yes it's been interesting to see that. I get it when my natural progesterone levels go up or if i've used too much supplements. Probiotics don't agree with me at all.
My sleep never a problem Jay,my tinnitus can be a sod some nights but I've done meditation for 8 years now ,so when my tinnitus loud ,I meditate in bed,works everytime.Cant recommend it highly enough,I'd done meditation,5 months then I had to have an MRI,had meno anxiety ,but that meditation kept me calm enough to get 25 minutes in that machine.So I tell any female learn how to do it ,helps greatly in the menopause,helps with those palpatations gets heart rate down,destresses you,
Your one of life's good uns Jay xxx
Hi Marlene
thats brill, so glad it works for you...
i have a yoga for beginners in its cellphane hahahaha
too hot for all that yet..
i have a rowing machine that i use ..
i am pretty calm so i am okay like that... people always said when i was nursing them that i made them feel relaxed and calm which was nice ..
oh thank you for the kind words 😃
nite nite xx
menopause has not stopped me working, i have just retired, have you thought of having a diary and writing down how you feel each day, on friday my hormones were rioting, saturday felt very tired so i rested, today sunday have a feel good feeling, i do not take any drugs, and let nature take its course, glad my periods have ended does not bother me, hair loss as got me a little fed up, but other than hormonal changes and breast cysts have got through the past five years on my own and with no help from the doctor, look at yourself and life, write it down how you feel each day. maybe it will help.
Hi snatchpiece, I am glad you find reiki a help and calming, I have been a reiki practioner for 8 years (not something that I like to admit to these days, after the year that I have had) and my hubby is a reiki master, so I have reiki on tap. Reiki has definitely helped to calm and relax me when I have been a mess and helped to get me focused again. Enjoy your treatments...Take care Jo xx
I found a lovely lady last year who also is a reiki master and to be honest was the one who sat me down and listened to me with all of my health worries, After she did the reiki on me she came back into the room and talked some more and she was the one who has helped balance me out and during our conversation she said that you do not have any terminal illness and are in good health other than going through the menopause which is only a transition.
She owns a beauty therapy company and she is so wonderful to me and has helped me to put things into perspective and not always try and worry about things. Joy xx
Thanks to all of you who gave responded. I appreciate all of your input. Sharing experiences is priceless. I got B6 and B12 last night. Just started today.
Me and hubby went out last night for karaoke with friends. First time I went out for fun in two weeks. Felt good.
I'm learning to take this day by day. My husband is very supportive and understanding. I tell him about the symptoms of perimenopause and what you ladies have shared. He thinks it's awful that women must endure this stressful change of life.
Glad I found this Site. Going to read more now.
Thanks again and hugs to you all!!! 
Hi Dragon
thats my girl, learn to go out with your hubby all over again, its really great, and once there, really enjoyable..
and the getting ready and feeling great gives you a boost too..
the B6 and B12 for me, rid my anxiety and aches and fatigue in as little as a few days... Made such a difference to me... Hope it works for you Drag..
your doing great ... Keep it up ... jay xx
I know exactly how you feel. That's how I was not so long ago. But now that I know it's hormones, and I am Not a failure, i can at least have some peace of mind. I know Iwill get thru this and be the happy , vibrant woman again. Hang on, don't lose hope.
Hugs to you too and you've a great hubby there. Glad you enjoyed it.
Taz xxx
Big hugs, thanks sweetie!!!!
And big hugs to you too girlfriend!!
I understand what you're going through. I am 57 and had to quit a good paying job two years ago due to health reasons similar to yours plus more, and now perimeno has only made everything worse. I am bleeding all the time. I was an experienced public school teacher with an educational doctorate, so had worked my way up the pay scale. I was the one who was helping everyone else with money troubles. Now I am living on the small amount I make from childcare and sharing a home with my adult daughter and her family. I am too young to get retirement and cannot get disability. When I get retirement, it is only going to be a fraction of what I was counting on because of leaving employment before full retirement age and benefits being cut because of the poor economy. I am in the US. This was the only active health board for perimeno!
Wow, that is a lot! So sorry you have had your life changed so negatively. I am going to apply for disability since I have the PTSD. It's been close to a year now since I left my job. I am fourtunate to have my home and loving husband.
This almost cost me my marriage. I moved out last summer for 4 months. Not feeling like yourself is one of the most difficult things I think the hormone changes does to a woman.
I truly hope your life improves soon and that you can find happiness again.
Hugs! Karen
Hi Joy, I am so glad that reiki has been able to help you, my hubby giving me reiki has been the biggest he
Oops I will learn one day not to use the lappy to reply...so should be - reiki has been my biggest help and of course this forum. You are lucky that you found this lady and she listened to you and was able to help you through your health worries. Sometimes thats all it takes, someone to listen and work with us and put things into perspective when we are at a loss to do so and most GPs just dont bother. I wish you all the best and try not too worry too much...Jo xx
Hi Jo,
I have really lucky most of my life to have been really healthy and I guess when you are tuned into your own body you know when something feels different. Sadly I had convinced myself that it must be something serious and even terminal!! Thankfully Maria was wonderful to me because she didn't make me feel that I was loosing it unlike a friend of mine who said to me that she should have a melt down like me!! Not very funny as she has known me a very long time and knows that not once have I ever suffered with such worries!!
