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I feel I am going Crazy

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liihlies
liihlies

Ok ladies - I feel I am going crazy with all the symptoms that are piling up. I am beginning to think that doctors may think I am going crazy. I sometimes feel as if I am having or will have a heart attack. Does anyone/has anyone experienced shoulder pain, upper arm pain and it was 'nothing serious'? I am in the lovely stage of perimenopause and I had not had my period for a couple of months and -boom!- it arrived out of the blue. However, prior to this lovely visit, about a week prior I started feeling shortness of breath and literal pain in the middle of my chest; for sure I was having something serious with my heart. I went to the doctor and blah -blah-blah, they said I had an EKG done February of this year (for something not related - 7 months have passed, something can change in 7 months, right?). So, I left the doctors office just as I had arrived, no answers and still thinking the worst. A day passed and I get me period and -bam!-, the chest pressure/pain literally disappears! But then I get shoulder and upper arm pain and goes up my neck and I am convinced once more it is something to do with my heart. Has anyone experienced anything similar? I am scared to go the doctor again, they are going to think I am crazy. I feel so overwhelmed, I feel light-headed all the time and so many other symptoms....

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  • claire57329
    claire57329 liihlies

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    Hi, you're not crazy. The symptoms are so random it also sends me into anxiety, it's horrendous. I randomly started experiencing shoulder pain, it was radiating to my chest, I also get heavy chest and back feeling. For some reason, it just randomly stopped., as have many of my other symptoms. My current annoying symptoms is right side pain in my lower rib area, it's more of a niggle than pain and some days nothing. I'm nearing ovulation and anxiety is through the roof. My partner is finding it really difficult at the moment 😕

    • liihlies
      liihlies claire57329

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      Hi. Thank you for your response. How are you managing? My family doesn't take me seriously when say/complain that I feel this, that I feel that... because every single darn week there is something new that is happening to me. May I ask, have you been to the doctor with your symptoms? I saw my gynecologist which is how I found out I was on perimenopause but she never mentioned all these things. Fast forward - I go to the hospital with these symptoms and nobody has connected it is perimenopause (or so I want to think that is what it is). I feel like I'm dying every other day. I try to stay positive but then I cry and cry.

    • claire57329
      claire57329 liihlies

      Posted

      I could of sworn i replied to this a few days ago? Can you see a reply?

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