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Perimenopause symptoms worse right after period

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lisa07787
lisa07787

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I am almost 44 and in the last 3 months have started experiencing terrible heart palpitations and a racing heart, usually in the middle of the night. These symptoms seem to plague me right after my period and then grt better following ovulation. My doctor did blood tests and told me that my hormone levels are 'normal'. My periods are still regular. I rushed to the ER one night thinking I might be having a heart attack, but after an EKG and lots of blood work, they told me I was fine. I also experience shortness of breath, which is odd because I'm in fairly good shape. This all started out of nowhere and has been very unnerving!!!!!! I've also experienced what I believe are several hot flashes. These have also occurred at night - I didn't get sweaty, just felt like my entire body was on fire. All of this has been quite frightening and I'm just reaching out to see if others have had similar experiences. Thank you!

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  • susan71378
    susan71378 lisa07787

    Posted

    Exactly what happened to me first. Had no idea that it was adrenaline surge caused by hot flash while sleeping. So scary, but I got used to it and learned to take deep slow belly breaths. This calms your nervous system back down. Takes about ten minutes for me. Hope this helps.

    • toria_07298
      toria_07298 susan71378

      Posted

      i had a heart rate monitor fitted, docs said heart rate was fine, even though it went up to 150 in the night! at on point even moving my heart was flying x

    • lisa07787
      lisa07787 toria_07298

      Posted

      Really?! My next step is to be fitted with a monitor. Last night I didn't sleep at all - my heart was racing and flip flopping all over the place. Every time I fell asleep, I was woken up again by the same sensation. It's so hard not to panic!! But it usually settles down after I ovulate, so my hardest week of the month is (hopefully!!) almost over.

    • toria_07298
      toria_07298 lisa07787

      Posted

      my periods are every couple of weeks so im either ovulating or bleeding. the heart monitor all they will do is offer beta blockers and they have awful side effects x

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