Menopause & living in a nightmare
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so i'm peri i having a rough time with it feeling unbalanced in my head & shoulder feels like i'm swaying half the time annoying when they come on beacuse this makes me worry more then there is the cold feet & hands joined by pins & needles in legs & hands then along the way jerking in sleep headaches in morning hot sweats only at night but worse thing is not being able switch of to sleep because swaying in my head then the jerking wakes me its horrible night after night, twitching in my legs really tired ,weak feeling & i'm always suffering with back ache i swear my mind is always on 1 thinking whats wrong with me nowhere near that girl i was b4 this started, being more bed bound cause ov all these horrible feelings..tried to ring a helpline just to make sure i wasnt going mentally crazy i really thought i'd be better off being sectioned because i cant cope my way of coping so far crying fits
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stacybeok diane73605
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I am looking to see if others have my extensive history of not feeling good and with premedo its worse!! Ill give a quick run down of my history and who I am, Im 44 years old 2 kids 16&12. when i was around 12 I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism it had shut down, and from that moment have been on various levels of levythroxine. Around the same time I was diagnosed with lactose intolerance also. It doesnt stop there, I have always felt "off" little uneasy when stressed or new things in my life and stomach sickness a lot. In my early 20s started taking zoloft ( sertraline) for anxiety. Still on it to this day, only times I quit was when I was pregnant. I hated being pregnant felt off and just awful the whole time with both kids. Fast forward to when I was 33 had my tubes clamped (because i was never able to take birth control, side effects where worse than not taking any)
My periods started being off, my stomach up set got worse, headacks, anxiety just started falling apart. Over the years menstrual cycles came and went when ever or just kept on. In 2014 it was bad enough I had a specialist burn inside of my uterus to prevent bleeding it should of lasted up to 5 years but within 2 months I had bleeding again. Dr. okayed my for partial hysterectomy. After that I still continued to feel off, but I could deal. Then in 2018 I started to have "thinning" of my labia. Dr. visit after visit no answers it was awful! Pain and burn even tearing and cracking. I found an ob in 2019 that prescribed cream which helped but still had flare ups. Shortly after I was also diagnosed with Celiac's. I started feeling better and issues I was having with guts, and vagina seemed to get better. But that was short lived.... I became feel off, panicky, heart racing, dizzy, anxiety, you name it. Drs yes a few because I wasnt feeling like anyone was listening to me. Dr after dr blood tests play with levels of my thyroid meds but no help even made worse at some points. Finally a dr ran hormones test and said you are premedo. I was excited for a second I finally was getting answers! Well that was short lived... I continued to feel "flu" like or I'm dieing a slow death and no one will hear me. I seen ob who prescribed premairin 1s week I felt AMAZING the best I felt my entire 44 years!!! Once again that was short lived, the 2nd week I thought I had stomach blockage the pain. Also dizzy felt faint couldnt drive was afraid to be alone, didnt know what was going to happen! I missed a full month of work didnt leave my home for 3 weeks other than to go to ER or Dr. just to have them tell me blood work looks ok except for my tsh went from 3.75 to 16.50. I quit taking Premairin and slowly started feeling not so dead. I just need to know im not alone, i cant be the only 1 with these issues. Any help or any anything is welcome I just want to feel great and have my life back!!
diane73605 stacybeok
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hi stacy ur not alone tbh i'm the same dont want to be left alone for a min so draining the complete thing frustrating when nobody will listen too i'm at that point now!. i'm waiting on a blood test to check for thyroid sounds like you've been through a lot over the yrs & u now just want to feel normal again
never thought menopause would be so hard to control struggling every day not just physical but mentally draining too!..i hope u feel better soon or find something that works relieve so of those symptoms (just like u i want it all to go away & give us a complete break!)xx
diane73605
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right well started with stomach ache,boob ache then chucking up really wondering if these patches might be to much of a high dose because i was getting continues headaches too! i'm thinking of cutting patches in half today & seeing how i go on that as stomach pain was to much for me to handle & headaches found they was also getting me down i'm not sure if i'm doing the right thing but been feeling way crappy to wait another 2 months on these with stomach cramps..