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Hi all.. I am 53 and not had a period for around 4 years. Had he usual mild symptoms but nothing I couldn't handle
6 weeks ago i started getting horrid anxiety and depression leading to a nervous break down...hence starting of health anxiety which is awful i am constantly suffering anxiety stomachs churnin😣breast feel weird get shoulder pain dey mouth can't cope with all this no life 😣anyone feel like this ? I feel like I am slowly losing my self to all this cry all the time..
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gailannie Maud12345
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Maud, pretty classic stuff. Horrid isn't it? Many of the things you are describing are classic estrogen deficiency symptoms. And when we lose our estrogen, our adrenal glands attempt to compensate for that loss. This causes them to over produce, which will give you that fight or flight sensation, and increase anxiety.
Maud12345 gailannie
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gailannie Maud12345
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Maud, you know what I find so interesting about all this, is that I too was one of the women who had few to almost no symptoms when I hit menopause. Things didn't get bad until I hit that 3-4 year mark after my last period. Apparently our bodies were putting off enough hormones that things just stayed pretty level for us. But then BAM....... we get hit like a ton of bricks.
julie7525 Maud12345
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Maud12345 julie7525
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juanita93228 Maud12345
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It's one of those where you feel worse before you feel better. I had a doctor put me on it and I couldn't deal with the side effects. I had to get off after three days.
julie7525 Maud12345
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juanita93228 Maud12345
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You sound like me. I had my last period in 2010 and was fine until 2014. Then came the health anxiety, depression, and feeling like I was nuts. I'm taking Trazodone for depression and I have Valium for the really rough days. But sometimes I just want to run away. I take a good multivitamin, magnesium, and drink water to stay hydrated. In March, I'm going the gym, and taking a workout class one a week and yoga twice a week. Exercise helps me and I have been lazy and not doing it.
Maud12345 juanita93228
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juanita93228 Maud12345
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No, it's not constant. But it's just been worse lately. Like today, it's not anxiety it's more depression. I just feel like I want to run away from myself. I'm still working, some days that's a good thing, some days it's a bad thing. You know what I mean? I just pray to God that I will have my old self back soon.
lesleysharp1966 Maud12345
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I just love this forum and all of you ladies x you have all helped me so much I don’t know how I would have coped without you all - I too am 5 years post menopausal and have suffered for the last 18 months from horrible anxiety. I was prescribed HRT and Sertraline at the same time as I had a major anxiety dip last July and had to have 5 weeks off work. I had to ask for HRT however as my doctor has me down as just an ‘anxious’ person and doesn’t seem to realise I know my own body and that I never had these feelings before peri/post menopause. This made me feel much worse as I felt like I had just turned into an anxious wreck that will always feel this way - oh to have an understanding doctor I would give anything to have one that understands and doesn’t just look at me everytime I go into the surgery and thinks ‘here she is again - Mrs Anxiety’!! I am on 50mg sertraline and most of the time I’m ok but then wham every so often my anxiety appears again and I have a couple of days (or mornings mostly) when I feel i’ll Never be well again. I am going to try CBT as everyone seems to suggest this really helps and I really don’t want to just increase my dose of sertraline without trying the therapy first. Does anyone have any experience of CBT and did you pay privately or NHS? I really want to just be my happy carefree smiley self again - thanks for listening ladies let’s hope we all have a good day today xx
juanita93228 lesleysharp1966
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I've noticed on here that lots of ladies(including myself) say they feel the worse in the mornings. I wonder what that's about?
marcia_27799 juanita93228
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Maud12345 lesleysharp1966
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Hi lesley just gone on sertraline today 50mg i hope this kicks in quick my levels of anxiety and depression are doing my nut in ... i have also been offerd CBT and getting of the nhs to help with my health anxiety ... cani ask is that your going to have it for ? I am 5 years post menapause and thought that qe wouldn't get anymors problems so i cant get my head round it tbat after 5 years of no periods bam this happens have you any insite to it ?x
juanita93228 Maud12345
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I wish I knew the answer to that. As I said the same thing happened to me, four years with no period and no symptoms, except for the occasional hot flash. Then in 2014 BAM! Anxiety and depression, mostly depression set in and the health anxiety decided to take up residence too! Lol! But ever since a couple of days after Christmas it's just been getting worse. My PCP is a woman and seems to be understanding. I'm going to speak with her tomorrow about what we can do so I can get out of this funk. Life is out there and I want to live it! Prayer has definitely been my saving grace. That and this forum. I can truly say I don't know what I would do without you ladies to talk to. God led me to this forum.
I'm going to start yoga and a strength conditioning class in March. I hope that will help some.
Sometimes do you feel like you're just dying? This morning, I honestly thought I wasn't going to make it to work. I used to jump up get ready with time to spare to watch a little TV or whatever. Not anymore, I shuffle through the house like some old hag. Once I get my shower, I'm a little better. I dream of being able to retire early. But not in this state of mind, I would just isolate myself and never get out of bed! Oh and my gas is back. I thought I had that symptom conquered. See, that's the problem. The same symptoms come and go. Then new ones show up.
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