I could have written this 10 years ago, when I was 48. The joint pain, hair shedding (including ‘down there’, looked like I’d had a Brazilian!) feeling off all the time, weepy, anxious, pins and needles, feelings like someone is sticking pins in my arms and legs, waking up with my whole body tingling, and that was just some of the symptoms. I went on HRT from age 48 for 6 years and felt brilliant, and then stopped due to supply issues. The pandemic hit and I had 2.5 years of feeling anxious, weepy, joint pains etc. I just thought it was the awful situation that everyone was in with the pandemic, but when everything went back to ‘normal’, I still felt dreadful, and realised it was my hormone levels. Went back on it a year ago and felt like ME again. I have some gynae issues with bleeding, which is being sorted imminently (a polyp) but all in all I feel fantastic.
It could well be that you’re peri-menopause. It does hit like a train! Hope you manage to find something to help.
Hi everyone xx
Does anyone else suffer with muscle and joint pain? These pains and twinges are literally doing the rounds constantly and I feel like I've run a marathon all the time.
I keep thinking I have an awful chronic disease or worse 😕
I'm anaemic so that obviously doesn't help, currently on iron supps, b-vits, omega 3's, and magnesium, should I throw anything else in the mix??
My hair is falling out big time too and I just feel so WEIRD, like not myself.
I turned 45 in July and it's all hit me like a truck. Wondering how I'm going to navigate all this as it's just the beginning!
Grateful to find this forum anyway, and feel slightly less freaked out from reading the posts here.. 🙏