What’s the point of talking to GPs

toria i understand u totally these drs r neglecting there patiences i'm in same boat been having dizzy spells & jerking pain all over shaking & very fatigued also had two lymph nodes appear & then got dry mouth eyes ears & lost my saliva

cant do much because of pains & feeling dizzy just sat down think a 100 yr old has more energy than me atm really annoying being in annoy when know1 is listen fobbed off by drs saying its all anxiety i had this since dec too! ur thoughts r same that be gone b4 they decide to listen 😦

toria i feel exactly the same as you about talking to the doctor, iv been struggling with many of the 66 symptoms for 8 years now. i saw several doctors at the start who had no clue what to do with me but sent me for several test. Fast forward to 2019 id come out of working feeling i would faint, shaky and just not well so rang the doctors to see if i could see someone and when the doctor who available was a women in her 50's i was so pleased as thought she would have some understanding of what im going through. i wrote a list of symptoms.

she looked at my list with a smirk and said you've been in with this list before and its not done you any harm, i dont know what it is so you just need to get on with it. She as as cold as a WET FISH. i went from there and just cried in my car feeling that was it, no support nothing im alone in this.

GET ON WITH IT iv been feeling like ill for 8yrs since starting peri, its completely changed my life. iv been menopause since 2015.

for me my worse symptom is headaches, dizziness, being off balance, its turning me into a hermit. i do think doctors use anxiety for our problems and i myself thought i just suffered from anxiety but i dont believe its all that.

iv often felt exactly like you that only an autopsy will show them how it really was for me but unfortunately we won't know about it. i feel iv lost my whole 50's ( im 60 next year).

im so sorry your in pain that must be exhausting and never ending for you.

peri and meno is called the natural change in our life but its not for millions of us and doctors should b more understanding of this and help us, i think in years to come maybe things will of changed and this generation will get the help they need.

sending you a comforting hug, keep getting through the days one at a time

I started feeling these awful peri symptoms when I turned 40. I'm 43 now but last year my symptoms got really bad. Went to the doctor told her my symptoms and she looked at me and said that's weird. Most likely anxiety and wanted to put me on anxiety meds. I refused because deep down I knew it was my hormones. Had blood test done on hormones which they didn't want to test but I fought them and of course came back saying I'm not peri. So upsetting not getting answers. She also told me to take Udos oil which is found at a natural foods store. She said I would start feeling better in 2 months taking it. That stuff is gross! So that's when I decided to find someone new to go to. Found an OB nurse practitioner. She told me blood tests are worthless and I should take a hormone saliva test. So I did and paid for it. That's where it was found my hormones were declining especially my progesterone. Basically she said hormonal imbalance. That's what she calls it instead of perimenopause. I changed my diet and its helped somewhat but I still get symptoms but I deal with it. Sometimes I think I'm going crazy but I come on to these forums to get reassurance that I'm not the only one going through this and it gives me comfort. Take Care!❤

Toria, I get it I feel like hoping there is something drastically wrong with me just so I can say to my Dr. "see I told you" I feel like I am fighting this battle alone, except I found you guys on this site. I feel so much better when I see that I am not alone in this and that it is a real "disease"