Scared! The Psychological Peri Symptoms
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Hello Beautiful Strong Peri Sisters,
I want to start off by saying how helpful this site/your questions ans response has been to me during this very, very difficult time.
I am 43 y/o and have been perimenopausal a little over 2 yrs. All of my sx's (short for symptoms) started shortly after attempting to titrate myself off of an antidepressant. Every since then, I feel my mind nor my body has been able to stabilize. The sx's are cyclical-worse before, during, and after my period. I can almost feel the hormonal shifts. Leaves me with a week or 4-5 days of feeling normal.
The physiological sx's are bothersome but the mental sx's are the worse. I am worried any would love to hear how you all deal/cope with the mental aspect of peri, ie heightened anxiety, intruisve scary thoughts, feeling out of sorts etc. I am really struggling and any feed back would be super helpful.
Thank all of you for sharing your stories and giving me the courage to share mine!
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SallyGoldie paulina475
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Hi, im the same as you. struggling so much. taking sertraline but doesnt seem to be helping yet. i havent got anything supportive to say other than i hear you and im travelling the same path. wish i did truely but at least we can share x
paulina475 SallyGoldie
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Hi SallyGold,
Thank you for replying. I wouldn't wish this experience on anyone-it's helpful to know I'm not alone and or crazy!
Stay Strong and I'll be sure to do the same!
hopeforever paulina475
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Hello Paulina. I struggled terribly with this years ago in the beginning. What i did was read the Bible, talked to God and asked for healing. Also i found that night was my worst. I even had bad dreams. I was completely riddled with this. I never condoned tv in the bedrooms but i went out and bought one and watched old movies, comedies when bad thoughts would creep in. Also i enjoy painting,.Do the things that bring you peace.., drink camomile tea, it calms the nerves also peppermint tea. Magnesium and omega 3 is a must vitamin also vitamin d. I am wishing you the best and Merry Christmas 🌲
paulina475 hopeforever
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Hi Hopeforever,
I will definitely try the Chamomile tea at night-I'm sure it can help with soothing the nerves. I recently started taking Magnesium and L-theanine before
bed and it does help.
This by far has been the most unpredictable experience of my life. Some days I feel totally normal and other days I feel as if my mind/thoughts are hard to deal with.
I cant thank you enough for replaying, it really does help to know what other's have experienced and how they've gotten through this time.
Merry Xmas to you as well 🎄
aliseanya paulina475
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I agree about the chamomile too. I am a trauma survivor. Before peri I had PTSD/GAD. My doctor tells his patients with GAD to drink chamomile tea because it helps calm GAD. It really does help. If you have a ragweed allergy check with your doctor if you can drink chamomile.
Things I can count really help my anxiety. I am concentrating on the counting and not the nerves. I do a lot of diamond painting, color by numbers, PicCross type video games. I love to play card games.
The most horrible thing of Peri is the anxiety. I worked so hard as a trauma survivor to be able to heal. My anxiety & PTSD I could count on one hand per year when I would have attacks. I was so proud. Peri that went out the window.
Counting hobbies like cross-stitch, diamond painting. Chamomile tea. LED candles, cold washcloths on my neck. These things have been lifesavers.
paulina475 aliseanya
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Hi Aliseanya,
Thank you for replaying-I really appreciate your insight and suggestions.
I agree with you, distraction helps with the anxiety symptoms. I've been thinking about taking up the violin again, maybe this is a good time to
do it.
The LED light and cold wash cloths sounds great! I'll have to give it a try.
Stay Strong and thank you!
toria_07298 paulina475
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can i ask what antidepressant you were on? and do you get other peri symptoms? as withdrawal symptoms can be similar, im a bit of an expert (dont want to be) i cant drink camomile as i have an allergy and peppermint makes reflux worse, before all this started i got off mirtazapine and started a help group, it was horrendous but i healed, im tapering off citalopram (brutal) and ive got off codeine xx
paulina475 toria_07298
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Hi Toria,
I actually remember your posts when I began to have terrible SSRI withdrawl sx's. The withdrawl sx's from Escitalopram were so horrendous, I ended up going up on the dose (gradually) to ease some the sx's only to feel just as bad or worse. Feel like I am caught between a rock and a hard place-still on escit 5mg. My peri sx's started, I believe shortly after tapering down on Escit. I have been trying to figure out if its protracted withdrawl or peri for the last two years.
paulina475 toria_07298
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Forgot to mention other peri sxs.
dizziness
feeling foggy
low back pain
nausea
had the jelly leg or feeling like my legs were heavy as led (not so much of this anymore)
headaches
teary eyed for no reason
itchy skin
toria_07298 paulina475
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its hard isnt it as i think some meds hide peri symptoms, are your periods still the same? i hate ssris but im too poorly to reduce right now! its a catch 22 isnt it? xx