Unintentional Weight Loss during Menopause
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Hoping someone can help me understand what is happening to me and what I can do to push through. I have been having some nausea and loss of appetite off and on. I started to feel this way about 7 months ago. Wondering if this could be perimenopause, I am 52. I am thin to began with but now I have lost so much weight, I am so skinny. All my blood test have come back normal and I have seen a gastro who didn't seem to worried about it. Said we will keep an eye on it. I am still having monthly periods. sometimes they come a little early or a little late and last up to 5 days with some spotting towards the end of it. I have not really skipped any months. Some cycles I get really bad cramps and some nothing. The following are my symptoms,
- Not sleeping through the night. Waking at 2 or 3 or 4 am and not being able to fall back to sleep
-I play the covers game all night. hot the cold. so on go the covers off go the covers.
- Sad sometimes
- Snippy at times
- nausea off and on (worse in the morning sometimes)
- Anxiety ( and get pretty bad at time)
- I have only had two drenching sweats about twice this year but, do wake to getting hot and starting to sweat.
- Tired no energy or interest
- My hair is thinning
- vaginal dryness
- Right shoulder pain. I can only move it certain ways.
Sorry so long of a post. I feel like I'm going crazy. I have an appoint with the gyno, but it is not for a month, they are completely booked. It will be for consultation and for hormone panel. I'm wondering if anyone else is feeling like this.
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pilar30447 gennie42140
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hi gennie
my story identically. hair is gone, hot and cold chills , night sweats, full body pain, etc etc became emaciated in summer 2021, despite eating 4000 cakories a day. Same symptoms as you. 53 years old. post menopause happened 1.5 years ago. extreme insomnia causing hallucinations and 2 psychotic episodes. sleep 8-10 hours a week.
I Lost muscle, but got a little loose blubber back, looks not so great. which is an understatement. I have no suggestions unfortunately.
I have compassion for you. Awful menopause for us.
I tried every therapy possible. literally. i use estrogen patch but just for my bone health. helps no symptoms otherwise.
wish you peace.
pilar30447 gennie42140
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gennie
i meant to add i had full blood work and hormones tested by 6 different endocrinologists. all tests "normal". a waste of money in my case. had 26 doctors past 2 years for meno and none can explain my 35 pounds melting away OR help me get any relief ftom suffering. i hope you find relief!
gennie42140 pilar30447
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Thank you for your reply, gave me some comfort to know I'm not losing my mind. I just want to be back to my normal self. This is a horrible feeling. I am so tired and feel helpless.
tracy74346 gennie42140
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I'm having all the same symptoms and then some. I've lost about 30 pounds in 3 months. Stomach always nauseous and hurting, I have a hard time eating. I'm 46 and praying to God this soon ends, it's awful. Hormone panel isn't always accurate unfortunately and lots of docs go by that which is absolutely ridiculous and so many suffer unnecessarily 😞
Gypsy014 gennie42140
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these symptoms are all to familiar .. just went to doc other day hes concerned of my 13 lb weightloss so ran a bunch of tests.. have thyroid issues and RA .. had covid back in November was/is always nauseated so it makes it very hard to eat anything which diet is restricted as it is because of always reacting to different foods and hashimotos so I keep my diet strict.. with covid I lost taste and smell making it really difficult to eat and with peri menopause on top of that it was a double whammy for a good 3 weeks..what I could tastes which wasn't much.. tasted totally different and really awful like chewing on rubber.. just bad.. yep im up all different hours too ..and suffer really bad migraine all month long! its all horrible.. hope you find some relief..