Misdiagnosis after misdiagnosis
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I am so thankful I have found this forum, reading the posts makes me realise that a) I'm not mad and b) I'm not dying! In July I had a fainting experience, sent to the cardiologist who after tests says your heart is grand but here are some beta blockers for the palpations and fainting thing. 6 weeks later I am getting very sick, I am in constant state of this falling feeling, vomiting etc. I ended up in a&e 3 times and am told to go to ENT. Head to ENT who tells me I have Meniere's disease, a lifelong, terminal disease! I get sicker and sicker and finally take myself off beta blockers and I begin to improve - in two weeks I had lost a stone and my body was shutting down. Now I am off them I can focus on what is really happening to my body and after reading your posts I believe it is the menopause. I am constantly uncontrollably crying, I haven't driven in weeks because I am afraid!!!!!! What??? I definitely have anxiety issues and I am thinking of the worst possible outcome of things. My neck is so sore with an aching feeling and this morning I felt so bad I couldn't even sleep it off. I know I am rambling but could this be menopause and these male doctors just don't think about it?
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inge22601 catherine31058
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Hi Catherine oh my goodness I feel for you!! Yes it is deff menopause! So many women get misdiagnosed! I also have itchy scalp, feeling of doom and gloom, anxiety over nothing, light headed at times, dizziness, pain in back under left shoulder blade( I saw on here a lot of women has it) dry mouth metal taste, irritable, sluggish.... Ag there's a few more but after joining the forum I know now that I'm not indeed going crazy!!!!
2chr2015 inge22601
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Left shoulder blade! I'm glad I'm not the only one. Ugh.
mauiblue catherine31058
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I would guess that you are probably going through this transition and its happeining aggressivly.
You will see tht you are not alone. Palpitaitons are so common, and all of the aches you describe and anxiety are all too common. How old are you ?
No you are not mad
you are just transitioning ...be kind to yourself and feel the support here on the forum becasue everybody here is suffering in some sort. You will learn to accept and not resist, just take the best care of yourself and dont succumb to anything that does not feel right with medicine. Take what you need to , but for example the beta blockers...not needed. If you need them take them but follow your heart and your intuition. You will be oK.
Wishing you well, and hang tight
OXOX
catherine31058 mauiblue
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I cannot tell you how much it means to me to have found this forum but also how angry it makes me that the menopause seems to be just a blip in the medic's eyes. If I had not taken myself off the beta blockers I don't care to think where I would be today, my body was literally shutting down. I also find it amusing that although the medical profession seems uninterested in the menopause how they poo-poo the fact that the only help, understanding and actually relief is coming from acupuncture. I'm wondering about this patriarchal society that we are living in and how the menopausal woman is rather low down on the social ranking whereas in times gone by she was at the top being seen as the wise old woman.
mauiblue catherine31058
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Yes its not something anyone likes to talk about or deal with. Its a shame. Yes in other cultures women are highly regarded, and respected.
Its been ravishing on my moods and overall wellbeing. I function and do all the things i need to, but its so hugely exhausting.
Im really glad you got off the beta blockers. They have their place for sure, but to counteract the natural fluctuations of our homrones with something that slows down the conduction of the heart is really reckless. Good for your..trust yourself. Im around!
xoxox
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