hi all, just when you are thinking you are managing stuff another symptom! tch - can anyone enlighten me please, last nite whilst out had horrid anxiety attack, suddently felt very hot in the face sweating buckets and faint, churning stomach and felt very unsteady couldnt drive home even this took around an hour to settle at home whilst feeling very scared and hot, its horrid trully isnt it, thanks ladies. hugs debi xxxx
Hi debi, yes I just had something come over me and heart start to race I was bit frighten
as you said when you think your managing something other craziness comes....but I think I had this sometime ago on the road and I turn back and went home
you don't know from one day to the next, monster hormones lol
Hello Debi.I feel Yr pain I'm going through the same thing. control Yr breathing.take a deep breath in then breath out.it will pass.when this happens to me I go hide somewhere.until I get myself together.but I'm going to see my doctor next wk to see Wht we can do.hugs and kisses.it will Get better
Debi,
While I am not a doctor, I might be able to offer a plausible explanation. There are aggressive endocrine changes that happen with menopause. One of these is that when we lose our estrogen, our adrenal glands attempt to compensate. One of the things that happens is that our cortisol, adrenaline, and nor adrenaline go higher than normal. While it's not possible to test adrenaline levels, cortisol when tested, is high and above normal range. You probably know that these adrenal hormones are considered the "fight or flight" hormones.
So with all this in mind, this is part of the reason that many women in menopause ecperience bouts of anxiety and panic attacks.
At least that's the best guess I can give you, as to what happened last night. Sorry, i know it's all very unpleasant.
Eat well, sleep a full 8 hours a night if you can. Drink plenty of clean water, take a good vitamin and reduce stress in you rlife where possible. Hopefully this will pass soon.
Hi sweetheart feel so sorry for you 😢 I have the worst anxiety today myself ! Sorry to be graphic but I have noticed a small like fleshy piece sticking out down below ? Convinced myself I have something serious ? If anyone else has this i would be so happy to hear xx
Hi
Gailannie's explanation is spot on (a gynaecologist told me the same) I had this and eventually decided to take flouextine, with existing mild anxiety problems I already had it caused me to get a panic disorder.
I have had no panic attacks or anxiety, my sweating has been reduced greatly and although I am peri menopausal I can at least say I feel better without worrying about these episodes coming on so randomly.
Try taking Magnesium and pure flaxseed these help to regulate hormones or try some bioidentical hormone cream
Keep talking on here it does help it certainly helped me
Woo, glad you are another lady on here who has found fluoxetine ad helpful with your peri/meno symptoms. I often tell other ladies on here to discuss trying it with their doc, as so many ladies find it helps them. xx
Certainly has helped me, horrible to take for first few weeks because of side effects but after 6 weeks I feel great. No hot flushes, no anxiety or panic