Peri. Nobody understands how awful the symptoms are.

I know. Awful isn't the word. I've forgotten what normal is. I just hope tomorrow is slightly better so I can get out a bit.

I have to feel better tomorrow, have a neurologist appointment! Please, please make me feel alright so I can go! 😜 Need to have a good day....its been awhile!

I have waved my magic wand ☺Let me know how it goes tomorrow. I am interested x

Hi Debbie...i am lying on my bed feeling the same way... the last 3 days have been horrendous...i have a headache...my muscles feel fatigued.i was up peeing every 15mins last night..my ribs feel like i have been hit....and i just feel so awful...i have waves of just a yuk feeling. I just told my husband i feel like i have some major illness because i feel so terrible. I used to have the odd off day but rarely have a good one now....i would live to feel even 50% better too

Hi Janice

Could I ask how long you've been in Peri?

Hi Michelle....looking back i think I started getting symptoms about 3 years ago at 45. Funny 'surges'...clotty heavy periods...dizziness...palpitations. Each time though it would go away and something else would happen. But it was manageable. I had numerous blood tests and nothing would show up. About 6 months ago the symptoms ramped up....burning tongue...flat mood...periods heavy then light...starting to come earlier then later...and really achy muscles. Saw a rheumatologist even....thought i had arthritis. All normal. But the lady doctor did say 'you are definitely perimenopausal as the bloods don't always show it but I have been through it and you have all the symptoms' So...i am assuming I have been peri all this time. It had definitely sped up and intensified....at this rate I don't know how I am going to cope...the worst thing at the moment is the aching ribs and anxiety....i feel like I am going insane some days I have a husband 3 sons (14 to 20 )a dog and 2 cats. I don't have the time for this!

Thank you, I will stay in touch. Hope you feel better too!

This is not living, just existing. Thought today was going to be better, but doesn't look like it! Somehow I'll manage 😔 Hope you feel better!

Loved the doctor yesterday, she was great! Spent over an hour with me! Went over all my symptoms, she wants me to do special blood draw and MRI of neck. We probably could have gone on another hour or so, but she had other patients waiting. Another great thing is she is a research doctor too, so maybe she can figure some things out. Too bad she isn't a GP as well!

Hi Debbie...i am sorry you are feeling so bad. I have had a better week this week but it is always hovering....just comes back out of nowhere. My ribs were killing last week and my sternum area. I read on here from another lady that gerd or reflux can make this area ache and she was using gaviscon when bad. Well i bought some and tried it when i felt it coming on...just 5mls not the 20mls it said to take...and it did help. I have taken it twice over the last week and so far its kept it at bay. I also went cold turkey on coffee (only had one in the morning) and have curbed my sweet tooth. When i feel like something sweet i grab an apple. I also increased my protein intake and have eaten more often...every couple of hours. It may be a coincidence but this week has been more stable. I have still had the anxiety but not nearly as severe as last week. I used to get really bad aching pains in my body last year....especially the shoulders and upper back....i even saw a rheumatologist....all was fine but i think that was another peri symptom in hindsight. I think we go through stages as we get closer so i am trying to stay positive on the bad days and try to remember it will go too (hopefully)

Try the gaviscon maybe and see if that can help the reflux...take care ps i get the weak shaky arms and legs too

Hi Debbie, I'm sorry you are not feeling well. I have a somewhat ok week. Been dealing with Gerd, racing heart, pains in my foot, crashing fatigue and anxiety. I also had a new one. I'm assuming it's anxiety it who knows. I all of a sudden started feeling like I wasn't in my body. It was weird and scary. It made me jump up for a second. I still try to ignore it and tell myself that I will get through it and be ok.

Hi Debbie. I'm so thankful for finding you ladies. I never thought the aches, pains and weird feelings I have could be due to peri. I have pains around my rib cage and cannot stand to wear a bra or even cropped bralet as the discomfort is so bad. I just wear a stretch cami to keep boobs n place and scarves to cover nipple points when necessary. I'm mid cycle and the palpitations have come back so must be hormonal and had very vivid dreams last night. I too have decaf coffee and tea which isn't as bad as I thought and I didnt suffer withdrawal. The overwhelming fatigue is bad and I have to sleep suddenly for 20 mins during the day. Sometimes the only way I can get out of bed in the morning is to plan when I can next sleep. Like Jamie50513 I sometimes feel like I'm leavng my head behind. Weird. We just have to sit and breathe and be in the moment. Hard sometimes with demanding families

Lol...i too go bra-less. I have the soft tank ones but i just feel claustrophobic in bras atm. My wardrobe revolves around what i can wear thats cool and hides the nipples. Forget fashion! I used to work in womens fashion and was fully accessorised...now my favourite accessories are my water bottle and a fan

Good to smile Janine! Thank you ladies, we need more fashion tips.My granddaughter says why do you always wear those tops Nana! My hands and feet are always cold? 

I did carry on wearing bras but yeah at some points uncomfortable. I found later after meno it's my stomach that feels uncomfortable in anything tight love elastic waist these days.