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Hello
i have been on this forum many times and have had support from many of you
My question today is , is there anyone out there who could please vouch that they have been through this and feel better post menopausal?
THANK YOU!
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audra86673 nanc00951
Posted
Hi there. I am 7 months into official menopause and i am back to my normal self! I started feeling better last August - so 1 month before official menopause started for me. I have improved each month since and considered myself totally back to my normal self around January of this year. I was deep in the weeds with peri symptoms and had so many debilitating issues. Anxiety was my worst symptom. I was not an anxious person before July of 2017 when all my peri symptoms hit me hard and furious, spinning my life out of control and sending me into a very scary and dark, desperate place. In search of answers and cures for my symptoms, I was prescribed BHRT and took them for 5 weeks. Bled almost the entire time and felt worse on them, so quit. I started taking the BHRT in August of 2017 and stopped in Septemebr of 17. I didn't take anything else after trying them. I just dealt with my symptoms and tried to muddle through. I was in such a bad place with my symptoms. You will come out the other side of this time of your life and be yourself. I seriously wondered if I would ever be even a partial version of myself and I am so happy to tell you I am totally back to the old me! I even have my old stamina and drive back.... I figured that was gone forever based on how I felt for so long. I was just hoping to regain my balance and some energy and maybe be able to multi task a little bit. I am now able to handle all of the bs of the daily grind of running errands, multi tasking many, many things and am even able to think clearly and have sharp, fast conversations ( which I was not able to do for many many months while in peri). Things don't overwhelm me and I don't mind going out into public and around people anymore. You will get there, too. Believe this because it will happen. I am so grateful to have myself back that I cry sometimes! Now, I don't look like I did pre- peri .... I look older ( dry hair, sagging neck skin, stuff like that) but after going through feeling so awful and feeling so lost and desperate it has brought a new level of comfort and acceptability with myself that I'm actually pleased with. Kinda put things into perspective for me! Hang in there! You will get through this and be who you have always been before it all came crumbling down. Hugs and thoughts for you.
nancy0925 nanc00951
Posted
hello NANC,
It's been about 14 months since I had a period and I feel great now compared to the way I did going through peri. I had every symptom and had thought I was dying at times. It will get better!
Take Care!
pinkcatfairy nanc00951
Posted
I am four years post menopause and i had every symtom going! Thankfully the anxiety has gone but sometimes i might feel abit anxious at times but it goes! I still get migraine auras but not headaches. I still get dry eyes and allergies but again this comes and goes! I had to cut my food portion sizes down to keep my weight down, i still drink alcohol and coffee and pretty much back to how i was. I invested in some hair growth shampoo as i felt like my hair growth was stunted but it seems to have helped! I take a multi vit and swim a few days a week, things do seem better generally now.