i feel like im dying

Know exactly how you feel, suffering the same, even getting stomach cramps like i've pulled a muscle. Its very debilitating and like you say, you feel you're becoming depressed because of it. From a selfish point of view its comforting to know i'm not alone.

Does anyone feel unstable? like when you are standing you're a bit all over the placw like tou legs will give and you have to sit down or you might fall? flipping heck!! this is never ending 😦

i started perimenopause at age 50 im now 55

it will be easier if i just list my symptoms so far.

stomach disorders, sometimes can only be described as feeling poisoned.

low fluid around the body so even the lungs dry up and become wheezy, breathless, stomach feels hard as have overbreathed

extremely itchy everywhere on times

hot flushes day and night

sinus issues where face and top of nose feels painful

alternate loose bowels to constipation

WEIGHT GAIN around 10kg

feeling out of it, anxious, emotional

bladder issues, feels like bladder is falling out of vagina some days.

nausea but not all the time

bloating this can be extreme

fluid rentention

low mood but that passes quickly

hair thinning

wrinkling more pronounced.

im currently on the estrogen patches and combinationtherapy its low risk to health about the same as a glass of wine a day. it has helped im currently about midway in strength of those. I don't feel like I'm dying every day now it's more monthly. good luck ladies

I fully relate. I am post meno 2 years now, 53 years old and I feel utterly horrific, totally debilitated. I did ALL therapies, hrt, healthy life, etc. I offer compassion and hope you can find wellness.

Hi everyone,

Not sure if this thread is still active but thought id give it a go.

I am 51 years old and mother of 3 children. In 2014 I was diagnosed with Kidney cancer and lost my right Kidney. In 2020 I got diagnosed with Tongue cancer and lost half my tongue. I have never smoked, I rarely drink (the odd glass of wine with my dinner) and I eat healthy, I am a size 10.

Aside from all the stress and worry about the cancers returning (2 different cancers not related at all), I now find myself in the throws of menopause. I have been one year without a period and feel utterly awful almost everyday. Nausea, shivery then hot, pain in my ribs, cramps in my lower tummy, heart racing, headaches, sore throat, pressure in my head, chest pains, throat feels like its closing up, lump in throat, shortness of breath and loss of appetite. I wake up feeling sick almost every morning its horrible and can never eat much. I can only describe it as it feels like a nasty virus all of the time. I also have Sarcoidosis which was a result of the first Cancer and Hypothyroidism. I have a constant sense of doom and have a feeling that there is something more sinister at play here. I have so many scans because of my surveillance follow ups and they haven't found anything.

I find it hard to believe that your hormones can make you feel this ill.

Can anyone recommend any natural alternatives to ease these symptoms. I cannot have HRT because of the Cancer risk. Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

Sarah x

hi all just reading all of your comments, i really don't know what stage of change I'm in 🙈 but everyday is a battle , I have so many things that make me feel physically ill , pains all over , my joints ache , have really weird sensation prickles on my left side mainly surges of pain in bust , feeling really weird mostly, tightness in my neck back of head and strange headaches , just out of breath at times , I'm crying all the time that I'm am really sick , then last week to top it all I have been called back for further testing following my mammogram, well as you can imagine where my head is at .

oh bless you Kim sending you gentle hugs.

How did your tests go for mammogram? It's really good you are getting a proper check up and you are on top of it. I feel the same way too:(