Menopause is the cause of Anxiety or maybe not
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Since feeling the way i do with all the meno symptoms I’ve spent far too long searching for answers, if not on the net then in health food shops then back on the net researching alternative therapies etc. etc.
I think because of how we physically feel and because it is such a drastic difference to how we used to feel our mind and thoughts are nearly always preoccupied with the big M, this is the same as Anxiety, repeating thought pattern, we can’t help it as we feel so crap!!!
It’s not our hormones that cause Anxiety its over thinking.
Maybe its time to revisit mindfullness and stop searching.
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Worrychick lou63
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Astrid64 lou63
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Anxiety as my doctor told me can, lead to more physical pain and sickness than folk often think possible, it can course disturbing and long term pain.
Astrid64
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lou63 Astrid64
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Your doctor sound like a good one, I think he is right, we have to try and go with the flow a bit more, ok try with some vitamins, eat as well as we can and ride the storm, which some days is wilder than others.
Bubbins lou63
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Astrid64 Bubbins
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Bubbins Astrid64
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lou63 Bubbins
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I think that because there is not a single day that goes by when we don’t have one symptom or another our mind is in constant alert mode, searching for answers-solutions but there is no definitive answer to it all so we are bound to feel anxious,
I’m sure our hormones aren’t helping the situation but I don’t think they are causing the anxiety.
annieschaefer lou63
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You are so right when you suggest to revisit mindfulness, which I do. I recently started attending Yoga classes several times a week in hopes that it will help settle me down a bit, because with all the new "events" that manifest, I do much better working at trying to calm myself down and carry on. Overall, I am improving, using the supplements and yoga, and am working at not letting the anxious feelings get the best of me. Also I have found, keeping incredibly busy keeps my mind off this topic, and I do much better.
This all makes my wonder how my mother, who never, ever discussed this with anyone to my knowledge, made it through this period with four teenaged kids, bless her heart.
Annie xx
lou63 annieschaefer
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Yes Annie it is so important to find something to keep busy with, a distraction a new interest or hobby so that our minds can escape from dwelling on how we feel.
My mother also never discussed this but she was dealing with divorce and bringing up three kids by herself, super woman
Lou
liz53953 lou63
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lou63 liz53953
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I am trying not to keep searching anymore.
I'm now taking B12 and B6 and think it is defiantly helping with the brain fog, spaced out, dizzy feeling.
The hot flushes that wake me through the night I'm used to now, a bit like back when I had my babies waking me, I will survive, just about