Perimenopause or Anxiety or ???

Hi

Thanks for your message. Great news you found a positive way forward and can enjoy life and fun again 😊

Hi Carlacupcake, I haven't been on here for a few weeks, however, I've been having a wee read through the threads tonight, I think you and anxious face have been suffering from the same symptoms as me.

Just wondering how your doing and if the dizzy/balance problems eased.  I've had this strange sensation since 27th March, just came on me while sitting in hairdressers and never left.  Like everyone else is saying who has this symptom GP hasen's a clue, does not recognise this symptom as part of peri, now hes sending me to stroke clinic tomorrow even though I have not got any typical symptoms of stroke and deep down I know it's hormonal imbalance.

Worried about losing job cause never know how I'm going to feel when I get up in the morning.

Hi to everyone going through all of this x

hello brendababy, before i  first started to post on this site i was in a dreadful state and thought i was slowly dying or going to have a stroke,  my GP didn't want to know but my specialist did send me for every test known to man , but reading firstly carlacupcakes post which i related to then so many others i started to come to terms with what i was going through was peri menopause and like you it just came on randomly and never left until last october when i started to improve and didn't feel dizzy/off balance daily.  I too was worried about my job and and never knew how i would feel when i woke, how i wouild feel when i got to work, if i was able to drive cos i was so shaky and how long i would stay at work, this i think brought on anxiety.  I know how your feeling brenda believe me but you will improve when your hormones start to calm down and you start to take time out and be kind to yourself.  We'r all different and it will take time but chin-up you'll get there.  I do have some rubbish weeks or days but not like when i started when it was daily.  Today i'm bloated and feel twice the size i usually am and do get lots of headaches but I'm getting my life back, i'v started to go out by myself more which i thought i'd never do again.  Keep reading the posts on here, jay has some good advice.  sending you a comforting hug and let me know how you get on at the stroke clinic.  xx

Hi, thanks for replying, went to work today and my balance was terrible, felt really shaky as well, was just trying to hide and blend in at my desk lol, kept having to get up & walk around.   Anyway, went to appointment after work, had 9 vials of blood taken, weighed and bp done.  weigh 7 stone 6 pounds, bp 112/62 while sitting, 124/67 while standing, blood results will be sent to GP.  Doctor then came and carried out several neurological tests, checking strength in limbs, vision, reflexes etc.  Doc said she was quite happy I haven't had stroke and don't need brain scan.  I asked if symptoms could be hormonal decline, she could not answer and told me to seek advice from gyno ( I've got appointment with gyno on 28th May).  Doc also said to stop taking stemitil as they are clearly not helping and that they cause anxiety.

So anxiousface,looks like I'm going to have to grin and bare it for now, some of my job involves driving to outreach, don't know how I'm going to manage though.  I'll keep you and everyone posted on how I get on when I go to gyno appointment.

Maybe between us all we'll find our own miracle cure....!

All the best x

Brendababy,

I had a similar day today. Had stiffness in my neck, my body ached and I felt dizzy but not like room spinning dizzy. I get this every month at certain times. I'll feel like if I don't hold on to something, I may fall over. Also feel clumsy. I figure since it hits every month that it must be hormonal. My periods are so unpredictable now. Missed last month and haven't gotten it yet this month. I'm 52. It's so annoying because I can never predict what kind of day I'm going to have. Ugh!

Hi Nancy

I am still like this 19 months post meno ( age 50)

I keep a diary of bad symptoms and every 6 weeks i get really severe dizzy days and aches, wobbly.

Always have it mild but theres a severe 6 week pattern with me 😣

Lasts about 3/4 days

Jay x

Oh Jayneejay, this is not what I wanted to hear lol. I'm still in peri at 52.I have wonder why some women sail through the changev with no symptoms, while others like us members of this forum suffer through it!

Hi nancy, The imbalance I have came on over 1 month ago and never went away, I have it everyday some days worse than others.  I always feel shaky and very nervous, haven't driven my car for weeks.  Today the balance problem has not been as bad as it usually is but not completely away, I think  wer'e in a vious circle as the anxiety makes the dizziness worse and vice versa.

I coulden't express myself properly when at doc's yesterday, she asked if I felt spinning or do I feel room spinning, I had to say neither, she looked at me as if I was daft... think I am lol.  You'll no what I mean it's that strange vibrating, shaky, imbalanced feeling.  

Well I have not had any real bleeding since gyno carried out a procedure at out-patient clinic, think it was called ablation, I asked him for HRT and he insisted that I have procedure done.  Well came off HRT (it's a long story) but bleeding has stopped, since no periods symptoms getting worse.

I feel more positive today for some reason, decided that no matter how bad I feel I'm not going to let this interupt any plans I have for the day, wheither it's work, shopping etc.  I'm going to just drive when I feel able to and not put myself under any pressure.

I was threatening to cancel my holiday to spain in June because I was scared to fly due to balance problem, but I'm going... dizzy or not.

I'm sure nancy we'll have good days and bad, just come on-line when your despairing and 1 of the girls will help, I always feel better for it.

This is only temporary! and most ladies are over the worst within a couple of years.

Hi hun, sorry to hear you'v had a bad day i know how that feels and how we try to appear normal and blend in.  So pleased all your tests went ok and they were happy you'd not had a stroke. Hopefully you'll get some answers from the gyno and they will steer you in the right direction. Sorry i dont know what Stemitil is ? 

I'm not good at driving to far at the moment and my husbands just bought  a lovely car for us and i'm just not interested like i would of been a couple of years ago (sado)

yes we all have to grin and bear so much.

keep us posted x

Hi Brendababy 

have a holiday it will do you good, i find if i have a busy day and pit my mind on something creative then it takes your mind off it ..

i live in southern spain weather is lovely right now 

get on that plane it will be a good tonic for you 

jay x

Thank you, Your so lucky living in southern Spain, must be great waking up every morning to a blue sky.  I live in Scotland, would love to be a politician so that I could abolish low cloud and grey skies.

Take Care

Brenda x

Hi, Stemitil is a drug used to trat dizziness usually caused by middle ear inflammation & viruses, wasen't helping so advised to stop taking it as it can supposedly make anxiety symptoms worse.

Thanks for taking the time to reply to me, hope you can enjoy just sitting in car while your husband does the driving.  I feel Iv'e really lost my confidence driving now because of the panic & agitation Iv'e had while out in car lately.

I'll keep you posted on any progress or any remedies I hear off to help with symptoms & hopefully gyno might be able to suggest something.

Take Care

Brenda x

Take care too Brenda

😊

Jay x

New to the forum. Am 41 and crippled with anxiety. No periods for 3 months, some night sweats and feel so depressed. Is it too early for perimenopause?

Hi

I started my menopause at 36 not long after the birth of my third child....over the past 16 years I've suffered from anxiety attacks but they've seemed to have reduced over the last few months...Have you been to your dr for blood tests yet?