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[SabForMom]

My mother is 49 years old. Since August 2017, her life changed. It started with swelling in her right foot. At the time, she went to the doc about it. Some tests were done for her organs but everything was ok. The swelling went down on its own without any aid.

Coincidentally, around that same time, her menopausal symptoms began. Initially she felt extreme fatigue and dizziness. She even fainted one night and was admitted at hospital and dismissed following morning. She had been to the doc prior to fainting and her iron level results came back as 11. Normal is 14 and the doc revealed that 11 was ok in women. They put her on iron supplements regardless.

Then I can remember psychological changes in her. She is currently feels the following:

-Brain zaps which can awaken her during sleep.

-Brain fog: Wakes up out of nowhere feeling confused.

-Feels like brain being pushed around in head

-Numbness in Face, Shoulder, Arms

-Weight loss (instead of weight gain)

-Extremely hot and sweating one minute and then freezing the other minute

-Ears sometimes hurts.

-Ringing in ears

-Eye pain and dry eyes

-Frequent nightmares

-Insomnia

-Loss of appetite

Also, these symptoms intensify closer to her period. 2 times prior to her period, she woke up seeing ALL white. It scares her so much, making her fear going to sleep every night.

She has done CAT scan and MRI and they don't reveal anything. FSH levels come back normal. But I read that FSH can show normal during perimenopause??

Any other women experiencing same?

I am so scared for her and feel like no medical professional is able to help .

[peri]

Hi Sabformom

What your mum is experiencing sounds like classic peri menopause, this is caused by falling oestrogen levels which in some women causes many of the symptoms you have listed.  Why doesn't you show your mum this site so she can read around and find out about the treatments available.  I have to say it was a god send to me as I had many of the symptoms your mum is suffering from and I'm now happily on hrt and doing well x

[puddlesmum]

I can definitely relate to a lot of those, but the nightmares and seeing in different colours (I wake and see everything in either yellow or green for a split second). These normally go hand in hand with my anxiety which start just as I ovulate. It started again yesterday for me, and I've been having a few nightmares over the last week.  Lasts about 10 days for me and tends to finish a few days into my period.  It is really scary and this is the first time I've actually seen someone mention seeing the colour thing and the nightmares.  The freezing. OMG. I hate the freezing. I only have a few hot sweats which tend to happen in bed but the freezing starts anywhere and goes on for hours upon hours. I've actually had it this time round for the last 2 days. We have the heating on full and I'm still sitting here with a fleece blanket and a wrap on yet I'm still cold AND it makes me fall asleep at the drop of a hat. I can be watching TV then the next minute wake myself up snoring sitting upright still watching TV. WTF is that about?

Please ask your mum to visit the site, she'll know she's not going mad or dying of some terrible disease, it's "just" the perimenopause. She can at least read a few of the ladies stories here and realise she's not on her own.
xx

[CLKD]

Yep.  I have brain zaps as I'm on anti-depressant medication and it's a common effect.  I also have very busy, involved dreams for the same reason although I had dreams when growing up.

Muddled brain is 'common'. 

As oestrogen levels drop off so muscles may become lax = aches and pains.  Also, the body dries up, inside and out: skin, nostrils, deep in the ears, roof of mouth, vagina  [do read these threads] - my insteps itched a lot, I would wake in the night with one heel rubbing the other.  Scalp. 

Maybe suggest that your Mum gets thyroid function and VitD levels tested.  Do read the 'doing stupid things' and 'there's a strange woman in my house' threads  . 

[Mary G]

It sounds like symptoms of low oestogen overall but I wonder if some of those symptoms also indicate migraines?  A former member called Elizabethrose was very knowledgeable about migraines and said that they come in many different forms and not necessarily headaches - I suffer with silent migraines myself if I take too much progesterone.

I think your mother needs to seek the advice of a menopause specialist and start taking HRT as soon as possible.  Do you think you can persuade her to seek help?