I’ve been struggling for the last 18 months with symptoms.
Headache
Dizziness
Flushed face
Hair loss
Ear pain
Sore teeth
Sore throat
Dry mouth
Lump in throat
Throat clearing
Back pain
Weak arms and legs
Numbness and tingling in hands, legs, fingers, toes
Trembling/shaking
Shortness of breath
Chest/tightness & discomfort
Pounding heart
Lower /upper back pain
Stomach pain/nausea
Rib pain/ tension/ stitch feeling
Pelvic pain
Fatigue/weak
No motivation/low mood
Lack of sleep
Shin pain
Weight loss/ lack of appetite
Blurry vision/floaters in eye
Heartburn/indigestion
Periods every 3 weeks
I’ve had endoscopy, ent scope, ct scan, 3 xchest xrays, 3 x bloods, 1x hormone blood test but all results are clear, I’ve tried counselling, 2 x antidepressants. Nothing seems to work I’m at a loss now.
Yes, I have all those symptoms and I’m in peri-menopause.
Thanks for your reply, doctors feel I’m still a bit young at 43 but my Mum and Sister went through it early.. I honestly feel like I’m going round in circles with it, and because they’ve done 1 blood test and it was fine it’s just been left and classed as anxiety.. Do you take anything to try and get through the day.
hi Suzanne, I’ve got all the exact symptoms and have had all tests like you. Now I’m getting anal fissures and piles! My bowels are all over the place…im so fed up with new symptoms 
Hi
Have you had it confirmed your menopausal, I’m just so fed up daily with all these symptoms it drags you down and effects your daily life. I’m at a loss of where to go or what to do now. My bowels are all over the place as well.
your symptoms sounds just like mine its exhausting isnt it. you cannot have a blood test in perimenopause because hormones levels change ever minute, hour, day i think this is why we all feel so ill. menopause is classed as 12 months without a period & i believe you can then have a blood test to confirm? ive had mri, several blood tests, breast lumps checked caused by hormones, ct scan of abdomen, ct125 tests, waiting a colonoscopy because my bowels are all over the place! oh im 46 btw. we all seem to have identical symptoms but doctors say oh its anxiety or ibs x
these were basically my exact symptoms plus some x
ive had 3 hormone blood tests and the only thing they have in common is my estrogen is super high which it can be in peri, my periods are less than 20 days apart now and im 40 x
Wow thanks everyone! It makes me feel a bit better that I’m not alone, but it’s not good us all suffering. I think i just have to push through it all and just try and get on with life, I’m 43.
Does anyone get any other symptoms apart from the ones on my list?
Surely there has got to be something out there to help us. But i feel everytime i speak to the gp they put it down to anxiety with me still getting my periods.
hey do you get piles or anal fissures too? this is my latest pain! I’m so itchy down their and up there!!! God what else!
occasionally itchy but no not that i know of my worse symptoms at the minute are painful gums (receding quite bad) bad back ache & bloating still, my abdominal scan results came back and found an ovarian cyst so absolutely terrified about that now as need to have an ultrasound x
Yeah that sounds like me. You can also watch for weird skin Sensations. I started HRT on my 45th birthday 4.5 weeks ago. For the most part it has been quite good. Fatigue and sleep dramatically improved. Pounding heart and digestive symptoms also. I no longer have indigestion 24hrs a day. Other things are coming and going.
I said to my GP you can give me 10 different drugs to get past all these different problems, or we could try HRT and see if they all go away. My periods are also wonky and much closer together on average than they were a year ago. I took a load of evidence with me. I encourage you to use the balance app to track your symptoms and log when your periods are and for how long. My GP was impressed by my evidence gathering.
ah don’t worry I had a polyp removed twice and they were benign. Take Vit D it’s helped with my gums and super sensitive teeth.
that’s great will try the balance app as Louise Newson was on Lorraine talking about how her GP failed her
just in a panic because my back & abdominal pain is so bad! did you get bad pain too x
I live in Australia so get different ones over here but I am trying estrogen patches at the moment and micronised progesterone capsules.
Best of luck!
yes abdominal pain made me go to the DR and it went straight down my leg! Then I googled! The DR sent me for a CA125 test whilst on my period! It came up as suspected ovarian cancer!! The gynecologist was amazing and said you shouldn’t have sent you for test during your period.
I was tested again and all normal and benign.
I still get my pain but I ignore it as I know its all clear and just perimenopause.
But always get it checked our. I’ve had so many appointments 
i think its just hormone fluctuations i have terrible back and stomach pain and whole body feels inflamed, good that youre getting it checked though it will put your mind at rest (for a while anyway) x
ok…I’ve got lumps in my breasts and armpit and my breast consultant advised me against HRT…such conflicting advise as the menopause specialist advises it as you’ll develop heart disease, dementia and other illnesses if you don’t take HRT