Hello everyone
I'm here because I'm desperate for help. I'm currently out of work on medical leave because I feel physically horrible and now I'm starting to feel like I can't go on. It all started a few weeks ago at work with what I was told was a panic attack. My heart started to race and I felt like I was going to pass out and die. I was shaky and my hands were sweaty. As the weeks went on I kept having these "attacks" as well as excessive sweating and feeling over heated (I'm typically not a sweaty woman, at all) as well as sever weakness, heart palpitations, one time I woke up and immediately my heart started beating so fast and hard, my daughter had to call 911, I was told everything was fine, and that it was just an anxiety attack.
Now for the past few days I've been plagued by never ending weakness and feel like I'm going to pass out everytime I get up, or move around. I can't go on like this, my 16-year-old daughter is having to help me bathe and have taken on all the duties of caring for us, cooking, cleaning, shopping, washing, etc... my daughter is my only family and I feel horrible that this is happening to her, to us. Is this Perimenopause? My mother and virtually all the women in her family, went through menopause super early, so I figured I'm no exception. I'm also having to urinate constantly, I keep getting UTIs, my period now only last 2 days, when it used to last 5 days, and I have occasional shooting pains in my breast and private area. I was thinking that I should ask my doctor to put me on birth control pills to see if that helps. However, this scares me because I've never been on any form of birth control before. I can't find much information, because it seems as though perimenopause is not common for women in their 30s, so any information or advice would be greatly appreciated.