think I have been going through the menopause but wondering about suddenly developing aching joints and it is worrying me. I had started to go jogging a month back but had to stop it as aching took over...... Also waking up at stupid o clock and unable to get back to sleep.....its now 3:18 am
I'm sorry to hear that Kate. Getting some blood work done may give you some answers but solutions may be more difficult to come by. So much information out there. I'm 49 and going through another round of depression and anxiety. Trying to find strength anywhere I can.
Hang in there.
Thanks for the advice, I will do that for sure take care of yourself also
Hi Kate
This is very common I've subsequently found out. I was going insane with aching joints & taking neurontin & seeing physio was no help. Found out its lack of estrogen that's causing it. I'm taking an estrogen supplement called Dim plus & that has gave me some relief though not cured it. If you can take HRT that will help be I'm unable to. And yes as you can see from my time of posting -4.13am early mornings are a regular occurrence for me too. Who'd be a woman eh?
I also suffer from painful shoulders I need ice packs and Panadol I hate this
It is vile isn't it.
More tired than usual too? Ask your dr to check do an Iron Studies blood test.
Hi Kate I'm 47 and I ache too! Today I woke up with such painful thumb joints! I try not to think too much about it but they are so painful like someone has pulled my thumbs right back :-( I take cod liver oil. I'm also getting foggy brain I guess that's what it's called, it's like my head has its own agenda sometimes with a feeling like its trying to shut down! and freaks me out. I have suffered from anxiety attacks so try to go along with it. Take care.
Hi Kate
I'm 49, regular as clockwork still, but my knee joints are getting particularly bad! They haven't been good for some years, but I am getting pains in odd parts of the joints. All my finger joints make horrible cracking sounds now, too, though don't hurt very often.
As for the insomnia...!
I have not had a good night's sleep for 2 weeks now. I thought things would settle down as usual after my period ended and agitation levels subsided - but it's getting worse and driving me nuts! If I sit at my laptop and get comfy in the afternoons I'm away with the fairies! Same thing if I am interested in a programme on tv in the evening. Get to bed any time between 11 and 1am and I still wake several times a night - this morning it was 2am, then 5-ish.
It is beginning to drive me more nuts than I am already! I was in a pattern of waking no earlier than 6.30 - 7am, having slept all night. That was ok. But waking at least 3 times a night...help!
Hi Tracky, the brain fog is awful and so annoying! What is even more annoying and perplexing is that the fog is NOT there when I need it when I wake in the wee small hours! Why can my brain wake up then?????
Do you, or anyone, get a sort of blindness with the fog? Take this morning, for instance - got up and felt chilled, decided I needed to find my fleece cardi...it was hanging on the doorknob right next to me at the time...and it is bright buttercup yellow!
This keeps happening to me - I look around for something, decide I can't find it, then spot it in plain view mere inches away!!
Hi. Sorry to hear that. Lots of people on these discussions are suffering with joint pain which appears to be connected with fluctuating hormones. Probably worth checking with your doctor to make sure but it does appear to be one of the many symptoms that can be experienced. I have had lots more aches and pains, I find walking helps, but feel like I'm 93 when I get out of bed in the morning! Hope you find some relief. Check out the thread perimenopause and severe joint pain'. Xx
Oh yes I did that the other day! Couldn't find my sons toy pterodactyl at my parents so we left it with my parents saying they'll send it if they find it and when I got home my mum called to say it was on their settee where I'd been sitting!!!!! What I find hard is when I mention aches, fuzzy head etc to doctors now I'm perimenopause it's like every symptom is that and I do wonder when you should be concerned or just get on with it?! The other thing I'm suffering with is water infections :-(
Ooh sorry to hear that. Thankfully, touch wood, I've been ok in that department. That's the last thing you need with everything else going on! And water works infections can affect the mind too!
Whatever daft thing I do / say, whatever ails me - I have taken to saying "Oh it's just my age!"
Yes ive started saying that too :-)
The nurse at our practice told me that about 4 years ago when I commented on a change in my periods and the new phenomenon of the 4th day becoming a 24 hour pain fest for back and abdomen! These days it seems to be day 3, just before flooding starts, but the pains can go over the 24 hour timespan now!
I do understand the aching joint thing, Kate and madcow - it's also pretty frustrating having to get up about 3 or 4 times in the night to go to the loo, as well as worrying about where the next loo is during the day, so I can definitely relate to the disturbed sleep, then having the shoulder pain as I sleep on my side. Did a fair bit of gardening this weekend and now have tennis elbow now to go with it, and my feet bones hurt when I get up! Personally, I also find walking helps with hip/pelvic aches, (like you, Mooma) as inactivity definitely makes it worse - and then you get the benefit if hearing the birds sing and feeling the joy of fresh air and otherwise good health! Spring is here, and we are all still alive and kicking! Seems the is a lot the doctors don't know or understand about peri and menopause, but let's keep posting and educate them all!
Hear hear!
Or is it here here? You'd think there would be enough female medics of, or over, a certain age, to have brought all these "new" symptoms to wider attention!
Hope you've got a tubular elastic bandage to put on your elbow asap? I picked up golfer's elbow (slightly different place, apparently, and I was thrusting parcels into a springy trolley) at work last November and still know about it if I leave the bandage off for a day!
Yes, I find that the period pain is less severe if I can walk about. I walked the 2.5 miles back home from town the other day and was thrilled to hear the cuckoo again at last - though my poorly foot was agony and burning at the end of it! This time of year, after such a dreary wet winter, is such a balm to the soul! Heard 2 swallows at last the other day, too! Magical!
Hi Kate, get bloodwork just to be sure, but it sounds like myself. Best of luck!
Sorry Kate,
I also am going through something similar. I started taking multi vitamin/mineral (especially calcium/magnesium), extra potassium, Vitamin D, and fish oils. That cleared up my aching joints and muscles the very next day!! Are you a life long exerciser? If you just started a new program you are going to be sore no matter what your state or age. Give it some more time. Make sure your stretching lots and maybe do some yoga or pilates to help with that and to help with your core strenght. Calcium/magnesium & Vitamin D deficiency are really common in women our age, and can cause muscle and joint pain as a side effect. I believe exercise is the fountain of youth!! So please give it another try.
Hi Girls
Some of you might remember me posting jubilantly the other day that reducing my Citalopram had helped- weill I dare say it has helped but I'm still stiff and achy and still managed to sleep for over 2 hours this afternoon. I've had full GP checks and nothing of note. Last time I saw GP she did mention it may be Estrogen levels too low. I'm on 2mg of Ellest Solo (no ovaries and full hyster) . I've never heard of anyone taking more than 2mg? Has anyone outt there tried higher dose and if so what?
Oh yes- Omega poils 3, 6 and 9 help with brain fog but I can identify with posts above. I was washing up with a sponge in my hand the other day looking round and scanning the draining board wondering where I had put sponge and if I needed a new one!!! Sometimes it can be a blessing not thinking out loud.
I hav e gone back to magnesium and omega oils supplements