hi guys can you help me please I think I'm loosing my mind...I think I'm in the peri stage? I have some of the symptoms..hot flashes around my torso, can't sleep, mood swings but the worst one is brain fog!! this is horrendous I can't remember anything🤯 I get this overwhelming feeling of anger, frustration, needing to be on my own, I cry a lot. I still have regular periods but all these symptoms just intensify around this time. I'm awful to be around and just feel like running away when it gets to intense. I have heard of bio- identical therapy but not sure if i can take it until my periods stop? Is there any advice to help with this.oh and I'm 47 and I think this has been going in for around 2 years now😪
Hi Caroline,
I’m so sorry you are feeling this way!
Brain fog is my absolute worst symptom as well! There are days I have to call in sick to work because I am too stupid to drive. And, like you, I feel like running away from my life. I skip work because I am unfit for human company. Unloading the dishwasher is too much to handle. All of my social interactions feel like a forced performance because I am always stuffing down an existential scream of rage and fear.
I cry a lot too. I recently watched an animated Christmas special about bear cubs who didn’t know what Christmas is and I have been sobbing on and off for nearly 6 days.
You can take bioidential hormones before your period stops. I got some from Amazon and tried them. They definitely had an effect. I tried a wild yam derived progesterone that was supposed to help with brain fog. It definitely made me sleepy; so maybe that might be something to help with your insomnia?
You are still young enough, in the US anyway, to get on a birth control pill. They do not have the known side effects of HRT. And they are not the guessing game that bioidentical hormones are. I will be 52 next month (too old for BCP); but I’m trying to get my GP to hook me up.
You are not alone! Sometimes, this forum is all that holds me together during this transition. Feel free to PM me if you want to.
XXOO