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Does anyone wonder just how much longer they can keep doing this? I am doing everything that I can think of to cope with these debilitating symptoms. I will myself forward day after day, but I am beyond exhausted!
Please share xo
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toria_07298 bev27429
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yes bev! im so done, feel completely hopeless x
kim93615 bev27429
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hi, hun
what are your symptoms in what stage of menopause you I n.
bev27429 kim93615
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I am in very late perimenopause. I turn 53 in a couple of weeks, and my FSH is now in the post-menopausal range. This all started at age 48. I have a lot of physical and emotional symptoms, but the emotional symptoms are the most devastating. Below is what I am dealing with...
*anger / rage
*hopelessness
*rapidly shifting mood states from euphoria, to normal mood, to anxious mood, to depressed mood
*exhaustion
*bloating
*GI problems
*numbness and tingling throughout my body
*feeling super chilled
*sensitivity to noise, smells...
*inability to handle life stress
*brain fog Ex. I put my coffee grinder on the burner the other day, instead of my stove top, and I melted it!
It's just so hard for me to understand that it can be this awful! I had almost two weeks of feeling like my normal self, and now I feel like I have landed in an abyss. I hate this, but I am trying not to fight it.
kim93615 bev27429
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hun, are your bowel moving real and real soft are you having weight problems because I am losing weight have about you sweetie. I have ringing in my ears and I see flashing white light. can't sleep good that much than some day I get tired and fall asleep any where.
toria_07298 bev27429
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wow feeling super chilled sounds nice! x
corinne62311 bev27429
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bev this sounds exactly like me. the emotional part of this is the absolute hardest for me too.the mood changes you describe are me to a T. its so scary i thought i was losing my mind. and yes i have good days and then it hits. i get so happy thinking its over. its like someone pulled the rug out from under me. i dont know if its better or worse to get some relief but then end up back in it.it seems i more depressed and disappointed everytime. idkhang in there it just has to get better
bev27429 corinne62311
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Thanks so much Corinne for your supportive post. It's comforting to know that other women are going through what I am; it helps me to feel less alone. I relish the good times because they allow me to build up my energy reserves, and they show me who I really am: a confident, optimistic person who loves life. When it turns, though, it is absolutely heart-wrenching, and it can turn in a moment without warning. I do, though, feel lucky that I have an amazing support system who are helping me get through this on a daily basis.
Big hugs to you xo
dana06119 bev27429
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Yes, it is so exhausting, because it affects our bodies and our minds. I'm 47 and started my "journey" about a year ago. I don't think I've had a normal day ever since. Anxiety, achy joints, lower back pain, stiff neck, hot flashes, sleeplessness, tinnitus, weight gain, vertigo, anger/rage, depression, heart palpitations, brain fog, bloating...it's something else every day... Just like a lot of ladies on here, I have a clean bill of health from my PCP, OBGYN, and cardiologist. I just want to be myself again!
Hang in there, ladies! Let's take care of ourselves and each other. xo
Ojh3 bev27429
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yes bev, i can relate to everything you have listed.... im especially struggling with the anxiety and noise sensitivity.
i am 49 and hadnt had a period for 2 1/2 years. i was suffering so much with joint pain and hot flushes i went on hrt.... which made other symptoms worse. i was told to come off them.... since then my hormones have plummeted and my anxiety and noise sensitivity has gone through the roof.
are you on hrt?
toria_07298 Ojh3
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hi, have you have your hormones tested? x
Ojh3 toria_07298
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no. it hasnt been suggested to have them tested as i hadnt had a period for over 2 years. i just know that since i took the patch off i have had off the scale anxiety.
i have been put on citalopram, but yet to feel the benefits of that. i am too scared to try any other hrt as this has affected me so badly. i didnt have anxiety before going on hrt. or noise sensitivity.
toria_07298 Ojh3
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hopefully your hormones will even out soon, please be careful with citalopram as ssris are brutal to come off and gps give them out like sweets and are no help with withdrawal (trust me i know) do you take magnesium? its great for anxiety x
bev27429 Ojh3
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I am not on HRT, and, to be honest, I don't want to touch the stuff. I want to get through this naturally, and I don't want to worry about side effects or having to come off of it later. My symptoms lifted almost entirely today, and I ended up feeling like myself, which was so lovely:)
kim93615 bev27429
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hi, hun
please tell me all your symptoms are you still since a period because I am not for five year.
Ojh3 bev27429
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i dont blame you. it was the worst thing i have ever done to myself. the drs should never have told me to go cold turkey and just stop.
im glad you felt better today. i hope it lifted your mood x
kim93615 toria_07298
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hi, hun
are you still losing weight did you lost you appetite read because I don't have and appetite. please tell me more plese