Been having syptoms of perimenopause, FSH levels raised, hot sweats, flashes, head feels in a fog anxiety but i have this other symptoms that is really really scary and not sure if its connected to meno or if i need to get it checked. I keep having horrible visions in my head, things i am really frightened of like snakes and spiders, i cant get them out my head and its horrible. I googled and i dont see any other ladies having this its really scary.
I get this. Im suffering a lot with the mental as well as the physical aspects of peri. I get thoughts going over and over in my head that can sometimes last for weeks at a time. It scares me also. Frightened to tell anyone in case they think ive got some mental illness or something! !!!
Not sure if its related to anxiety and depression ive been having in perimenopause and just being so unsure if whats going on with this horrible roller coaster ride ive been on for the past eight years.
Sorry I couldn't offer any advice but im sure someone will be able to.
Its is very unnerving though.
X
thanks michelle i am actually very frightened, the images are things i am so scared of, sometimes they are in my dreams but mostly while i am awake. They trigger anxiety in my tummy like little butterflies. I am scared i am going mad, sometimes i feel like I have MS i walk about drunk my head feels horrible too. My doctor says i do have a mental illness and is refering me to psychiatrist...i dont hear anyone else who has "images" only thoughts.
Your doctor says you have a mental illness did he say what?
Im not sure what to make of it but I would be very interested to hear what other ladies think of this.
Hope you have a good day despite all these symptoms
X
And yes I get the drunk feeling too. Peri symptom I believe x
Something I've not heard of, but it might be as a result of stress over your physical symptoms.
It is a real bugbear of mine that GP's happily hand out anti-depressives to menopausal women when, if they got to the bottom of the physical miseries and sorted those out, the stress, anxiety, (your visions) and depression would probably all fade away.
It's easy to say 'don't worry' when you are not going through it. But TRY not to worry, be gentle with yourself. Try some breathing exercises - concentrating on your breathing and nothing else has a surprising effect on heart-rate, BP and general well being. Not to mention an increase of oxygen to the bloodstream, very calming. Best wishes.
Yes I agree it being due to overwhelming physical symptoms. I too was given a low dose AD mirtazapine. It did help me sleep and take the edge off slightly but not much for the anxiety and depression.
Ive been going through this for eight years now.
I think maybe our brain just doesn't know how to cope... hence the thoughts and images. I dont know im not an expert on these things.
I keep trying to rationalise how I feel and that makes it worse.
On the really bad days I convince myself it cant just be menopause.... Can it?
I never knew it could affect us so bad.
I think the longer we suffer the worse it gets. This too shall pass!!!!
Have a good day ladies
God bless xx
I keep thiniking i have some horrible illness. I spoke a few weeks ago on here and told the ladies i have peridontal disease, some of my teeth are leaking like puss into my mouth...i worry this is causing the images. I have been back to dentist ...two dentists actually and they just say they cant see any puss and i must keep on cleaning my teeth. I can taste if i am swollowing it, and these images started when my teeth started playing up...but then so did the perimenopause!!!! I am really scared what is happening to me because i dont know if its all hormones or some of it some bad bacteria in my teeth . Yes doctor just puts everything down to "anxiety" and i need a psychiatrist. I think they want me on psychotic pills for this. So worried
I too have peri disease with puss. Have had for years. Ive lost lots of teeth because of it and defo worse in peri.
I think we tend to over think things in perimenopause.
I would advise you to get some corsodyl mouthwash for gingivitis. It doesn't taste very nice but it really helps. Get urself an electric toothbrush if you don't have one already. Ive spent a fortune on dentsl bills .
I believe that well for me anyway I try and find something concrete that is causing my symptoms but it is just hormonal.
I have to saysive always had health anxiety about mental illness but it sure has esculated in peri.
Health anxiety is another symptom of peri.
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I'm sure they have helped some people but I am really VERY wary of Psychiatrists, 'Councillors' and the whole 'headology' Brigade!
