Hi Ladies, how are you all? Time to vent, am feeling really weird & yuk, I get these horrible sensations that tend to build & go through me, I get hot with weird floaty head feelings then come the tears! blubbering like a possessed two year old( yes, said with a chuckle) ranting, raving, wandering around the house then it passes but I still feel floaty & off. I'm in full meno by a few months....is it all going to get worse? will I survive this mayhem? Will it all stop? OMG, WT?! 👿 Have thought that maybe the Livial HRT isn't working even though I've been taking it for 3mths...do I need to give it a bit longer? it has eased some of my symptoms but the three main symptoms I'm finding hard & scary are the floaty off head feelings, sickly hungry low sugar feelings...lock me in the pantry & I'll eat all day! LoL...and the weird body sensations that feel like something dire will happen to me & also can at times have me in a flood of crazy tears 😪 Normality used to be my friend but seems like it has packed it's bags & left me for dead! 😕 Oh where are you?....please come back! LoL Am I normal, is all this normal?
I get that heavy lead head feeling, and the dizziness. It drives me crazy as I went to the ER for it and they told me nothing was wrong. Needless to say, I didn't like that answer. I also have those weird sensations that go through my body too. Scares me as I start to panic thinking I have a serious illness of some sort. I notice my symptoms get worse when it's time for my menses which is due really soon. I been home in and out of the bed since Friday with those weird head feelings. This mess just started for me a about three months ago and I am dreading thinking that this can go on for years.
all of October & November last year I was like that. It was the worsed feeling I have ever encountered. I could not shake this doom & gloom feeling, like every day was my last day alive. I could not work, sat on the couch all day for 6 weeks. Just feeding the cat was too much....
Then one morning in Dezember I woke up and felt a lot lighter in the mind...so weird. I had not changed anything, it just happened. Since then it has been a slight improvement in my mental health, even though I have better days than others, but I do not cry as much anymore and am not starting back to work. My physical symptoms though have gotten a bit worse. I am currently on day 44 of my cycle without a period. This is a first for me. I am now taking it one day at a time, but I do understand how you feel. It will subside eventually....I just hope it does not come back. Hang in there, you are not alone!!! xx
I am so so glad you posted today. So sorry you are feeling so horrible. I can completely relate. Had a horrible night last night where I couldn't sleep more than 45 minutes at a time then would wake up with internal tremors, fast heart beat and feeling warm. Plus Anxiety attack because of symptoms. Got up to get ready for my doctors appointment where I was going to demand that someone please give me something to help me stop this madness. All the while feeling weird head fog, slightly off balance and jittery and shaky like hypoglycemic. Drove to doctors in tears the whole way, Arrived to my 11:00am appointment only to be told my appointment was for 10:40 and I would have to come back on Friday. Oh brother😜😜. I thought I was over the sleepless nights, I thought my anxiety was getting better. Ugh. I definitely feel your frustration NuttyNan. We could all write a book about now about all our crazy symptoms. Thanks for sharing. Your humor made me laugh and brought a smile to my face. I feel horrible for my poor husband. I don't resemble the woman I use to be 24 months ago. Take Care and keep sharing
Hi NuttyNan, yes, it's normal whn you're not taking anything for it. It didn't take long, not even 14 days, when I noticed the HRT wasn't working and my doctor immediately changed me to low dose birth control pills. With this said, exactly like you I was a mess with the HRT pills but once they were changed out life was a lot better. The crying stopped and the roller coaster ride of the head ended and everything went back to normal after about 1 or 2 weeks. Go see your gyne or GP and perhaps he/she can give you something that will help you go back to normal.
My aunt suggested for me to ask my GYNE for a low dose birth control pill. She said it would make me feel a lot better. She went through Peri pretty rough and she said the low dose birth control pills helped her to feeling back like herself after a few days. She said she took them for about 6 months since she didn't want HRT. I'm considering asking for it myself. These crazy head feelings are truly scary
I get that heavy lead head feeling, and the dizziness. It drives me crazy as I went to the ER for it and they told me nothing was wrong. Needless to say, I didn't like that answer. I also have those weird sensations that go through my body too. Scares me as I start to panic thinking I have a serious illness of some sort. I notice my symptoms get worse when it's time for my menses which is due really soon. I been home in and out of the bed since Friday with those weird head feelings. This mess just started for me a about three months ago and I am dreading thinking that this can go on for years.
