So I get all the perimenopause symtpoms...dry vag, fatique, loss of sex drive, gerd and digestive prob, tingling skin too name a few...however, I don't get the hot flashes or night sweats...do you still think its perimenopuase...can you get all the other sym and not hot flashes and night sweats?
I only had night sweats in very early peri, it was how i knew it was peri start of, also night sweats but not for long, then had ten year peri, then first year of post meno i had a summer of excessive hot flushes up to 20 per day.
A hot flush is the way our bodies cool down in menopause due to hormones sending things all over place..
as it was a hot summer i re started flushes ten years later .. Now its cool they have gone again..
i am age 50, 16 months post menopause
jay x
hi dane, yes i have all the other symptoms but i've never had a hot flash. I do however get cold flashes. I personally think your in peri. Its horrid isnt it what we ladies have to go through sending you a comforting hug x
Not all women get flushes ... They say 75% do in general ..
The root cause of hot flushes is not clear.
What is known is that the part of the brain that senses and controls body temperature (and other body functions) is the hypothalamus.
During the menopause, oestrogen levels fall.
Although not fully understood, scientists think that this fall in oestrogen causes a glitch in the way the hypothalamus senses body temperature, making it think that you are too hot.
This causes a response designed to cool the body down.
More blood goes to the skin (one of the causes of hot flushes and reddening of the skin) and sweat glands start working (the menopausal sweat).
I have all your symptons too plus brainfog, anxiety etc but no hot flushes, if a nything I'm colder than usual. I am at the periods much closer together stage (22 days ish) and still ovulating so who knows what will happen in the future.
I most definitely think that it is perimenopausal symptoms. I don't get hot flashes very often but I do get a lot of the other symptoms. Everyone is different and we all experience symptoms differently. I know some women who have gone through menopause without experiencing any hot flashes. I have found that with all of the symptoms there is always one symptom that is the dominant symptom that I experience mostly. I don't know if this is true for anyone else. Hope this helps.
Sharlene
Greetings to you dear. I am in perimenopause and don't get hot flashes, a night sweat nor gray hair so my hormones are in a real state of shock or else it's the calm before the storm. I had vertigo and very off balance and dizziness for 6 months. I started the B vitamins and were a great help with these symptoms. The one is even good for vertigo. Now I just have fatigue most days. All these symptoms eventually go away and keep telling yourself that this too shall pass. It's good to keep busy and keep your mind off your symptoms and it will pass even faster I find is true. Shopping with a good, positive, friend will do wonders. xo
Have you tried a B12 spray/sublingual for the fatigue? Helped mine no end (took iron too as was deficient probably due to period every 22 days).
Hi Middlemuddle
Please can I ask the name of the spray and where you you can buy it please ?
Greetings. Fatigue now. I have no energy. The days are better but the evenings are a right off. Some days are worse than others. Which is good so I get spoiled more hehe. Just this morning I was feeling very warm and it's winter outside. Felt like jumping in the snowbank. Oh God I am getting near to a Hot flash. waaaaa. I take B6 and B12 vitamins. I heard they work good together from Dr. Oz TV show. xo
Yes that fatigue is a real bugger! I experience this too. Right before a period and while ovulating. It's like this unnatural tiredness comes over you and just sits. You feel like you can't do anything.
Oh yes I hear you. It makes you feel old cause you don't feel like doing anything. It's winter so it's okay by me to stay inside anyway. It will pass like the other symptoms. It will be Spring soon one day too. waaaaaa. xo
Hi. I will try a spray. Thanks for your help. I had a blood test beginning of the year and was good so we will see what the next test says. I am falling apart 😖 xo
Yeah and I have a very rambunctious five year old son and an eighteen month old girl who is newly walking so it's hard to not do anything. I guess it's a good thing to have them around at this time because I need something to keep me going.
Hi again dear. It's good to keep busy and moving. I am 48 so have no little ones to keep me busy. I have to purposely walk on a treadmill. 😃😃. The fatigue will go eventually. I will survive......maybe 😁😁😁
Yes they help keep me moving. They are probably in part the reason I've slimmed down so much. Lol!
Yep, you can... I have very few hot flushes, if I can call them that. Sometimes is just like a hotness. Or I wake up at night feeling like is hot in the bedroom. Not drastic, not string. If I was not paying attentio because of the other symptoms, I probably would not even notice.
Xx
Sorry for the delay. I buy shot-o-b12 by nature's plus from a local independent shop. Expensive but lasts about 3 months and worked for me; bloods showed huge increase in b12 levels.
B12 is great,
I have injection every two-three weeks and it boosts me no end,
Would not be without B12
Or B6 ever
Have a great weekend ladies
Jay
Hi thank you for your reply xx