I found myself up way too early yesterday morning. I'd been woken yet again by a very weird sensation. I actually reached under my bed and unplugged the bed frame, because I thought maybe, just maybe, that feeling was coming from the electronic controls that we don't use (to raise and lower head/feet or massage) I knew that wasn't it, I'd experienced the feeling in other beds that had no such electronics.
I got up and conferred with Dr.Google, of course I was diagnosing myself as having Parkinson's, M.S., cancerous tumors, Lyme's disease, and even brain eating Amoebas. ( I wasn't really diagnosing myself but the list WAS scary)
While still conferring with the internet about my symptoms, I stumbled across a post on this forum from a couplafew years ago where there were pages of this exact "internal buzzing" feeling was being discussed. I literally burst into tears. Not because I actually thought I had the afore mentioned diseases, but because it just clicked, that this "inner vibration" is another indication of being perimenopausal. It was just such a relief to read! I spent hours pouring over the website and devouring the information. While I realize not every weird thing that goes on in this 48.5yr old female body can be chalked up to menopause, it sure felt good to be reading stories from women I could relate to. Thank you all for sharing your stories!
HI! I think I will be sticking around for a while. My name is BlueWaterBaby and I am a perimenopausal mess! I'm 48 years old and married to my second husband for almost 4 years. I work from home for my husband's business. We are empty nesters. Between us we have four kids in their 20s. I am originally from Canada but moved to the US to be with him in 2016. My mum and two grown children are still in western Canada and I'm in Florida thousands of km/miles away. That wasn't such a big deal until they closed the border because of Covid19. Now I feel horribly disconnected and distanced from my family and that is not helping my emotional upheavals. I last saw them in January and don't know when I will next be able to visit in person. It might not be until next year. Ouch.
"Lucky" me seems to be experiencing some of the lesser known symptoms of menopause.The weird "buzzing" thing, nausea, and as I learned yesterday reading here, even my itchy ear canal could possibly be hormonal. Who knew!? The ear thing has been driving me nuts for about 2 years, which is about when the hot flashes and night sweats started, as well as this weird "vibrating nerves" thing, although all have been gradually increasing in frequency and intensity over time. I still get my period but it is no longer regular, and is very heavy when it shows up every 5 to 7 weeks. I can't do much of anything for the first few days. It's awful. I get cramps during the month when I shouldn't be, occasional light spotting and also seem to be ovulating twice between bleeds. Some anxiety has been flaring up and it makes me very uncomfortable because it is reminiscent of the anxiety disorder I developed while still living with my alcoholic ex husband 8-ish years ago.
I do not have an OBY/GN but have been discussing all these things with my GP/PC doctor. During my first mammogram last year he had the imaging place also run a bone density scan on me and I still have good healthy bones. At least SOMETHING is working in my favor. All my recent blood test results were in good order. Despite being active and having a healthy BMI I have developed hypertension in the last couple years and I'm on medication for that.
So that's my story in a rather large nutshell. If you got this far, thanks for listening to me blather. Just so glad to have found this place! I wont be posting a lot but I'll be reading my eyes raw. Thanks again to all who post. The insight and acknowledgement is wonderful, but I think the camaraderie and knowing we aren't alone is most valuable.
