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lorraine04545
lorraine04545

Hi

I have been reading your posts about menapause and suddenly dont feel like i am going mad! My periods have been changing over the last few months, mood swings a nightmare, feeling anxious and thinking that i have all sorts wrong with me. Having read your posts and symptoms i have a fair range of them. Anxiety, sleep problems and waking feeling anxious which is the worst as i have only been off medication for anxiety just about a year. Joint aches, fluid retention and feeling fatigued r all horrible. I am 47 and now know it is menapause and everything i experiencing is part of it. Whilst it doesnt make it go away i feel so much better understanding what is going on. I thought there was something horribly wrong with me and the more i think th e more anxious i get....a vicious circle

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    GeorgiaS lorraine04545

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    I can give you some good news Lorraine! I first read this in a book by Susun Weed about menopause. She says that there's something to look forward to and draw on. We no longer have our blood going out of our bodies once a month so there's some extra strength in us! razz

    And a friend who's nearly over it, a bit nearer than I am, said that the negative moods go and you feel really calm and positive when it's over.

    I take Wild Yam tincture to regulate my hormones and it almost prevents the hot flushes, no need for HRT! There was no way I was going to take that so I had to find an alternative. 

    Don't think of it as negative, it's not! It's natural and normal. And if you were a man you'd have to spend loads of money on a sports car, motorbike or new girlfriend!!!! lolcheesygrin

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