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I’ve had a stiff neck and pain in the neck and now shoulder for nearly 5 weeks.

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suzycoon
suzycoon

I was told last year that my hormone levels were extremely high and am now going through Peri M... my joints have been suffering so bad and I know have had a stiff and painful neck and shoulder for over 5 weeks, has anyone else experienced this? beginning to panic now as suffer from anxiety and have already just gotten over a gyny scare!

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  • tina00239
    tina00239 suzycoon

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    Hey suzy, I think that is just what it is a scarey thing happening to you that is out of the ordinary and your anxiety is blowing it up out of proportion. Everything that you have described is common to peri and full meno. Please dont worry it is the bodys' way of getting p****d off at your hormone imbalance. I have been through and still have all the aches and pains. I am sitting thinking about all the ill health I have had in last 20 years or so and I am seriously wondering if some of the so called medical conditions I suffer with are infact down to imbalanced hormones. As I went through very early puberty and first infertility and then 2 really bad pregnancies, sterilised on birth of second son but suffered with polycystic ovaries all my life, I am begining to scratch my head and wonder when exactly I began peri, but I know my ovaries died last December. Massive changes - totally awful. So many symptoms and so severe that although in high risk group, dr put me on hrt without hesitation as he saw for himself how bad I was. Still have to take extra vitamins and diazepam aswell keeping fingers crossed it will all come to an end for all of us soon and we can resume a normal life once more. The ladies on here care and share so much with eachother and this is a massive help during this horrid process. We share allsorts of info but more importantly there is always someone there for you who knows exactly what you are going through because they are there, or have been there and got the t-shirt! Keep calm hun I'm sure what is happening to you is simply what has happened to all of us at some point. Hope this gives you some reassurance hun. Take care XXX

    • suzycoon
      suzycoon tina00239

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      Thanks for your reassurance, anxiety is a dreadful illness in itself!... trying to steer away from ani anxiety pills and HRT because I’m worried of the potential risks associated with them have tried menopace, but I’m dreadful for taking pills and often forget so not really noticing any change... I have arthritis in my back from my last pregnancy as I was 43 and an older Mum, I too had poly cystic ovaries and struggled to conceive, I managed to have my daughter when I was 31 then followed by a couple of miss carriages and then a ruptured ectopic where I lost my tube and ovary, I went on to Adopt my son and miraculously fell pregnant again at 43... I’m surprised I wasn’t thrown into an early menopause having half a hysterectomy! My periods are erratic regular as clock work fir awhile then 2/3 months with nothing then back to normal but much heavier than I ever was, oh the joy! ❤️
    • tina00239
      tina00239 suzycoon

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      Oh yes what joy! As if the ovary disease then pregnancies and childbirth is not enough, we have to tolerate this aswell! I wonder whether this is really where the saying hell hath no fury like a woman scorned! I am begining to think that there has been a mistranslation and the word scorned should be replaced with menopausing. Do try to remember to take your vits regularly as otherwise you wont see any benefits and you are wasting your money. Dont forget if things get too much for you you can always go and see your dr and talk about hrt. It depends on what you feel about taking meds but there is no shame on needing help at this awful time. XXX
  • gailannie
    gailannie suzycoon

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    Suzycoon, if I'm reading this right, you are 52 years old, but still having periods.  There is no doubt in my mind that the pain you are  experiencing is related to your hormones.  I had the same thing.  The closer I got to that final period, the more the pain persisted.  Originally, I got frozen shoulder.  Then lower back, hip, and leg pain.  For me it was all the ligaments and muscles in my body.  I saw a dozen doctors, including a rheumatologist.  Not one ever asked me about menopause status.   Four years after my final period, then the vaginal atrophy, painful sex, and dryness set in.  I can more than relate to what you're feeling.  It's sure not easy. 

    I can't help but be curious.  A year ago you were told your hormones were high?  Do you know what was tested, and how high?  Are you saying they tested your FSH? Or are you saying that your estrogen/progesterone was tested?  

     

    • suzycoon
      suzycoon gailannie

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      Hi, yes she specifically tested me to see if I was menopausal, I don’t know the exact levels tbh she just asked me there and then if I wanted to go on HRT but I declined because of the potential risks associated with them, just trying to keep going and ignore the allover pain I have every day and the struggle to get out of bed, once I’m on the move I’m ok 🙂 Thanks for your reassurance this forum so helps to ease the anxieties.??

  • amy602
    amy602 suzycoon

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    Yup this is me. Soreness in my neck that goes up to the base of head and then every now and then it feels warm like it's almost inflammation and then sometimes it goes slightly into my shoulder. This just started for me about 2 weeks ago. It comes and goes. I really think that it's the stress and aniexty that causes this and then add mixed up hormones and it's not the perfect cocktail. It's like one or two issues end and then another one comes along. Ugh. I cant wait till all this is over with. I really wish that there was a cheat chart that showed once you get this symptom then this is how far along you are.Hugs to everyone.

  • Kams
    Kams suzycoon

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    Hi suzy..

    please I need new experiences of people that have gone through the issues of menopause for am going through it now and am depressed

  • hilary72843
    hilary72843 suzycoon

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    I've had a bumpy ride with my menopause journey so far. HRT and anti-depressants do help but I get recurrence of symptoms from time to time. Quite out of the blue I can feel jittery, doom and fear filled, hot flashey, cold dread, sad, hugely anxious, and catastrophising about everything. Recently I have woken in the night with these feelings. It is horrendous.

    And lower back and hip pain are the latest addition to my list of symptoms. I am really struggling with this as I immediately start to worry I have cancer or some other serious disease.

    I do feel I am going mad and it upsets me that I get over one thing only to have something else crop up.

    Do any of you feel/suffer the same?? What helps?

    Thanks.

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