesaver.  I no longer have any heartburn and my digestion is humming again.  Yoga is definitely something I have found to help with not only anxiety and sleep but also aches and pains.  I still have some anxiety though and mood swings for sure.  Sometimes it feels as though I'm constantly under a dark cloud only I can see.  My hair was falling out in alarming rates and that had me freaked out but about 12 days ago I started taking collagen and I already see a huge reduction in the amount of hair on my hairbrush.  I am guessing I've been in peri for about 6 years now and I read that even though it can last up to 10 years, the average is 7 so I have my fingers crossed that I'm almost through with this stage.  

my menopause symptoms stopped by taking a beta blocker called metoprolol. I take 25mg twice a day, no hot flushes, rarely get palpitations at all now. was prescribed this drug for a lifelong irregular heart beat. I've read that the modern treatment for menopause now is anti-depressants or beta blockers and hormone therapy is not given anymore because of the cancer risks

Hi Bonnie I'm glad that you're feeling better. You say you're taking Metoprolol, I understand that to be a blood pressure lowering drug. Yes I have also heard that, and replacement therapy can be quite dangerous. I also have a bit of health anxiety. I hear other ladies complaining of this a lot as well

Sorry I meant to reply to Penny my mistake

Hi Penny what kind of symptoms did you have before taking the metoprolol? I took it last year very briefly for heart palpitations and it took my blood pressure down too low, also i got fluid around my lungs, so the cardiologist said it was. The meds is the only thing that i was taking differently . But, it was a blessing because my sister passed during this time and dr. thinks that it was a complication from the beta blocker. I dont mean to scare you, but that is the reason why i wont take it anymore and brings my pressure down too low. Ive found that motherwort and hawthorne tincture does the same thing and safer.

i have a heart conditon called supra ventricular tachycardia, had it 18 years. which is a fast heart rate 70-300 bpm that happens on and off. last december my heart was racing for 15 hours at 180bpm and this was happening everyday they had to restart my heart, over a month they hard to restart it 6 times they advised me to take metoprolol twice daily and its working it was horrible to take at the start but side effects have improved, been on it last 5 months. yes there is side effects which I do get yes it lowers blood pressure but for me it lowers it a little. but my heart condition will kill me quicker than the beta blocker. because this heart condition makes your heart wear out over time