It took a lot of reserching to find out on another site saying that anxiety and doom and gloom is a very common sympton of the peri menopause. This only ever happened when my periods were missed or very late. The remainder of the time I was my normal bubbly self!
Reiki has certainly helped me to put things into perspective with the help of the Maria. Anytime I am worried about a niggle or feel out of source I just make another appointment and I know that I can always rely on her support.
Your lucky you have this wonderful treatment on tap as and when you need it which is great!
What do you suffer with in peri and how long have you been going through it?
What types of things do you do to keep on track?
Hopefully speak soon. Joy xx
Hi Joy,
Like you I have been lucky most of my life and been really healthy and like you when this hit bad nearly a year ago after a few weeks I had convinced myself that I had something terminal and that something changed every time a new part of me got hit with a symptom and the anxiety and stress I bought on myself was scary. Sometimes people say things without realising how we may be affected by their words and I guess people I know have probably thought the same about me as for 10 months I wasnt a easy person to be around, lol I didnt even want to be around me. I knew nothing about peri until late last year just thought we got hot flushes, no period than wham bam its done, silly silly me. Like you I started researching why I felt the doom and gloom and anxiety and so on, unfortunately even though I read it all, I still believed I had something terminal and its only been about the last 2 months that I have been able to dismiss that line of thought, though I havent had a period or spotting now for 2 months and I find that I am getting a tiny weeny bit anxious again about my health as some of the older symptoms are starting again.
My last normal period was Sept last year, Feb, May, and July this year just had a few days of brown spotting and about 1 smear of blood (sorry if it is too much info, lol).
I turned 53 a few months ago and have been going through peri probably for 7 years, thats about when my periods changed to every 3 weeks. 5 years ago I experienced my first migrane and a few months after that I experienced my first ever problem with food, a banana. Over the years till last Oct there were days I didnt feel good or had a few aches and pains, random headaches and indegstion when ate pastries or cakes but nothing that was so bad I really worried about it. Then came October last year, I woke up one morning felt like I was on my last legs, couldnt stop crying, everything I ate gave me heartburn/gas and made me feel ill and the anxiety kicked in. After a few weeks of being like this I knew something was very wrong, I went to a naturopath I know and he found my hormones upside down and I had become intolerant to most food, mainly dairy, wheat, fruit and anything with prservatives. From then on I got sicker and sicker cause I was confused and didnt know what to eat, he gave me a pile of natural meds which also made me sicker cause my tummy couldnt tolerate them. I was too scared to go to the dr and lost 20 kilos in about 6 months, finally in March I had to go and get bloods done, everyone was so worried about me and my hubby was beside himself, he gave me plenty of reiki but I wouldnt accept it at that time. Anyway blood work came back and I was as healthy as a ox, except for hormones and high cholersterol and they diagnosed me with ibs and depression (I fought the depression cause I wasnt only scared stiff and anxious). Didnt really believe the blood tests and still kept thinking I was not long for this world. Anyway about that time I finally let the reiki in and my hubby and I worked everyday to start balancing me. It has taken about 4 months and I am in a better place now mentally and emotionally and I do handle the symptoms alot better now (I hope that will continue). I got just about all the symptoms, they came and still come in cycles but saying that I dont know how much was hormones or anxiety. I get the heart palps, started with hot flushes, they went to cold flushes now back to hot flushes, aches and pains in joints and bones, sore neck, sore across the top of my back, headaches that will come for 4 days then wont get any for maybe 2 or 3 weeks, pain in chest (but that can be from gas) feeling like I have worms or electricity crawling under my skin, sore teeth gums and jaw, thumping in my ears mainly right, felt pain in the ovary area once or twice, constant weeing, at times it feels like the inside of my throat is swollen (thyroid checked and fine) the weirdest one I had was a cold patch on my forehead when the rest of my forehead seemed normal temp, thats happened about 2 or 3 times. Thats just some that I can remember and as I said they all come in cycles and I can have 2 or 3 days now where I am free of all symptoms then something will pop up. These I have learnt to deal with my biggest challenge is the ibs, that I have yet to learn to accept but slowly I am trying to intoduce some food again and I hate that for the time being I have lost me and who I used to be. Lol bet you are sorry you asked me...I cant take anything except probiotics, digestive enzymes and a homeopathic remedy that the nutrionist/homeopath that I am seeing to help with my tummy made up. I am glad that you have Maria for support and that you trust her and the help that she gives you. I totally agree that I am lucky to have my hubby and reiki to help me through this transition would be a fruit cake without his help.
So after my long winded story, how long have you been in oeri and what do you do/take besides reiki to help you keep on track...
Wishing you a wonderful night/day and look forward to speaking soon Jo xx
Others' have what I call - Mouth in Motiion before brain in gear syndrome
I call those types ' Flappy Traps '