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all menopause symptoms. I'm 51 and can related to all your symptoms too. my labs also normal. don't be scared. many of us ladies are going thru the same thing. hugs to you it passes. xo

Hi ladies, I also developed several neurological symptoms, mainly numbness and tingling, zapping feeling through my head sometimes, and hot flashes that I developed this year only, although I have been without period for 4 years now. I visited 2 neurologists, and since I do not have MS or something worse, God forbid, I simply decided to try to calm down, ignore most of these, and not investigate any further. But - pleasant it has not been, to say the least.

Yes to all that! You are going to be okay. That stage for me was the most awful! my arms and legs often felt like lead, so heavy! Dizzy, yes, I couldn't even drive it got that bad.

The good news is that it will pass. Get on some good vitamins, lots of vitamin D, if it is dark and wintery there.

I took to my bed through a good part of that stage, it was so depressing. I couldn't think, could barely move, I was so tired of everything.

I still get my period, I am 50 now. I feel very close to normal except a few bad days here and there at present.

I am terrified of what might happen after my periods stop, but will enjoy the relief from peri symptoms that I have had the last couple of years so far.

You will come through it. Don't let it get you down. Try and stay away from any stresses and start just going with it. Bad day, stay in bed...who cares. Good day? get as much done as you can.

Hugs!

thank you all im sorry you ladies is going through all this but im so relieved its not just me, ive also noticed many is post maybe im almost to the end god i can only hope prayers for all of us and again thanks for replying this is so dang on hard.

I'm glad you posted this. I have had neurological symptoms since peri hit. I was so scared. I had severe anxiety and panic attacks at first. I read symptoms get worse in the last 1-2 years of peri and I just missed my first cycle for the first time ever so, I think I'm right there. I had severe dizziness. I was coming out of a store one day with my boyfriend and we were looking for the car. I lost him for a moment and the entire parking lot was spinning. I started having a panic attack. I read it can be due to anxiety but, could be different for others. The anxiety and panic attacks are severe but, you can't function with the dizziness. I can't focus or concentrate right now until this calms down and it's holding me hostage at home. Trying to explain this to others is hard but, you can find information on it on line. Apparently, it goes along with menopause symptoms. I don't understand why by now someone hasn't come up with a solution for this. I can't take medication or HRT. I have been trying everything otc to stop it. They say good sleep is the most helpful for it so, I try to get to sleep early and eat right. I don't know what else to do. It has taken almost a year of my life.

I thought I had written that myself but it was you. I am two years post menopause and I’m done I’m going on some hornone replacement. i cant kive likr this and it never seensnto stop do yourself a favor and see an endocrinologist

i am 54 not had a period for two years so am fully in menopause. At first i thought i was coping well, but this year has been hell. Thefatigue is horrendous i have zero energy to the point i have become lazy and lost interest in everything the hot flushes are a nuisance but i can deal with them. In july i started with pains in my head not bad pain but just on and off every day this is still ongoing, my doctor did blood tests and i have an underactive thyroid which i am currently taking Thyroxine 50mg daily. I do not feel any better at all head pains still coming and going which i do not think is normal, i am terrified i may have a brain tumour but doctor says its anxiety which i do suffer with and take antidepressants for which my dosage has been increased but feel no better. I had eye tests with full 3d scan so doctor says nothing sinister with my brain as it would show in my eyes!!! I feel so rubbish and low and feel like i have noone who understands. i now feel sick a lot and have tingly skin all symptoms of brain tumour. i am petrified i have not come across anyone else in menopause with head pains, headaches yes but i do not class it a headache. HELP

I feel for you - I've been dealing with many similar issues over the years (have posted here off and on through my really bad spells). I've explained it the same way to my doctor "the anxiety is triggered by the physical issue, not the other way around". My theory is that my system could handle the stresses and anxiety when my hormones were somewhat stable, but with the changes in peri, my body cannot cope as well. It's as though my body now tells me that it's not coping by sending me all of these bizarre symptoms & my anxiety kicks in due to the nature of the physical stuff my body is doing. I'm less able to cope due to whacky hormones (again my theory). You will be able to see my litany of strange symptoms over the past decade, in previous posts, which has actually been helpful it turns out as I'm going through a bad spell of my left rib pain and the head pressure/popping off (whooshing heartbeat in my ears) at the present time. Been through a barrage of tests over the years & began to feel like a hypochondriac. I remind myself that I've always been a tough non-complainer, migraine sufferer my whole life, so I know pain, in order to not feel like a wimp while going through this. But this is real and not in my head (though I don't discount the anxiety factor for adding to the issue and/or sensitivity to pain). I wish I had a magic answer for you, but you will appreciate this forum for the support alone, which may at times calm you down (as I came looking for tonight). When it seems that there's no explanation for painful, disturbing and scary REAL symptoms, sometimes all you can do is get some small comfort knowing that you are not alone. I would have never believed that what I've experienced in the last few years was not terminal, and most definitely not believed that it was "just peri-menopause"! This forum and its contributors, the strong and forthcoming women, have at times been my lighthouse in a dark sea of fear. I am someone who believes in science, answers to questions, logical reasoning....but this peri-process (BS) is beyond what I'd ever imagine or expect. I don't have traditional hot flashes and fading period. That version of peri-menopause sounds benign. I, as many others here, have had real concern and fear for my life, believing logically and wholeheartedly that the medical community was missing a critical diagnosis (I still have episodes of feeling that to this day). I have been able to let some fear go as over the years, certain symptoms have subsided, and then returned again months down the road. I figure that if it was able to go away for months, then it must be attributed to this wild, scary, bizarre time. I do like one of the posts above, and have found the same motto to be helpful to me over the years (paraphrasing) "bad day/in bed, so be it - better day, take advantage and do what you can, seek sunshine, joy, live in the moment". Sometimes this is easier said than done, but keep it in the back of your mind to help you cope sometimes. I am a notoriously long poster - thank you for sharing your experience, it helps us feel validated and eases the anxiety when we know others are experiencing similar unexplainable symptoms. Take care.