Perimenopause hell

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I have been going through three years of continual hell. You get over one symptom and the next comes. I started with constant heart issues and many trips in the ambulance with palpitations and slow and rapid heart rate. Nothing could be found that is concrete but left me with huge anxiety and panic attacks. Reflux started to the point I was burning alive, taking omeprazole for that. My calves go through hell and it cycles. My bladder was having terrible pain and symptoms like UTI so I was put on pessaries and thank God it calmed down but if I miss one, bang is back. The headaches cycle and I want to tear my head from my shoulders the pain is horrible. I can't have sex because it burns me alive inside. Nausea comes on in waves. My anger levels are through the roof and I can't handle any stress because my body starts shaking. And recently my favourite....... air hunger. Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse, I now don't sleep. My blood pressure is severely low at night, my iron levels are that poor I'm on shots. I wake up gasping constantly, I average three hours sleep a night if I'm lucky. I'm losing my mind...... I'm also on the birth control but nothing is helping. I seriously want to put a bullet to my head some days and have it all stop. Is there any hope out there? Anything that worked and helped you? thanks

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    hi sally, sorry youre feeling so bad, i know how you feel, its torture it truly is, i have gerd and gastritis, its that bad at the moment im crying just moving around, ribcage feels bruised 😦 have you tried epsom salts? magnesium glycinate? drinking plenty of water? hows your diet? xx

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      i use Epsom salts and bicarb, I take a multi vitamin, magnesium and bone broth. I am pretty clean in my eating, not perfect and lots of water. cutting out alot of dairy. have a vital drink every morning packed with pro and pre biotics ... I feel like a chemist 😄

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    Sorry Sally you are not feeling well , i relate to you have many of your symptoms some day is okay some day worse i have no answers the only thing i can tell you is you are not alone lets hope and pray we get better soon .

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    Hi Sally dealing with alot of the sane symptoms, low iron can make you feel awful as I'm dealing with it too. palpatations, headaches, shaking, burning during sex, joints/muscles aching etc so glad I found this group so I know I'm not going crazy. Sending prayers for healing and strength your way. 🙏❤️

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    Hey Sally..

    Thanks for posting the brutally honest truth about perimenopause. There are sooo... MANY undocumented symptoms, that we experience. Doctors and the medical society are somewhat aloof to this part of our lives. From my experience, ALL of the meno trios have been horrific for me. I am post-menopausal, and when my menses ceased, my symptoms got WORSE! I have been going the ALL-NATUREL route since the inception of my menopausal journey to combat the symptoms. I take the following frequently:

    Two Multi-vitamins

    Two Vitamin D capsules

    One Vitamin B Complex Veggie Capsule

    Three Vitamin C Capsules

    Two Turmeric Curcumin with bioperine capsules

    Two Nutri-Calm Tablets

    Two Female Comfort Tablets

    Two Flax Seed Oil Supplements

    I know my list seems very extreme, yet menopause is extreme and relentless. That being said, it PUSHES through all of that. It is a friggin tsunami, to say the least! Please do the things that make you happy, and bring some sense of normalcy to your life. One of my friend's mother said MENOPAUSE goes to the grave with us womenfolk! Lord, help us all!

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