Hi
Just to chime in and say have you tested your iron? The reason I say this is I've had an horrific time with peri with heavy cycles, estrogen surges, histamine intolerance etc but turns out a massive missing bit of the puzzle was iron deficiency (not to be confused with anaemia which is one of the end results of iron deficiency, but iron deficiency is the 'disease' if you see what I mean). This is extremely poorly understood in primary care and in gyanaecology, and I had a private iron infusion in Jan, and it's changed my life. Massive, massive improvement in symptoms. All cycling women need their Hb to be 130 or above (anything below 127 = iron deficiency) and a ferritin above 100 to not have iron deficiency symptoms. Pretty much every single GP and gynae would argue with that, but the iron specialists I've been dealing with are emphatic on this point. I'd encourage any woman struggling with peri to ensure her iron (and other blood builders such as folate and B12) is optimal (and not to take a GPs word for it).
Some good resources here:
https://www.oatext.com/iron-deficiency-without-anemia-common-important-neglected.php and here:
https://theironclinic.com/ironc/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Patient-information-for-iron-infusion.pdfI'm fortunate I have a brilliant gynae who's been in the trenches with me and she agreed that many of the peri women she sees are in fact iron deficient, this means both doctors and patients end up chasing their tails on trying to sort out symptoms when in fact what they need is a good dollop of iron.
I've now just completed my first month of Qlaira (the new pill for peri women, it's like contraceptive and HRT in one) and doing OK, hoping this will over ride the ups and downs of my own hormones and stop the blood (iron) loss. There's another thread going on Qlaira is you want to see how we're all doing.
However, key thing for me has been fixing the iron and it's now my life's mission to never, ever, ever get iron deficienct again, as the symptoms were life wreckingly catastrophic. I cannot believe how much better I feel in terms of symptoms, mood, sleep and generally feeling like my 'old self' just for sorting out iron (and yes it is a bit of a soapbox of mine).
Reb
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