Menopause Hell

Women's health
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I'm 49 and have been experiencing symptoms since last August.  First the absence of my period and hot flashes began in August, September and October.  Hot flashes were so bad I began tracking them,  They were occurring every 15-20 mintues!  Then on November 1st my period returned.  Very heavy and prolonged at times.  At the beginning of December I noticed my shoulders began to ache.  I assumed it was stress due to the upcoming holidays.  Some days were worse than others but most mornings I could hardly move when getting out of bed.  I went to the doctor who referred me to an orthopedic doctor.  I've had tests and xrays etc only to show nothing. What's weird is when I was having periods the hot flashes completely stopped.  Periods have stopped again as of April and hot flashes have returned with a vengenance.  Has anyone experienced anything similar?  

 

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Hi, my periods has stop again since January come May the hot flashes return but mild thank god, I have leg pains and arm pains, all this meno is share madness you could have periods and no hotflashes while you could have none and hotflashes, I know the feeling we are all in the same boat so don't worry all normal.

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This is exactly how how I started with missed periods and flashes/sweats. Super strength sage helped the sweats at first but I've now been using hrt patches. 

For the shoulder aches, do gentle morning yoga stretches before you get out of bed, there are some on pinterest. I've found a Pilates class very useful too.

Hope you find something to help you. Keep in touch.