Peri Menopause at 44, indigestion, dizzy spells, tingly arms legs. Any advice.
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Hello Ladies,
?Let me start by saying that this is a long post and I apologise for that, hopefully you will bare with me! 
?I have been peri menopausal for I believe 4 years now. It started with terrible night sweats for a few months. Then my periods were erratic and heavy. I went to my GP had blood test which indicated I was going through "The Change". My mother was in her late 50's but had her last child at 43where as I started my periods at 11 and had byh my children by the time I was 22 and by the time I was 25 my husband had a vasectomy so I no longer took birth control.
I had just 3 periods last year.
?I had hot flushes up to twenty times a day, I woke up multiple times in the night either very hot or very cold so did not have a good nights sleep. I gave up drinking Alcohol for January and I believe this has had a profound effect on my symptoms. I have maybe one or two hot flushes and sleep like a baby most nights. I have given up sugar and cut out rice, bread pasta and potatoes and I have lost 8lbs in the last two weeks. But unfortunately I still feel dizzy and have tingly weak arms and legs,sinus pain behind my eyes and nose, indigestion and a sensation of someone flicking me with an elastic band in different areas of my body. When I have a new symptom I convince myself that it is just a part of Peri menopause or I will drive myself insane!
?I have been to the doctors at least 6 times in the last 5 months and had numerous test so I believe I am not dying of anything but it still takes will power to not be scared of every little ache and pain.
?Thank you once again if you managed to make it all the way to the end of this post. Look forward to ready any replies. 
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gayle819 samantha06856
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Hi,
I am glad to have found this forum. I m 57 , very active with fitness lifestyle, and since the last few weeks , on and off , I have been feeling nausea ,heartburn,dizziness,shoulder blade and back rib aches , weak arm n legs , tinnitus and burning sensation from the inside of my body , stomach , back, arms . Anyone else going through these symptoms too?
These symptoms dont come all at the same time but they do take turns it seem, they come and go throughout the day or week.
I get my blood work and full checkups done every year and they have been fine .I am just afraid that with these menopause symptoms I m feeling is due to something that is wrong in my body all of a sudden. Its causing alot of anxiety and worries that I feel exhausted from worrying .
I found that doing sports keep these symptoms away for a while but then when I m watching tv , they start creeping back on and off.
Aynone else feeling all of these menopause symptoms ?!
hilary72843 gayle819
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Yes, i feel much the same. I started with menopause at 47 (I’m 50) and it was really ‘just’ hot flashes, low mood and sleep problems. My GP is hugely supportive and we decided to try HRT. I settled on Elleste Duet which was great. Then it went out of stock and I was given Kliofem, which was okay but my symptoms returned. So I tried gel oestrogen and utrogestan. Again I settled and all seemed well. But in September 20. I had what I can only describe as a menopause storm - severe waves of doom, jitters, adrenaline surges. fear, hot and cold flashes, nausea, digestive issues, sleep problems, aching joints, air hunger… the list goes on and on. I upped my dose of gel but to no avail. But I levelled out again only to get covid in January 2021. I was very unwell with the gastric version of the virus and it threw my hormones out of whack. So a lot of my menopausal symptoms returned. I felt I wasn't absorbing the gel. So I had a consult with my GP who agreed and I went back on Elleste. Since then I’ve been largely okay until recently when I had another spell of these dreadful and varying symptoms. It’s so random as they can come without warning and at any time day or night. I feel ghastly, lost and just wired wrongly. It’s very debilitating and spoils outings and time with friends and family. My anxiety is also through the roof as I’m terrified of having an episode and that anxiety adds fuel to the fire when it comes to my symptoms and I make myself feel worse.
I am concerned at how badly women like me suffer with menopause and how ill prepared I was for it. I do talk to lots of people about our experience & find sharing helps me feel less alone and that I’m not bonkers. But it is such a difficult road to travel and HRT is not a cure all.