Does anyone feel like all of the symptoms are just too much to cope with? I have been dealing with severe physical and mental symptoms for over four years. I have really had enough at this point, but I still keep pushing forward.
yes bev daily, its blooming awful, plus as the moment im either having a period or due on a period x
I hear you. I too struggle against feeling overwhelmed, and I am so sorry you are going through the same. Headaches, ear pain, jaw pain, neck pain, tinnitus, "weird head", weepiness.. popping paracetamol almost every day.. I crawl into bed at night, always subconsciously saying "Finally. Made it through another day". Then I wake up again and try again.
Sometimes I think back to how seemingly carefree I was in my teenage years or my young adulthood, and I almost laugh to think about how upset I was by whatever challenges I was going through at the time. I long to be able to sleep well and long again, to wake up pain-free, completely at ease. But I know the reality of this transition we are all going through, and also the transition of just aging, and every day I strive to reach that level of acceptance that I know is the only way to live peacefully. It's hard, it definitely is. But I hope you are comforted to know that you are not alone, and I will pray for you too. Hang in there, and feel free to write me on here any time (since for whatever reason they took away the private messaging), hugs <3
Hugs!!
gentle hugs back, so annoying we cant message on here anymore, it helped us support each other x
hello cat
your post just says it all, i relate to EVERYTHING you've put.
when it gets to bedtime for me i too think how iv managed to get through the day. Its sad how our life is passing away so quick feeling so dreadful.
All i can say is keep on going and hopefully there'll an end, its 8 years for me so far.
sending you all comforting hugs
8 years :( are you still in peri? have you tried hrt? or vitamins? x
Thanks so much for your kind words, Cat; they mean a lot to me. I am extremely lucky to have an amazing spouse, a loving mother, and close friends who have all supported me through this. I know that I have an amazing life, so it is worth fighting for.
Going through this during a pandemic hasn't been particularly fun either. And the weird sleep is a drag. I was just commenting to my husband that I remember when I used to sleep right through the night and then struggle to wake up to go to the office (I'm a fulltime Mom now). Regardless of how I slept, I now, for some annoying reason, jolt awake after exactly 6 hours of sleep. How has your sleep been?
But like Bev says, I'm so grateful for my husband and my kids -- they definitely keep me going.
Yes, exactly this <3
hi toria
No i was in peri for 4 years and been in menopause since 2015 i can't have HRT so do take vitamins but to be honest iv spent so much money over the years on supplements that im not sure what works. X
my sleeps terrible if i do go to sleep its only for about 4 hrs or i wake through the night constantly so done get that deep sleep we should have then im so tired at work i could fall asleep on my keyboard. my husband is good too but i really don't think he can possibly understand what its really like for us on a daily basis. wishing you a better day today x
Sigh, the lack of decent sleep surely doesn't help. That's why I posted about melatonin -- wondering if it's as effective as they say it is.
Today has been a vague headache slash hot-tingling-pressure- head kind of day; you know, the kind of weird head sensations you can't describe to a doctor. My young daughter made me pasta and I got weepy. It's also day 1 of my period, and interestingly I noticed I was cramping like I used to when I was in school, or before I ever got pregnant. Working on accepting and/or ignoring. Pressing on......
i wake numerous times a night and have terrible nightmares x
oh i know that feeling, i now only take zinc and magnesium with no fillers x
keep moving forward Bev please remember that this is all hormone related. that is the hardest part for me. i am not crazy, this is something i cannot control try as i might tho and lord knows i have been trying for soo long. please keep reaching out, but also take comfort in knowing that this will not last forever . visiting this site helps me by knowing i am not alone, but it also catches me in a cycle of depression thinking there is no end. some of these posts are 6 yrs old i want to assume those ladies have gotten through to the otherside and this is all but a memory. i have to believe that.
i think this forum can be a curse as well as a blessing because it can trigger you reading old old posts x
What a brilliant response! Thanks so much, Corinne. I couldn't agree more with you. One moment, it's the end of the world, and I feel as though I can't go on for one more moment; the next, I am blissfully happy. Perimenopause does make you feel insane, but I know that I'm not. I 100% believe in my total recovery from all of this. I just need to make it to the other side. Until then, it's day to day. When it's bad, I shorten my time frame to what I think I can handle.
Yes my dreams are so vivid. I seem to start dreaming the moment I fall asleep! Then I jolt awake several times. Feel so unrested when I eventually have to get up and then annoyed about it as well!
horrible isnt it, have runny tummy today too, also had my second covid vaccine and have reacted to it........ again :( x