Yeah, you'll pass those eye tests with flying colors. And you'll pass a lot of other tests too I'll look forward to hearing how it works for you. Don't get discouraged if it doesn't work right away. A lot of ladies on here mention needing to tweak things for many cycles before finding the right balance for them. I've found that to be true for me too.
my biggest eye issue is hooded lids since peri started I feel like my face is slowly sliding off from the top 😂definitely the time for some top grade eye and skin cream. dam you hormones as if the symptoms aren't bad enough there is also baggy skin and I've got A better moustache than my husband
Oh poor you Vicky, I also have whiskers my cats would kill for, aswell as a moustache, age spots, dark circles that make me look like one of the walking dead, and saggy eyelids. I recommend 2 products or rather 3. A no-no epilator for unwanted hair all over the body. My Perfect eyes for the dark circles and saggy skin. Proactive+ for spots. Make up wise I have found Sheer Cover foundation and powder and Dermaclor waterproof concealer which also helps with covering the dark circles and spots. I've also lost my eyebrows and alot of my head hair so I have my eyebrows done with semi permanent make up, and my partner shaves my head and I have 5 wigs. All of them short and black but different styles so no more hairdressing bills for me and no more bad hair days. Thankfully, body hair diminishing so no more waxing bills. Some of what has happened to me I have simply embraced and learned to live with it. When I am fully made up, and wearing one of my wigs I have so much confidence now and no one believes I am 54. I am now waiting for dental implants which will transform my looks and I will feel able to rejoin the human race again. So dont despair, we all have to go through this awful thing. Having a good dr, a good partner and a very understanding 2 sons has been a godsend to me. Never underestimate the support your family can give you. If you are not able to talk to them, keep on talking to other ladies who totally know what you are going through on this forum. I thought I was going mad when I began to menopause. I have been perimenopausal for around 6 years, and the final crash came recently. Taking HRT now slowly but surely getting better. Then I will slowly come off it, over a long period, a little at a time so I will be controlling my change not the other way round. Hope it helps you to know that you are not alone and I and lots of other ladies are here for you. Hugs and x's.
Thank you I think if I weren’t on this forum I would have been going crazy worrying that something is wrong with me. It helps a lot knowing there are woman out there going threw the same thing. We will all support each other.😘
I am 37 and I have been experiencing EXACTLY the same things! Over the past year, my hair started falling out like crazy. Along with everything you described..especially the anxiety and depression that hits me out of nowhere right when my period ends. There is no reason for it, as my life is pretty great. Every doctor said they are finding nothing wrong. Then I decided to go to the obgyn and he said all of this sounds like perimenopause. My periods, which have always been the same...heavy and at least 5 days long...are now light, short, and I get weird clots and discharge. It's been so terrible that sometimes I feel crazy! I'm so anxious and I find it hard to do my normal routine.
Oh hugs! So very sorry you feel like this. It's so aweful!!! I took the month long cycle mapping test from zrt and it finally gave me some clues. My estrogen is low compared to my progestrone. My progestrone is actually higher then my estrogen in my follicular phase until right before ovulation when it sluggishly raises enough for me to have some kind of ovulation. So, that would explain my depression at the end of my period when estrogen is suppose to be way above progestrone levels. I get symptoms all month long and my estrogen appears to be low across the board. It's a relative estrogen deficiency. Not low enough to be obvious on blood tests but low enough compared to progestrone to give me awful symptoms. I was put on progestrone and it made my symptoms worse. Now I understand why. I'm going to try some bio estrogen and see what happens. I'v tried so many herbs and supplements, diet, exercise,...nothing makes a dent. Just desperate for some relief! Hang in there friend!
I've experienced a number of those symptoms but the worst was general anxiety and panic attacks. Had me in the ER and urgent care a couple times. Ingesting micronized progesterone changed my life! When you ingest and digest the progesterone, a metabolite is created that helps with anxiety. From https://www.larabriden.com/superpowers-benefits-progesterone/: "capsules are best to relieve perimenopausal sleep problems (because an oral dose delivers more of the beneficial sedating metabolite allopregnanolone). A safe dose is about 20 mg in a cream, or 50 to 100 mg in a capsule. It generally works best taken only during the luteal phase, or in a pulsed fashion if there is no luteal phase."
I actually take this brand of drops as prescribed by my natropath: https://www.amazon.com/Bezwecken-ProgonB-L-Professionally-Formulated-Pre-Menopause/dp/B00H7GXKKM/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1523846210&sr=8-1&keywords=progonb-l+4x
Hope this helps!
Hello Lisa,
same case here! I have visited all kind of doctors, many tests, no help! I spend a lot of money without help as you said and at this time I am not financially independent. Ι cannot work under this awful condition..I feel sick all the time and the fatigue is like having constantly the flu
As you mentioned, I feel worse after my period till ovulation!
But I would like to ask you to you ever feel painful ovulation? Like everything on pelvic area is falling down?
I am sure that sometimes I ovulate during my period on 4 day or immediately after on 7 day and on 14 - 15 day of my cycle I am crying for hours unstoppably. Then I am a little better for a week till PMDD starts....
In addition, the only time I have sex drive is one day of the month before the earlier ovulation begins...
Before my period, I am constantly experiencing insomnia, formication crawling skin and itching on my scalp, neck or stomach area, hot flashes, extreme hunger ... irritability, nervousness, vaginal and pelvic burning.......
Some months, hot flashes during my period and pain like needles inside my uterus and exactly on the last day of my period scary heart palpitations and arrhythmias, a sensation like my heart stops beating, this is scary!
