Elaine, next week I am joining the YMCA, I believe they have yoga classes. It was really cold here this week and I teach part time so I did not get to go, but I am next week, probably Monday since its a holiday here in the U.S (Presidents Day) which is funny because half of the country usually hates whoever is president. LOL, but I digress. Anyway, I think it would be good for me to get involved with something else beyond teaching 3 days a week and obsessing about perimenopausal symptoms. It won't make it all go away but it will help me. As far as your mother in law, I suspect something like that would happen to my mother, she is 74 and extremely stubborn, thankfully she is in great health but she adamantly refuses to do anything that would require medication, hospitalization ect. One thing I realize is people have agency and many feel like I just don't want to have anything to do with hospitals and medication. As far as your sisters, the panic attacks are very debilitating and yet they are really hard to get a handle on. I used to be afraid of dogs too. I am still afraid of elevators.
Thats great lennie, unfortunately all we can do, is act on whats happening around our body when it happens, and whilst it would be great to take one pill to take the lot away, if you can come through it without doing that, then thats great, just dont suffer uneccessarily, that would be my only advice to people, sometimes i think the elderly have the right attitude to medication and drs, but sometimes it can be tlo our detriment to do that.
Yoga is much more gentle ont he body, and the relaxation part i found brilliant, your a teacher, your use to structure in your life, opretty sure that would help you control your anxiety, good luck lennie, let us know how you get on, i always tend to think, ill do it when the weather is warmer................ha we tend to hibernate in the winter dont we, swimming i have found another good one, for gentle exercise, now that one really made me feel well all over with the fatigue, but one for the summer i think..............ha
Yes swimming is really, really relaxing too. Anyway, I agree with you about medications ect. I am not 100 percent opposed to meds, if its necessary I take them and will do it, I try to see if it can be resolved without them, but sometimes you have to do it, the last few days the tendonitis has been really bad but when its gets awful I break down and use ibuprofen. It helps, I have large breasts and the medical assistant was saying that the pulling from tendonitis during perimenopause aggravates the sensation. I cant wait to do the yoga classes.
Thanks for you kind reply. Take care xx
nothing wrong with breaking down and using ibuprofen, if you feel you need it take it, i have, works great for inflammation, when that lifts it makes you feel pretty good, just take it in moderation, thats me, everything in moderation you wont go wrong then, yes thats the problem isnt it, perimenopause seems to aggravate everything thats going on elsewhere in the body, especially if you have inflammation, let me know how the yoga classes go, when you can make it.
I totally agree. I was once a pretty moderate drinker with two or three times a week a few glasses of wine, I have cut that back and like you I noticed when I turned 50 it added to the depression and anxiety. I just stopped except for rare occasions.
Elaine, as far as meds like Tylenol, ibuprofen ect. here is my philosophy, go with the natural stuff first, but when the pain is too much to bear use pain relief, do NOT suffer with pain, I have sort of a high threshold for most pain, so I try to use other remedies like turmeric, but when that does not work, I use pain killers, since I hurt my knee I use them but in moderation.
totall y agree lennie, im exactly the same.