For those people who don't understand what we're going through when Menopause strikes us into YEARS of pure hell:
We have the symptoms of someone suffering from addiction withdrawing from their drugs, alcohol, etc. This is the only way I can describe this people, many don't get it. This is what menopause feels like.
hi theresa i agree 1000 percent
hugs, my friend
HI Theresa, Yes. That is the perfect way to describe it.
Totally feel the same way. It has stolen my life. So sad for all of us.
Hi Theresa, that is how I feel too. I cannot make sense of it. Some people abuse their bodies awful and they seem to be getting around well. I am healthy on paper, but feel like a corpse most days. I always like to think that things happen to teach us lessons, blah, blah, blah...I have no idea what this is supposed teach me? Maybe how to survive a zombie apocalypse!
I absolutely agree! I am addicted to my hrt and said my gyn that I will take it the longer I can! I just cannot survive without.
Zombie apocalypse... HA!! That's fantastic!
Yes I agree, have you had internal treamberling at all, on Citalopram at the moment not helping at all
I will describe it to others like a second adolescence but much harder and without break and f course without the happiness of juveniles.
Zombie apocalypse!!! hahahahah! I love your sense of humour.... we need encouragement and an optimistic view but most of the days I am crying, feel desperate and the fear has dominated my soul and my mind
YES!! I am seriously considering total hysterectomy, as this years-long roller coaster is driving me insane.
Hugs to you all!!
Pretty accurate description, in my opinion. Never considered that point of view before, but it is a withdrawal ... from estrogen. So your description is spot on!
I know...I just got over my period a couple of days ago...still feel lousy and blah. I take amitripyline for migraines and am wondering if that is why. Seriously am so sick of analyzing all my symptoms. I looked back a year ago and noticed the last 2 weeks of Nov. I felt just like this...and I was not taking any meds. IDK! The thing that is most frustrating for us all is that there is no clear cut answers. Women are very intuitive by nature, and we know when things are wrong with us. I am glad I do not have a serious condition, but, if I did...it would be acknowledged, diagnosed and clear answers for treatment. Peri and menopause gets treated like an invisible illness, or of course, depression, anxiety. Cannot tell you how many times I have been told...I don't look sick!
totally! If testosterone diminished rapidly for a man...they would be on the floor. same difference...I guess!
Sara96862, a hysterectomy is not the answer. I had a partial one in 2015 for a 6.5 fibroid. They took everything but the ovaries. Thank the good Lord that is wasnt cancer! But i have not felt right for almost 2 years. Multiple symptoms, physical and emotional. I have had many tests which all come back fine ( again im very grateful to God for.that) but i have no idea where i am at in this process because i.dont get a period . I am very happy to not have to deal with that anymore!! But i feel completely lost because i have no idea where im at and no one has been helpful. I have been to 2 gynecologists that were useless. One gave me a rx for prozac which i took for only 2 days cause it aggravated my acid reflux and the other one told me 1 should see a phyciatrist. I wanted to punch her! I thought one day you will understand. She is in her early 30's. Anyway sorry so long, i just wanted you to know, you wont find relief with a hysterectomy. Btw, i also cant take HRT because i had a blood clot.
Thanks, Edell, for your comment!!
Can totally relate to wanting to punch someone, lol. The next Dr. that unhelpfully tells me "not unusual for a woman your age" is gonna get an earful from me, at the very least!
Hang in there!!
Hi Evi, I have been thinking the same, like adolescence, but it seems to go so much slower... And no break is right! Not from the symptoms, not from the worry, and not from any of the day to day responsibilities of adulting.
I feel so trapped and overwhelmed by it all sometimes.
Logically, I know I am blessed to have no serious ailments, but I feel so awful much of the time.
This group is the only thing keeping me sane.
xoxo Sara
Totally agree Lou and the rest. It doesnt seem quite fair that i too live so damn clean..except for sugar and a coffee but seriously folks, how do other people self destruct with alchohol, drugs, whatever it is..I live like a meek hermit, just doing my thing trying to live ok, and im as you say Lou feeling like a corpse. Yes i think that we are supposed to go on like "the walking dead' ..becauses this is how i feel. Dragging our feet along through the streets of menopause, making feeble attempts at feeding on the people who still have life and wondering what happened to us...
guess we have to hang in there MB or so the saying goes...it cannot get any worse...maybe it has to get better? I hope. makes me nuts though...I have a family member, just saw him recently...drinks like a fish, skin totally looks yellow, probably has liver disease. Was out in my yard running around like a teenager. I mean really people!
me me me internal trembeling drives me crazy! (er)