I want to compile a new list of all the symptoms we have experienced that aren't on the 66 listed. If you could take a minute to write yours, that would be great. I'd really like to get these lists to all of our doctors out there, so hope when we are finished you will too..
My latest is burning foot, just one foot
Also noticed anxiety and depression did not make the list
Sensitivity to drugs
Frozen shoulder (aka menopausal or 50's shoulder)
Pain in upper back near shoulder blade
Trouble breathing (beyond shortness of breath, can't get a deep breath in)
High heart rate (even with low blood pressure)
Burning facial and upper body skin without sweating
My symptoms are.... bloated tummy and sometimes sore feeling inside.
Hot flushes in the middle of the night
Tight, burning chest
Aching shoulder
Fuzzy head
No period since January
I've been given HRT but after 3 weeks, I'm coming off it. I felt even more bloated and uncomfortable. I'm now trying to quit caffeine after 3pm and really go for it with the exercise to help me sleep.
Hello Suzanne i was getting ready to write down soar dry throat and i noticed you have it on list. For me i keep thinking its allergies but never have i ever had allergies. I am 46 and had a partial hysterectomy 3 yrs ago. But i remember clearly when i started feeling like this January 2016. Last year was a recorder breaker for me and the doctor visits. My gallbladder was removed still have back pain. Getting home from work straight to couch not knowing how i made it to the house i was so tired and sleepy. Bone ache, exactly what you have upper back near shoulder blade pain. anxiety. I will tell you i am doing a little better i have been on the patch Estradiol .025 my anxiety is better. But i can tell you some stories on how bad my anxiety got. I am trying to stay away from doctors now just to be able to pay last years medical bills . Have you gone to doctor for your soar throat? I am setup for xray of my throat but i am trying to hold off to pay some bills. Thanks for your input it really does help. Thank You.
Oh and I can sleep for England, unlike most permenapausal ladies, I'm the opposite! I go to bed at 9.00 and I don't want to get up and can sleep till 10.00 next day if it's a weekend and still tired! Think it's a type of depression I'm suffering from with the tiredness. X
Suzanne you are wonderful,Depression for 5 days after bleeding,dry mouth and lips,hot flushes all night,Diahorea,stomach pain after period,washed out ,tired,And had enough of this!!!
I had my gallbladder out too in November. Figure I'm about 20 grand in health bills that weren't covered by insurance. Crazy
Yesterday I saw the GI, he was the last doc on my list and the only test I didn't have was a colonoscopy. I just can't do it, been through too much in the last 8 months.
Yes, when this all started, I had a dry sore throats that just wouldn't go away. Then I got a lump in my throat too. Saw my ENT and he scoped me, down my nose in to my throat. He said it just looked red and maybe I had silent reflux. Also my salivary glands were very dry. He suggested trying a high alkaline diet which started me in a downward spiral of cutting things out of my diet resulting in a fast 30 pound loss and the start of ALL the rest of my crazy symptoms. The pain in my back was next, then the not being able to breath, palpitations, shakes, burning, anxiety, eye flashes, malaise, etc, etc..
hi so , sweating inbetween legs groin and butt tierd al the time feeling itchy allover
heart racing insomnia bloating weoight gain in stomach but weight loss on legs and butt, went from 6 months of period to so light every four so weeks it might aswell not be there at all, period pains and headachs just befor and after, losing muscle tone,
looking tierd and haggared hair wont grow got thinner hair to gosh so fedup now just mentioning all my symtoms, spots on sides of face and neck, hair growing wear it didnt befor, wanting sex but cant be botherd lol, easly upset adn get angry.
want to exersize but to tierd to, pain in both my elbows, pain in one foot, pain in knees
thinner lips,gosh why cant some dr come up with a pill that flipin cures this well at least untill im like seventy or somthing .
I think we should all write our testimonials about what we've gone through. The crazy symptoms and doctors responses, etc.
And put them in a book. I really think I'm going to do this! If we can help some women in the future it would be worth it. Going to call it 'Beyond the hot flash' or something like that..
Similar to you Julie with a few more added on. Constant dizziness as soon as I am vertical with odd off balance sensation, feeling faint and could pass out, stiff sore neck, pain in legs, burning feet, inner vibration, not able to cope with any kind of stress even raised voices, severe migraines and nausea and many more which I can't explain or have forgotten ...oh yes and poor memory lol 🤣Xx
Serious Suzanne go for it with the millions of women around the world going through it and always more on the way.Remembering we are only second generation of women to go through this.The first only lived to around 41 Go for it I mean really.
My symptoms seem to differ everyday!! I started last year with anxiety and ended up with 5 weeks off work and am now on Setraline and HRT!! I know this was hormone related as we all know our own bodies however getting doctors to agree is a different story even though my doctor is a 50something year old lady!! I suppose if you are one of the lucky ones who sails through meno withiout any problems it's hard to relate to someone who isnt so lucky!! Anyway my saviour has been this forum so thank you all ladies you keep me going.
Anyway my anxiety is mostly under control now due to the medication. I was dead set against going on ADs but in the end I had to as I need to work and was finding I was having constant panic attacks and feeling terrible. I went on HRT at the same time so now unfortunately dont know which is helping the most but I will just stay on both for a while until I feel really strong again.
Most days now I feel OK but sometimes (especially in a morning) I get like a low blood sugar feeling even though I always have breakfast. I feel a bit jelly legged and a bit off balance for a while but then it seems to clear by mid morning. I also get a little IBS although nothing major.
I hope you do write a book Suzanne I really think information is severely lacking on this subject and doctors especially are not up to speed on our symptoms. I also find through this forum that a lot of ladies suffer with the fuzzy head, brain fog and anxiety and yet whenever I see lists of symptoms these are always right at the bottom - making us feel like this is a very rare symptom which of course when you have anxiety makes you feel worse!!
Anyway thank you for your post Suzanne and good luck.
Hi Suzanne, I'm new here and could sure use some support. How about a sudden, and I mean sudden , as in one day, my complete intolerance for caffeine! And if you knew me, you would hardly believe that lol. But this anxiety has me back on medication so I pray it helps.
Thank you all for sharing. This forum might just save my sanity.