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not long before my expected period..there is a day that i know of anyway that my heartrate is slow, like 55 resting. i get a headache, feel lightheaded spells,weak..then comes a hot flash or just hot and anxiety kicks in and bad or panic. anyone have this happen? Off balance,weird vision too
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mary89842
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my heartrate is ALWAYS HIGHER, like 80 resting -120 walking sometimes. this just scares me!
staci88515 mary89842
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My vision is always weird...it's stressful.
mary89842 staci88515
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staci... Merry Christmas.. i read your posts and am suffering everything you are!
i do have health anxiety but have sort of managed it except for breakdowns once or twice a year.. mostly around my period. most Er visits have always been in or near period. im 42. the last month ive had horrible weird vision and lightheaded spells on and off everyday. headaches near cycle or on and horrible panic/anxiety. my vision is really setting me off most days. lighting is bothering me all the time,except in the dark. How are you at night??
ive seen the dr, who says anxiety.. and was given ativan last month so now i get to worry about taking something too but im really not coping well. Want to go get hormone tests but right now im trying to stabalize the anxiety this is causing me. The med calms me but i notice my vision is still bad, i just am able to ignore it.. still have mostt symptoms on it too.
Missing my family christmas right now because today has been severe! ugh! all i can do is lay in bed on my elbow,weird but its the most tolerable position somehow.. wearing sunglasses and watching movies. walking is terrible. Headache wont go away fully and probably because ive been in bed but i feel more seasick and lightheaded and so weak up. THIS IS SO HARD..idk how we can go through this stuff and stay sane. Had to take ativan not long ago, hoping i can relax, stop straining and get a little relaxation. i notice last time this happened with low heartrate and panic, i got my period 12 hours after so i feel its coming.. torture.
sorry i babbled lol just so stressed.. peiple will be here in four hours and i hope i can sit through the weird fishbowl vision and not head spin,long enough to open presents.
HUGS
staci88515 mary89842
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Mary,
I am right there with you. If I didn't have the weird vision, I truly believe I could deal with every other symptom. I'm sorry you did not have a peaceful Christmas. We didn't celebrate this year because I have not worked in two months and am on unpaid status. It's just Mom and I, so we walked the dogs and watched a movie On Demand. It's all so sad. To think anything can happen life and see myself wasting time being afraid and full of anxiety. I don't want to have regrets, especially because my Mom is 76 and has cancer. I have a tremendous amount of guilt.
As for your question, yes lighting does bother me. I can't be in ultra bright light like sunshine or in stores, but I also find low light unnerving. Low light causes me anxiety because I have more visual disturbances such as static and flashes. There is no winning solution. It is just constant strange vision and severe anxiety because of it. Am I fainting? Is it a migraine aura? Am I crazy? I can't tell what is real and what is anxiety anymore. I am 43 and it's so hard to believe I was normal two months ago.
I have to find a way to get better and go back to work. I just don't know how to do it at the moment.
Nettie261962 mary89842
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I totally get everything you mentioned. When my heart rate drops out my chest feels tight too. I get strange head spells too that make me feel like I'm oxygen deprived. Anxiety super bad. Feel like crying all the time. My balance is off all the time and if I look to the left or right, up or down too fast, I feel dizzy/ off balance. Drs never find anything. 56 and been in menopause 8 years. The heart thing, anxiety and balance issues started getting bad 4 years ago.
mary89842 Nettie261962
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Nettie,yes yes yes! To all. ugh. im only 42 but i know this is connected ti my cycle. Is there any time or anything that makes your dizziness/ off balance any better? idk what to do about any if this.. meds are a bandaid..there has gotta be something else. i cant exercise like this ?? can barely use the washroom when its so bad without rushing.. of ciurse this is on severe days which seem to be more and more often now.
Merry Christmas... hug
Nettie261962
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I manage the dizzy spells with Clonazapan. I walk every day a couple times a day, try to get plenty of rest, stay involved with my hobbies, friends, limit alcohol and stress. I had a partial hysterectomy 16 years ago so I have no idea what symptoms are connected to what as I no longer have a period. I feel this awful 24/7. I did just start yoga so I'm hoping for some relief! Wish i could offer you more suggestions. Sending a huge air hug! Merry Christmas! Ps stay on this forum. It's such a blessing.
mary89842 Nettie261962
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Nettie.. 24/7??? Oh no,im so sorry..
the clonazapam helps your dizzy spells? i take ativan for now and it seems to help with that too.. most other things remain but helps to not send me into a panic and wind up at the Er.
mary89842 Nettie261962
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and let me know hiw the yoga goes. i need to get up and start moving and doing stuff again.. i know its adding to my misery. also looking at screen all the time cant be helping.. lol everything is so outof whack.. diet too. just a mess.
HUGS and well wishes..hope today is decent for you. I do have clonezapam but been reluctant to really try it. Stuck in ativan right now.. scared to make the switch because it made me cloudy the day i tried it and didnt take away anxiety for me at all.. was supposed to get on that and paxil, but at a standstill right now.
Nettie261962 mary89842
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For me either a .25 milligram dose of the Clonazepan works or even half of that if my day is not too bad. I also have fybromyalgia and this med helps with the pain that accompanies this too. Thanks on the yoga! I sure hope it helps too. Do you by chance have really stiff or heavy feeling legs? This has been really bad lately.
mary89842 Nettie261962
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No heavy feelings or stiffness is legs..just inner shakes and jello for me.
What are your symptoms or idk how to say it.. what spikes your anxiety?
pam90720 Nettie261962
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hi nettie! i have the heavy feeling legs too! feels like im walking in quick sand! 😦
im this close into trying the clonazepan...
between dizziness, ear ringing .. off balance and these eye floaters.. i need something....
(((hugs)))
pam90720 Nettie261962
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24/7 for me too, Nettie 😦
i told my mom i wished I could wake up just one day... just one day... where i felt good...
no anxiety, no headache.. have energy...
Nettie261962 pam90720
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Good description about feels like you are walking on quick sand! Oh and I have had eye floaters foe years. Harmless but annoying!
Carolyn09280 mary89842
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I get this light-headedness too. When I bend over my head is in pain and I always have a headache the days leading up. Oh and the dizziness as well. Brutal what hormones can do.
mary89842 Carolyn09280
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cher... it really is.. i have lightheadedness most of the time now but before my cycle everything is so much worse.. idk if i started peri but things have been getting unbarable around it for some time. inused to have a "normal" week once a month, not so much anymore.
HUGS.
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