Very irretiable and restless?

Hi Elaine I am the same been on hrt for a year But this week l am anxious been on a period so hoping it is because of that .and not going back to the beginning , been to cancelling so doing me breathing exercises hoping it will help ,all so got a few events to go to hoping it will not stop me going

Take care

Paula

Also shelly, if you are fatigued, it causes brain fog, and cognitive problems, like memory loss, cant organise thoughts, loss of concentration, and confusion, you wont be able ot hink as quick as you use too, to get things over like you use to, and forget the next thread you wanted to say. when you get these symtpoms if it does come with fatigue, then dont read, watch tv, or go on the computer, because you will make your fatigue worse, build your energy levels up first if you can, clear the mind for at least 15 mins a day, and do breathing exercises to control anxiety, when you have that under control doing that, you will be able to keep doing it when you feel an anxiety attack coming on, if you suffer with them, try swimming as well.

hi shelly

The aching in part can be down to low cortisol, which happens when we produce adrenaline, cortisol keeps our bones supple, so if it drops due to stress symptoms, then we ache.............another thing that could be happneing,  is your calcium dropping, but that normally happens when your post, but try taking calcium supplements, get the one thats combined with vitamin d, as this helps the body absorb the calcium better, or drink plenty of milk, and calcium rich foods during this time, to hoipefully avoid that happening later on.

Given your age like me, you could also be developing osteoarthritis, causes clicking joints, if your developing it in your upper  body you will get pain in your neck when you turn it, and in your neck muscles, shoulder etc, but it can sprout up anywhere where joints have worn from years of use, winter will make it worse, summer should ease it, only treatment for this is, ibuprofen, heat or, cold pads, use your joints when you have no pain, rest joints when you do have pain if you can, if you have it in your fingers, you will notice stiff joints, you also get bone nodules growing on the ends of your fingers below your nail , thats a sign mosts of your cartiledge has gone, and your bone has calcified, this has happened to me in my toes and fingers, when calcification happens pain does stop, if your hands or feet become disjointed as a result of losing cartiledge, then they can operate on joints to straighten them.

Another arthritic problem is Fibroymalgia normally comes with fatigue, this type of arthritis, affects muscles and tendons, not joints, only thing to help this is ibuprofen, or, accupuncture but its temporary affect, swimming helps this, i have this also, to test if you have this, press in your musles and if you get pain especially when your also fatigued, its more than likely it, there are no medical tests for fibromyalgia, but symptoms die down when fatigue goes, and can flare during menopause.

All the breathing problems, is a mix of slow dijestion, and adrenaline rises due to fluctuating hormones, eat little and often try and lie down after eating largemeals, so it goes through better, as dijestion slows and makes us bloat, affecting our breathing because of pressure on the diaphram, stress can also make us breathless, so do breathing relaxing tehniques to help this, there are lots of vitamins you can take, Vit B, omega oils good one, cohosh another one, chamomile tea a lot of ladies take on here, to help them relax, another one mentioned ginger tea to help dijestion, its whatever really works for you

hope some of this helps

Yeah I've felt like that. So old and the neck has needed oiling for a few years now.

You could try magnesium and a good quality high dose of b12 try to get methycobalmin and 1000mg lozenges as you get more into your system that was and the body does not have to convert the methycobalmin like it does with the other one (without methyl) in front of it.