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Perimenopause severe coldness?? Anyone

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Blessed_Mimi
Blessed_Mimi

 Hello Ladies !

I get these cold spells once a month. They are usually before my periods. My hormones are over the place right now being in perimenopause for 4 yrs now. I started to get these cold days where they was bearable in my first year. I would wake up at night and be chilled to the bone. I couldnt find anything to keep me warm. They have now turned into being so severely cold that it makes my toes sting sometimes...almost like when I was little girl playing in the snow too long. My bodie feels like I could catch the flu at any time but Im not sick with any other symtoms. My leg will go numb at times on these days.. like from the knees down to my feet. Some days I have tingling in my face around my cheeks and chin along with my hands and part of my wrist feeling tingling like it will go numb at any minute. Im not anxiuous or feeling any anxiety at these times either. I have had anxiety with my Peri but these are not the same things going on. I have seen so many doctors and no one can find anything wrong. I aslo have days during the month as if I have asthma. My chest gets so tight it hurts my jawline and my neck tightens. I have even seen an Endocrinologist an had my blood tested for any thyroid problems but they said everything looked normal. Any ladies out there with the same problems so I know its more hormones then a serious problem??? Does it ever go away after menopause?? Please let me know what youve tried that works. I CANT use HRT Ive had an ablation for Tachycardia and anything strong gives me bad heart palpitations. Maybe someone has tried a natural method that may help. Thanks Ladies !!!

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  • HotDot7
    HotDot7 Blessed_Mimi

    Posted

    Hi. It's better to have cold shivers than hot flashes smile. I have perimenopause with cold shivers and even sneezing.  Everyone in my family have hot flashes or hot sweats at night but I am the opposite so glad to read that I am not alone or going crazy with these different symptoms.  It will be over soon then we feel excellent I heard. smile
    • Blessed_Mimi
      Blessed_Mimi HotDot7

      Posted

      Hello Karen01196

      My family was the same.  My grandma and mother both had hot flashes and thats about all. Im so cold sometimes I may rather have hot flashes but heard they are very bothersome.

      Me...I have everything on the Peri list. I am starting to get the night sweats where I wake up and my legs and underwear are drenched, but usually when I do the next morning I cant get warm. It was 91 degrees the day I couldnt get warm and I took a chair and sat in the sun for an hour. It felt sooo good but I continued to be cold the rest of the day when I leave the sun. rolleyes

      Its weird though and  I cant figure out since Ive been in Peri I love to sweat..so when I feel really bad I will push myself to work around my yard to work up a sweat. It always helps me to have a good evening.

      My evening are always better then my mornings or afternoons also. I cant figure this part out either but still researching it all. Jayneejay who is very knowledgable about Peri and talks alot about the B6 ...which helped me in my 20s with pms but B complex is working for me so far with the Peri... lifting me up to a better mood. 

      My latest symptom is talking. I get very light headed if I carry on a long conversation and dizzy with tingling arms and feet almost like there falling asleep. I feel like I am not getting enough oxygen to the brain or something.

      Anyone else with anything similiar and what your doing for this????

      Im with you ...it will all be over soon wink 

      Hugs & Prayers for all you Ladies !!

    • anxiousface
      anxiousface Blessed_Mimi

      Posted

      I'm amazed at reading your post Blessed_Mimi as i also get cold shivers in fact freezing to the bone as i have post before but no one replied.  I too notice if i talk a lot i get dizzy and tingley and feel i have to eat and drink something quickly or i'll pass out but didn't realise it was anything to do with getting enough oxygen to the brain, that answers a lot for me thanks Blessed.  Sorry i have no answers or remedies for this i just don't talk for long anymore. thanks for the hug, returning an even bigger one x
    • maria76995
      maria76995 anxiousface

      Posted

      Hi yes Talking to people makes your head feel weird in different ways when I first started mine use to feel like something tight around mind, we must not worry only hormones trying to scare us we are fine and it will pass with each year, I'm soon in post so I know with time symptoms will lesson like my friend own so chin up.

    • anetta94863
      anetta94863 anxiousface

      Posted

      I notice that i hyperventilate. I believe it is because there is gas in my intestines and stomach that prevents me from breathing normally. Even when I do not feel the gas, it is steill there in amounts never heard before. The hyperventilation causes the blood pH to change and circulation go wrong. That is when I get the freezing attacks. lso, taking calcium helps with that, it increases CA2+ in the blood. Unfortunatelly you have to take magnesium and have vit D with it. After taking calcium I get palps now, but at least the freezing episodes are gone.
  • HotDot7
    HotDot7 Blessed_Mimi

    Posted

    Yes it's torture...if I come back to this world again I want to be a man!  hah. Us women have to go through everything while the men are out playing golf hah.  I have vertigo dizzy constantly and throwing up too.  Morning sickness.  This vertigo started in March and may be part of the premenopause.  I haven't thrown up in 2 weeks so hopefully getting better.  I hope it's over soon cause it's stopping my enjoyment in life.

