Weird head feelings and perimenopause

Yes to all, though not always pins and needles. My "hot flashes" really only showed up as face flushing for years before I ever experience a true hot flash - and the red face and pressure head could last a long time! I used to describe it as so much pressure in my head that it felt like air needed to escape from my ears. The pounding, thumping heartbeat at night will also bother me while upright sometimes - i think it is related to my ears/eustachian tubes as i have fairly significant tinnitus at times (all times really but it can definitely go off the charts). These are all scary feelings when they first crop up, and you discover that there are no explanations for them other than perhaps peri-menopause. After years of dealing it with them though, you start to believe that it is actually yet another weird symptom of this stage of life. Often hard to believe though!

I'm so sorry you had to go through this and suffer for so long. I switched to an IUD over 6 years ago when I was 41. I was extremely happy with it but now realize it would have been so much better to have stayed on my combined birth control pills because it would have prevented descending into maddness over the last few years as I unknowingly entered into peri.

After a particularly rough 6 months of trying to find a doctor that took perimenopause seriously, was familiar with endometriosis and didn't focus on fertility I finally went back on birth control pills to stop the ups and downs of my estrogen and after less than 2 weeks most of my misery has gone away.

Why are doctors so willing to let women suffer? Why are women so willing to suffer? There are solutions to these serious life altering symptoms. It is extremely upsetting to me that any doctor is telling women they should not do HRT or birth control pills. There is an excessive amount of evidence based on very good science that shows it dramatically improves quality of life and actually protects our bodies. Some women can't, but that is a small subset and they are developing treatments for more and more women. Mortality is lower in women who use HRT, especially when they start during perimenopause. It was poor science, based on ignorance and bias, that took so many women off of HRT 20 years ago. That poorly done analysis has been re-done and much more evidence has supported it since, but women still continue to suffer because they believe bad science instead of good science. It makes me so angry.

Hi , i just read your concern im having similar issue and more syptoms i cant enjoy my day or bight i live with fear , i have seen nerologist and did MRI it came out normal she prescribed me a med didnt take it my body is sensrive to meds some days my heart is racing flattering . hHow do you feel now are you getting better please let me know . Good luck to us !

I'm so glad to of found this link but I am sad to hear so many of you are suffering too. only in the last couple of weeks i started with episodes of night and day palpations which disturb sleep. The weird sensation of feeling like I have a palpation but then feel a wave of what I only describe as a sensation of dizziness almost panicky feeling which is so unpleasant and last week has lead me to a and e in tears thinking about to stroke or have a heart attack. I also get numbness in my left leg and arms but my ECG was fine and no signs of stroke heart issues etc.. I'm awaiting blood tests appt but still have a couple of weeks to wait but it's for sure making me more anxious when this not something I have fortunately ever suffered with. I've recently bought a Kardia machine for the phone which I can check my ECG with just to make sure I'm ok as Heart disease in the family. it's almost like a vertigo feeling but so scary. good luck all it's good to hear your experiences and don't feel like I am going insane!

angie

I've been experiencing the same issues midcycle and during period. very uncomfortable and strange . feel better knowing other women are dealing with same issues .

Hi i feel for you im experiencing exactly the same symptoms as you are right now i feel like im dying my life as just stopped kept on thinking i had somesort of terrible disease cant be bothered doing anything the pressure in my head is awful if this is the menapause i dont want it. The doctor when i ac tually got a c onsultation with him started me on klorivance but that didnt agree with me is going to but me on a other hrt to see how i go just want my life back have had to go off sick from work again i just cant cope anyway hoping the next hrt supplements work or ill think ill go insane . i hope you get sorted soon

I am 39 and have not missed a period yet but only bleed for 2 days at a time now.

I have been having strange head sensations too. Not so much as you described but I would describe mine as more like an "out of body experience" like I feel detached from my body, like I am just an observer but still in control. It is a very strange sensation and ESPECIALLY scary when it happens while I am driving.

Same stuff from doctors, they cant find anything wrong and some have even denied that I am in perimenopause because I am still getting regular periods. SOOO FRUSTRATING.

I relate to this so much, I've being getting awful head pressure with waves of sickness, my GP is refusing its anything menopause related! I'm 47.

I have the implant in my arm so I'm not aware when my cycles are, with the weird head pressure comes the most awful metal taste in my mouth, almost like mouth wash...its really uncomfortable.

I feel like no one believed me, I'm so sorry you feel so unsettled and i hope you find comfort real soon x

Hello, everyone I'm so glad I ran across this site looking for answers. I am experiencing every single thing you mentioned. I am 49 years old an new to all of this. I have read several posts and you guys are helping me out a lot. I'll try several things such as meditating & lemon balm tea. Thanks

I think this must be quite a common thing, as I also get similar symptoms to this!

As I'm sat writing this my head is buzzing like there's a bee inside it, (tinnitus) along with headaches (which I hardly ever suffered with prior to this) which are there pretty much every day, and like the majority of other people responding to this head pressure, back of head and all over, I've also developed another symptom of what feels like a lump in my throat, I've had anxiety before and it's most definitely not this, this feels different!

As horrible as it as, as its constantly there, whereas it sounds like most other people are getting it intermittent, I could put up with it if I knew at some point it was going to dissappear, but it's this that's just so depressing as it's like the million dollar question.....when will it go?

i just turned 54 and have been having symptoms since I was 47. Out of the blue one day I felt weird and off balance, almost like I was looking through someone else's eyes. Over the years that symptom has become less but its never gone away and now I have the weird sensation at the base of my neck on top of hot flushes, uti symptoms and general fatigue. Menopause sucks and you still have to get up and go to work etc and try to act like nothings wrong even though you feel like your head is stuffed with cotton wool sigh, I hope you're feeling better ❤️