Jamie, they worked really well. My issue was that I ended them too soon and the symptoms came back 10 fold. When I tried to get back on them, they stopped working. So while I recommend you try them, don't get off of them unless your doctor says so. For me my doc said I needed to continue them for at least a year or 2 more. But I had lady friends who were scaring me because of breast cancer and since I am prone to blood clots, I stopped it. Somehow I survived it without this forum, but it wasn't easy. Take care. xx
I do get the floaty head thing sort of spaced out sometimes feels like I'ma bit drunk if I'm out and walking when it happens.
I'm wondering if some if the symptoms we've had a long time may take the longest to go on the HRT?
The weird head I have had a long time and I seemed to get more of it as meno progressed.
The sickly not sure if your hungry or just queasy thing. Well either I've just got used to it or maybe it has improved a bit.
A couple of things have come back/ got worse. Itching I used to suffer with badly early peri. last night was horrible again and also this thirsty all the time, although it never went away it seems worse the last week or so. Also getting up to eat again and wanting cake chocolate and junk.
I'm thinking could this be because the HRT has put me back to where I was in early peri? Is it a transitioning phase that will go once I get to the three month mark?
Also I'm taking testosterone and the company say you will reach the point of most gain at about 9 months into using it(could the same be true for estrogen)
Most medications vitamins also say use for 3 months to see if they work and they have a "wash out" period of 2 weeks.
Well I can say I've had some that I've had some that gave me side effects that lasted a lot longer than 2 weeks. The last one was one for the itching an antihistamine. It took me a good while to get over the aching joints, so long in fact that they tried me on the same thing again saying the aches must have been a coincidence. I found out a week into them that it most certainly was a side effect.
So just saying if the livial is ok with you in other ways it may take a bit longer for some things to go.
Today is the first day in weeks I haven't been down with a constant, low-grade headache and hurting legs. My bladder has decided to take up the slack and be a real team player, though. I've peed myself stupid all damned day and my urethra is twinging. No infection, just being a dick.
Hi ell...yes, vent away! At least here we can all blub n bitch together without judgement or criticism. Do hope you're feeling better, sending hugs. Are you taking any supplements? bloating/funny tummies....peppermint or ginger, raspberry leaf tea is a good uterus tonic, chamomile tea is relaxing especially before bed, just a few suggestions.
Hi nutty, yes sorry to hijack your thread, I hope you are feeling better too.. IM having a couple of wines so not soo stressed out anymore but hey raspberry tea is a new one, il look into that thank you.
Hope you're feeling better, I've had all this progress for the last two years but thinking back how I was in my forties! I'm must have been in peri. Like you, I dread the thought of it continuing any longer...wish we knew the end date of all this hormone insanity. Keep well, take care xo
Thanks for the reply. It's almost time for me to get up to go to work today and I can certainly say I do not want to go. I need to go because I have bills to pay, but I am not looking forward to being on edge all day. Just knowing that I have to there suffering through these symptoms is making me have anxiety. Just not in the mood. I want to take my aunts advice and look into the low dose birth control pills. I don't know if I can handle this for many years. I believe I was already in peri and just didn't know. I've had the long menses with heavy bleeding and clotting for days, the hot flushes, night sweats, heart flutters, joint pain, achy teeth, and whatever else. I just didn't think much about it. Thank you for listening and sharing your expierences. It really helps me to not feel so alone. Take care!!
Hi. I had exactly same after my op and it turned out it was livial causing my symptoms to be worse. I changed to another hrt and I've felt so much better since. Just my experience but they say it takes 3 to 6 months to give hrt time to really work. Good luck
No your not alone we well I have had this experience and no it's not fun it passes but it's crazy along with the other things like a pain in the boob them hit flash right after them here comes the woozy feeling can't forget Ole faithful anxiety when something happens the anxiety makes it worse have you experience the muscle aches in the shoulder and back area behind the shoulder grrrrr it's just nasty and mean what we go through
Wow your symptoms sounds just like mine i thought at one point I was going crazy with the teeth until I found this site it's not pain it's like a weird feeling like real sensitive feeling my shoulders elbows just my whole body feels achy at times I get light headed. Oh yea the flu like symptoms was crazy when I didn't have the flu it's like after the anxiety subsides I feel like I have the flu well good luck on praying for all of us
My body coming down after an anxiety attack is the worse. I'm shaking, can't think straight, and try to keep from crying. It's all just messy and crazy. The last time I went to the ER I was screaming that I was dizzy and couldn't breathe, they checked me in and told me to go have a seat. I couldn't belive it. So now I started staying home and trying to tough out the feelings when they come on. I just don't like driving when I feel like that.