I do not believe that low progesterone is the solution to our problem... the culprit is the estrogen deficiency. More progesterone may aggravate the symptoms and especially PMS symptoms such as breast tenderness and swollen calves....
I keep telling myself "Breathing until your last breath, you will make it! "
Hi Evi, have you or are you taking estrogen?
So sorry. Yes, I do get some pain around ovulation. But I am ovulating. Dr's said, "well, since you are ovulating you have plenty of estrogen". That's not always true!! My tests just came back from my month long zrt hormonal panel and my estrogen is BELOW my progestrone from day 1 until just a few days before I finally am able to ovulate. So I have a very clear relative estrogen deficiency. Estrogen is suppose to be dominant up until ovulation. Not progestrone. I encourage you to chart you bbt if you are familiar with that so you can track your estrogen and progestrone thru that method. And also, if u can afford it...take a cycle mapping test from zrt pr the Dutch test. It gave clear answers. I am starting estrogen this next cycle. We'll see what happens. Hugs!
Hello,
No I am not taking anything...I have terrible estrogen deficiency symptoms on a daily basis and I need sth to be helped as I am tired of this torture.
I am still menstruating ....but I have noticed that I have little spotting and brown discharges before my period starts...but the real blood flow is coming on time , every 28 days.
Are you on hormones? Have you seen any improvement?
I am seeing an obgyn tomorrow! I am on a baby dose of bio-identical estrogen from another Dr because my estrogen was almost non-existant. Periods haven't stopped for a year yet so she was hesitant, even though my estrogen levels were 12. 12!! I think you need to be around 90 to prevent bone loss. Just the little bit I am taking has helped, but I can tell I need much more. The compounding pharmacy where I get my cream from said it was a very low dose of estrogen and recommended this new Dr who they work with. Here's hoping!!
Definetely your estrogen level is too low. On which day of your cycle this value was detected?
Mine was 23 along with an FSH of 20,5 and LH 18,3 last January, on day 3 of my cycle!
I am experiencing all menopause symptoms and I am scared a lot for developing osteopenia and diabetes....I have regularly joint and bone pains and sudden drop of my glucose levels especially after eating.
I would like to ask you, are you experiencing any digestive issues and generally have you noticed changes in your symptoms with the weather's changes?
Yesterday, I was on the 11 day of my cycle and it was a good day in general but this morning I woke up with this awful sensation of formication on my scalp and itching to different places of my body...All night I was dreaming ( this is another chronic symptom...)
I was wondering if some of my symptoms are because of low estrogen or because of the sudden drop of my blood sugar levels?
Good luck for tomorrow!
Lisa, yes I have digestive problems as well. Very slow motility. I'm a bit hypoglycemic as well, which I think is part of the hormone thing. Nervous about my appointment; I just want to be validated. It would be a dream for a Dr. to say, "oh sweetie, no wonder you are feeling so poorly! We will get you fixed up with the right hormones for you." I haven't had a good time with most Dr's, but I've been really praying about this.
Hello Lisa,
what are you doing? Did you take any therapy to fight your symptoms?
Oh my goodness I could cry! This sounds exactly like what I’ve been going through!!!!
My dr has started me on a very low dose of bio estrogen and progestrone. She said I had a leutal phase defect and that she sees women with my symptoms all the time. And that my symptoms indeed seemed to be hormonally related. Her conclusion was that it was hormonal imbalance. She was reluctant to say perimenopause until my fsh started raising...but that it's still possible. It's a wait and see and adjust as we go but I did notice some of my symptoms improved this month after 12 mo ths ot always being there. One of my worst symptoms...the weird, spaced out off balance feeling has been completely gone this cycle which is HUGE! My depression was less. My anxiety was worse for several days around ovulation but overall better this cycle.
Don't give up and don't lose hope. Read my comment above but I started bio hormone replacement and noticed some improvement this month. My depression was way more mild this month and the weird, off balance, spaced out feeling that has been constant for over 12 months was almost completely gone. I added in bio estrogen starting on day 1 of this past cycle and then started adding in progestrone on day 12. Continued both til day 25. I'm no where near normal but did notice improvement.
Hi! I’m 42 and considering coming off the pill. The reason I’m even on it was to “regulate” every symptom you described of which I was going through at 36. I went to see my OBGYN, whom I loved while I was having babies, but when I came to her with a list of symptoms very similar to yours, she brushed me off as crazy, she said I was too young to even consider perimenopause. I had blood work done, just about everything within normal limits... one test showed I had a positive RF factor which led to being monitored for rheumatoid arthritis. Nothing... and of course I researched the heck out of my symptoms found there was a connection between estrogen levels and a positive RF test, which led me back to perimenopause.
I reacquainted myself with an active lifestyle. Jogged, played tennis and exercised religiously. I felt normal again, the pill was only to control my periods at that point. I’m nervous coming off the pill, fearful I’ll have symptoms come back but hopeful that keeping active will help.
I just wanted to post some of what I went through in hopes that someone might find a familiarity with my experiences and might find solice in knowing they aren’t alone. There is nothing worse than feeling scared from having symptoms that can not be explained and having professionals and loved ones just thinking you are crazy!
Thank you for your original post!
How interesting. I had a slightly high rf test result also. Dr's tested me three times for everything auto immune related. Stiff joints i do get but not very often at all and certainly not a major symptom.
I came off bio's. It helped with some of my symptoms but made my anxiety go thru the roof for an entire cycle. Sigh...wish there was an easy fix to this junk. I've considered birth control but have decided on nothing st this point. Ugh!