I have a close friend (we've known each other almost 50 years!) She suffered Post Natal Depression after her second child was born. She saw a Psychiatrist about it and (in her words) helped her 'come to terms' with her traumatic childhood'. WHAT traumatic childhood? She didn't have one. A happy, safe, loving home. Two wonderful parents. We were both tall (for our age) and shy and as such were picked on as being 'different' from the other children (kids are wonderful little darlings at times!) That's the only 'trauma' we both faced. It left me with a profound dislike of playgrounds, but that was it.
Her second child is a strapping 21 year old now, and she is STILL under the 'care' of councillors and shrinks. I despair!
Ladywear you are NOT going mad. BTW have you had a dental Xray? Your mouth, teeth and sinuses can carry some really yucky poisons. My OH has suffered from a very long-lasting infection that gave him 'toothache' in teeth he does not have! (He has dentures) It got into the bones in his jaw and took some shifting.
That's just reminded me of something. Some years back - we'd just moved to NI and were living in a flat - he kept complaining about the 'music' coming from the neighbours and their loud conversations at night. I couldn't hear anything (and my hearing is excellent - about the only thing that is). To cut a very long story short, our GP was convinced he needed psychiatric help for the 'voices' he was hearing (even though they were in Spanish and he could also hear music) Turns out he had an ear infection and the metal fillings in his few remaining teeth were acting as a sort of radio receiver. He WAS picking up Spanish radio
If he had been a woman they would probably have thrown a net over him and hauled him off to the funny farm!
Go easy on yourself and remember we are here for you.
have you ever had anything like hallucinations with the puss ? i am not sure if the dental toxins are poisoning me or if its perimenopause
Just been talking to OH about you (hope you don't mind!) He said to try Coconut Oil as a mouthwash. I've heard good things about this before. It is strongly antibacterial. Let it melt in your mouth (it's solid at room temp.) and swoosh it round in your mouth for a minute. But, for goodness sake don't swallow it as it will contain all the yuckiness it has collected!
OH says it appears to have worked where several courses of AB's have not!
It's also a damn good hair and skin softener and is great in stir frys.
Wow love that story about your husbands hearing aid. Just goes to show how we can convince ourselves we have thungs when we dont. Who would have thought that his hearing aids could have caused this lol
I believe that aloe vera is also beneficial for gum disease. Also someone I know with diabetes had terrible gum problem swears by gargling warm salt water.
Im now trying to wean off my AD at the moment cause unfortunately they caused weight gain for me.
Its so nice to have all you lovely ladies to bounce ideas off.
You are all so wonderful.
Have a blessed day xx
No not had hallucinations but it can make you feel pretty crappy if infection is present.
Maybe you have just got it un ur head its the puss causing it. Sometimes in peri we can obsess over things.
Ive had periodontal disease for years and do have some dentures but as bobbigirl has said sometimes iys our sinus which can also act up in peri x
Can I also just add that feeling like your going mad can also be a peri thing
I am so scared the infection/peridontal disease has gone to my brain. I see bugs and snakes in my head, i feel pretty awful. It sounds mental i know. I am so scared this dental thing has gone all over my body...it feels that way. There are some nasty bugs in those periodotnal pockets
Thank you. Like i said in other post i feel that the bacteria in my peridontal pockets has gone to my brain. Its just normal even with perimeno to see things in your head like bugs and snakes...this is really scaring me. I feel the bacteria is in my body. I had x rays by teeth have alot of bone loss from the infection and i am leaking some puss into my mouth
LadyW.
I also m very wary of psychiatrists.
Once you get there it's like Eagle's Hotel California:
Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice
And she said "We are all just prisoners here, of our own device"
And in the master's chambers,
They gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can't kill the beast
Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
"Relax, " said the night man,
"We are programmed to receive.
You can check-out any time you like,
But you can never leave! "
So, done with the poetry now, let us think a little bit outside the box:
- Are you on ANY meds at the moment?
- Do eat wheat?
- Do live, work, have contact with mouldy stuff or environment?
They all could cause near hallucinatory thoughts.
The difference between a psychotic person and one that isn't is that the latter know it's just a dream, a thought.
Very interesting Theresa. I wasnt quite sure of what to say to the other lady (so sorry I forgot her name) meno brain lol but what you have said is defo food for thought x
