Hi Michelle7474,
Thanks for your reply.
I felt weepy this morning and cried a bit. I woke up feeling anxious this morning and I think the cortisol plays a part when it comes to anxiety. I don't feel wobbly but I sometimes get internal shaking. When I startted peri, which I think was in October 2016 when I first missed a period, things seemed fine. Then from 2017 to 2018 I would have a period every 2 months. This was still ok, as I didn't mind not having periods anymore but in March 2018 I started feeling very strange. It started with stomach issues. I first got the impression I couldn't swallow my food and I had a bit of reflux. Then in May of that year other symptoms started cropping up I started feeling horribly dizzy on an almost daily basis and, from time to time, my nose and ears would get blocked. I really didn't think of the menopause because I was still having my periods at the time. Nobody told me that meno can cause these symptoms. I became increasingly worried, not knowing what was happening to me and I thought that there was something medically wrong with me. I had all the tests under the sun but the docs couldn't find anything wrong with me. In 2019, apart from having 3 periods, in a row, my periods spaced out even more and in January 2020, I had the very last one. I haven't had a bleed since and I am in early postmeno. I do hope that my symptoms will tail off, especialy, the psychological ones. There is no way this can go on indefinitely.
Hi again Karine
It’s awful when you wake up feeling anxious and especially when the feeling stays longer and lingers about , I do hope your ok and I send a massive hug to you ❤️
I get interal shakes I could never work them out & thought I had some nerve problem … when they first came it was like what the hell is this ??
I’ve never missed a period (yet) & all
These things are happening
I’ve had close together periods & that’s what prompted me to go on HRT .. along with usual aches and pains .. palpitations, headaches , body feeling hot ( wasn’t so much a flush ) had gained weight .. which now I’m thinking wasn’t a bad thing
And I had aniexty ..once and few odd weird days
I’ve never been the best sleeper so to me that was normal.
But I do believe that maybe the HRT made everything worse for me.. I’ll never know but after struggling for 3.5 months ( although first week was great symptoms went & felt normal ) but they came back but I was determined to give it the whole 3 months & pray it worked.
In this time my palpitations came back , the heat came back , the shakes came back , everything came back and also aniexty on a day to day basis
But I still kinda managed to get out and about at first .. then it came stronger which stops me going out alone ( although I have done a few walks alone )
But I never understand how this all happened & always doubted it would be hormones
My pharmist said to me tht I would be best off stopping the patch or lowering it as she said it seemed my body was having too much hormone , ( when maybe it didn’t need it so much )as mine was fluctuating which could have been the case
I stopped it 27th July and instantly felt relief in myself for taking it off.
But I have to say the aniexty etc is still lingering , she also informed me that it would take a while for my own system to settle when finishing the patch as it’s been used to getting more added .. now it as to get used to getting nothing added and she said then finally would be back to normal ( whatever that will be )
I’ve read a lot of people have come off and although have bad days generally felt better in time , so im hoping for same but still early days for me.
I think my stomach issues are all caused by maybe the aniexty/hormones too as I’ve never suffered before
Since I’m back on the omperzole 2daily & eating better for past 3 days it’s not been so bad as in burning as subsided & the nauseous feeling don’t seem as bad as it was, that to me is a relief
I want to wake up everyday and feel Bck to normal but I think thts a long way off .. I plod on through my day .. sometimes sad , frustrated & still asking HOW
The dizziness lightheadedness I don’t like .. but thts far less now than it was on patches although it’s still around
It’s like someone as taken my body and I want it back 😂😂
I could handle it without the aniexty as I’m more aware now , I’m more educated from this site
I always thought it was something else causing it .. surely couldn’t be hormones making me feel this way .. but all bloods come back fine and is no suggestion of anything else .. I had CT in April and that was fine ( that was before aniexty )
I did think oh was it covid , was it the jabs because I couldn’t get my head hormones doing this to me.
But look how many of us are suffering
I hope for the day that my hormones maybe settle where this aniexty isn’t a daily chore to live with
I feel calm now but jittery it’s like your waiting for it to happen as it’s happened so many times before
I’m sitting on my balcony getting fresh air & maybe later I will go for a drive with husband
Did you get aniexty a lot when you was in peri stage after missing periods etc
Strange how something else that’s happening like your nose/ ears / throat / stomach could all be menopause.. I always sit and think HOW ?
I’m not even gonna try any new meds or anything now as I think sometimes they help in certain ways but create another problem
I tried proponol 10mg once a day and although I was calm I couldn’t function .. so I haven’t had that now for a week
Also H2 blocker i tried once for this stomach acid and had awful side effects & I think that should be out my system now so back to basics and just waiting for these pesky hormones of mine to get to normal as in before HRT
Us women deal with such an awful lot
And yet some don’t ( lucky )
I didn’t expect any of this .. 4.5 months ago I was still out and about , working , laughing , joking and living life with aches and pains
wish I was back there now lol ..
I do hope your days get better & I hope mine do too
And I certainly hope this can’t be forever
