I have been diagnosed with general anxiety disorder. I am currently taking Zoloft for it. During my period I have really bad shortness of breath, chest pain, and I feel very jittery. I also CAN NOT sleep!! Hence the reason I am up at 1 in the morning writing this post 😔 All of this seems to come out of nowhere. I'm fine one day, and the next I'm a mess. Does anyone have any advice on how to ease this during my period? Thanks in advance!
I'm about due for my period..while I get short of breath on and off all month,minor..it picks up around period. I'm 41 and on no meds. Also very hyper,jittery and shaky. Happens before and during period.. well happens all the time when anxious lol but worse before and during. I have no advice,I just try to take it easy,which is sometimes not an option but you're not alone.
Answer I discovered not long ago,going through my calendars and journals,that every time I ended up in the ER, it was around my period. I'd end up getting it the next day or wind up there right after it.. idk why this is but it's good to keep track . I always felt hormones play a big part in this but how to help it is another thing. Besides exercise..sometimes I just can't when I feel that bad. Best wishes.
Does the ER do anything to help? I have been suffering the past couple days (allll day) with anxiety and I am on my period too.
Thank you for your reply. I started writing in a journal when all of this began, but then I stopped. I agree, it is important to keep track of how I'm feeling. I am thinking about getting a gym pass and hopefully with a regular work out routine, my symptoms will at least become minor. Thank you again!
I've gone to the ER when this first started happening and they gave me a blood test, an ekg, and x-rays, and told me everything looked good. They also told me I should take my anxiety med (lorazepam) when I'm feeling like this. I don't like the way the medication makes me feel, so I just try to fight through all the symptoms. It's so hard though when sometimes I can not sleep at all 😢