    Taking a daily vitamin and bought a treadmill.  No medication.  I am so damn hungry every few hours I have to eat something.  Plus I am so thirsty too.  I am glad to know that I am not alone with these wierd symptoms.  I also bought 2 great books that explains everything about menopause.  Menopause for Dummies is great so far and the other is by a specialist.  I am going to celebrate when this is over for sure!  My Pre-Menopause  going away party! hah. Take Care. <3>

  • tina90965
    tina90965 Blessed_Mimi

    Posted

    Hi Blessed,  

    I am feeling that way right now, I have felt like this a lot lately with the peri menopause.

    I feel so cold that I keep thinking in ill with a cold or flu !

    I'm dressed with the heating on got a blanket over me and still feel cold 😔. Really don't like this,  fed up with it now.  Just want to feel well again.

    The things us women have to go through x

    • Blessed_Mimi
      Blessed_Mimi tina90965

      Posted

      Hi tina90965

      Sorry your having such a chilling day. I know that feeling all too well. I have to say it will pass but mine lasted about a year and  now every once in a while ,it comes back.

      I would alway read about everyone having hot flashes and wanted those more then the cold spells lol . My feet would actually burn like they was close to being frost bitten! 

      I changed my diet a little adding pea protien every morning, a multi vitamin, b6,  magnesium, vit C . I take flaxseed, chia seeds and Maca depending on which hormone I feel imbalanced with. We have all these herbs and things we take but we really need to be in tune with our bodies to know which ones are needed at the right times.

       I printed out some menopause charts free online and compared 4 months and I seen, I had alternating symptoms.  Two months being identical as were the other 2 just alternating, as if one ovary was better then the other. So one month I had alot of crying, depression,weirded out feelings and the next month I'd have the coldness, chills with flu symptoms, facial numbness,shortness of breath,tingling arms and legs just a complete mess.

      So after learning my body a little bit and knowing each month what to expect...with alot of prayer and staying focused on God's strength he gives me each day...I have bettered myself in a way that has allowed me to have less anxiety and panic attacks. 

      Sorry so long...just trying to help anyway that I can because if it wasn't for these forums that I read in the beginning of my peri ,Id be a wreck today!

      Hope you start to feel better...my prayers go out to you .Be blessed xxx

    • tina90965
      tina90965 Blessed_Mimi

      Posted

      Dear Mimi,

      Thank you for your reply.  

      I get hot flushes and shiver too and like you say sometimes that flu feeling and all the other symptoms you said about.

      It does actually make you feel better when you know someone else has experienced the same.

      Usually in the mornings lately I feel worse but yesterday I felt really good all morning just started feeling the symptoms as the day went on, most of the time it's the other way round.  But then again you can get the symptoms anytime.

      Can't wait to get back to my old self again, hope we all get back to our old selves very soon.

      Thank you once again Mimi, your lovely, god bless you x

  • jlam
    jlam Blessed_Mimi

    Posted

    Are you anemic and/or is your feritin level too low? That will cause extreme coldness.  
    • Blessed_Mimi
      Blessed_Mimi jlam

      Posted

      No they checked to see if I'm anemic ...never heard anything about feritin levels being low so not sure that was checked.
  • JaneBoon
    JaneBoon Blessed_Mimi

    Posted

    I get the chills, my head gets very cold but the moment I put more clothes on, especially a scarf, it triggers a hot flush. It is awful, I just can't win!  Been like this for two years now sad
  • lad664
    lad664 Blessed_Mimi

    Posted

    Hello Mimi I'm glad to know I'm not going crazy!  I pray my symptoms are menopause also.  I get the hot flashes and severe cold spells where I'm chilled to the bone.  I hadn't been feeling well for the past few months.  I've had every blood test done including thyroid and all is normal.  So I'm chalking this up to menopause.  I also get body aches too!  Glad to know I'm not alone!  My obgyn says these are normal symptoms!  God help us 😝
  • Dajon
    Dajon Blessed_Mimi

    Posted

    Hi mimi, I too have constant chills w/menopause. Makes me feel as if I constantly have the flue. ):

  • renee75119
    renee75119 Blessed_Mimi

    Posted

    Hi Mimi,  Yes your symptoms are peri menopause.  I too had severe coldness and my entire body felt tight.  If it was below 70 degrees I was bundled up and still cold. I had the tingling on all extremities.  I felt like I just could not relax my body.  I had blood work ups and all was normal.  I was weaning off an estradiol patch (bioidentical estrogen) and had no idea this was a symptom until I did further research.  Hope you are feeling better these days.  
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