Waking up sad in peri?

Thanks, Jamie... same for me, it does increase the anxiety.  I haven't heard about trying magnesium but would like to know more.  Hope you feel better soon, too!  Take care.

Exactly!  It feels like being positive takes too much effort sometimes.  So awful to start the day like that.

I know! But, some days I just don't have the energy the be possitive.

Same here.

Well, today my period came 8 days early!!! Ugh...feel wiped out!!!😞

Definitely relate there, too... mine was a week early last month... just missed messing up my gyn exam by a day... whew.  Hope you feel better... the fatigue is really rough.

Yep, so tired and want to eat out of boredom!😰

Somehow, eating sounds good when we don't feel like doing anything else... no food is safe from me.  

I know....I'm eyeing some girl scout cookies now! Lol🍪

Yum!

Elaine, I'm 57 and I'm on 50mg daily of sertraline (I take it first thing in the morning after my breakfast), I'm taking it for depression, following a knee operation in March last year, and menopause. Can I ask you if you suffered from "tummy troubles" whilst on sertraline? I started it in late November and suffered for the first three weeks and then everything settled down, but for the last five weeks I've been suffering again. I've an appointment with my doctor on Tuesday as although I know diarrhoea is normal when on antidepressants, this is beginning to worry me a little...and it's very inconvenient at times!

I haven't heard about sertraline before.  It sounds like it can help.  I'm also interested in the digestive system effects, though, because I have Crohn's disease as well.  

Elaine, thanks for explaining about reuptake; I have not heard of it.  Have had PMS since age 14 and find it to be much worse now in peri, as you mentioned.  What a rollercoaster ride this is.  

Pam.......... im 56 and been post menopausal now for over a year, i was also on 50mg of sertraline, i did have small amount of nausea in the begining but it did settle for me, and that was it to be honest. I didnt have the diarrhoea with it, but i do get that from time to time, even before i was on sertraline, so for me i know it wasnt the meds, as menopause pam can cause symptoms similar to IBS, first your constipated, and then unfortunately were not............ha, do you initially feel bloated, full of gas, and constipated, but then you get the diarrhoea is that how its working? if so, it sounds more like the menopause thats doing it............. but, to be sure always check things out with your  gp.

We have inflammatory bowel disease in the family, my daughter has crohns, it comes with very very severe diarrhoea, and i mean to the point where she cannot go anywhere without having a panic attack over, where the toilet is, it can be that , gently bad for her, not saying this is you, but, she was diagnosed with IBS first, IBS is common amongst some women on the menopause, but like i say get it checked out with your dr to be sure. 

elizabeth...........PMS what a pain in the bum thats been for us, Sertraline helped me well with it,  and it is only 50mg dose, mine was horrific during early peri,  dr said if it comes back, i can go back on it, so far i have been ok as its settled back to how it use to be, where as during early peri it became very black depression, and for me, this was the worst symptom, it also works very well in some people for, migraines which, it did for me, it took away the pressure feeling in my head which you can get with migraines, and i know people who went on it specifically for migraines not depression, people dont realise ssris anti depressants, are not just for depression, doesnt take the pain away completely, but, it did take the pressure feeling away, as sertraline causes the blood vessles to retract, and of couse during migraines our vessels swell, so its worked for me in two ways, doesnt work for everyone though ive been told, so good luck with it, think it should work for you given you have pms history............fingers crossed for you.

Elaine, thank you for explaining.  My Crohn's is considered to be mild, but I do know the agony of flare-ups and was so sick the first year that I lost a lot of weight.  I am sorry that your daughter's disease is so severe, it can be really painful to cope with the flare-ups and panic... I know a lot of my anxiety comes from that.  Will definitely be looking into taking something to help the anxiety and PMS.  Keeping fingers crossed for you, too!