Hi again this is Jennifer, I am 50 yrs old and have written before about the complex horror of Perimenopause. Has anyone ever experienced low or upper back pain that radiates to the waist and absominals? It's a terrible feeling, I feel like my whole body aches. From my feet to my shoulders. I don't know if sometimes it has to do with ovulation at mid cycle. I went to a neurologist who said I do not have Fibromyalgia. I just don't know what is causing the aching. Sometimes my lower back hurts and I can feel it in my abdominals. Can someone please shed some light on this for me it's giving me bad anxiety. Thank u
Hi Jennifer. I have been aching on of off for the last 4 years, I'm 48. It's horrible. I get it in my feet, my lower back, my thighs and upper middle back and my shoulders and neck. It comes intense and I am in bed in pain and feel terrible and then it can disappear for a few months and I feel ok again. my cycles are three, four and five months apart so it's hard to track.
Ahh, I have very badly been suffering from it. Something seems to be moving or tightening in.my belly then I get very bad back pain. At this point if I am standing -it is worse standing then I need to sit down. Do you also feel that something from your abdomen pulling you down? It is just awful. 
That sounds like that could be a digestive issue Celebi, intestines maybe be a bit inflamed from a food allergy. I had that and I cut out all wheat as I did have an allergy. After a few weeks the pains stopped. Just an idea 😊
I had intense pain in my upper back left next to my shoulder blade. That was one of my first symptoms. Then it felt like my ribs were being squeezed. It was hard to breathe in. Then I got frozen shoulder, which was sheer torture. Now my pain seems to be across the whole upper back. My shoulder is still frozen but the painful freezing stage is over.
I've had many MRI's, including thoracic, spine, neck, brain. All normal. X-rays of chest. Abdominal ultrasounds. Except for the bad gall bladder nothing ever shows up. So it really must be a hormonal thing.
Wow! thank you for your reply.. thats how I feel exactly. Almost like I have arthritis all over my body. My fingers and my wrists even hurt then it goes away. Not happy your suffering to but it's nice to know I'm not alone.
Oh, you might be right Lisa. Thank you very much for that. I am fed up that GPs are not as clever as us . Ypu need to ask them if it could be this or that. Otherwise they do not think! I am seeing a GP tomorrow and I will include this in my questions and suggestions in my own diagnosis. Thank you! Take care
I can't believe you said that about your ribs! that is exactly how I feel at times, it's crazy. Did any doctor ever tell you what could be causing that feeling?
Yes...I get really bad lower back pain. More like lower back tightness. Sometimes my legs hurt too. Especially when menstruating or the on-set of.
Your GP should be able to give you an allergy test, mine did, ask for it because they don't offer things most of the time haha. When we enter peri we can get all kinds of allergy or worsen an existing one. Yes I agree with you GPs don't really help with these matters. Keep posting and searching this site as we seem to be a great support and informative resource for all things peri!! My symptoms keep changing , this month the worst ever for me,, I've been hit with the internal shake, anxiety through the roof and not interested in anything. It's like we just have to hold on and we will get through 😊
My ribs too, feels like they are bruised somehow and a heavy feeling when I breath, not like breathless inside the lungs or asthma but a heaviness
Thank you Lisa. I will add this to my list too. I too suffer from anxiety now. I have never before. I agree that we tend to get all sorts of symptoms; changing all the time. Never had internal shake. It must be awful. I am sure it will visit me sometime soon too. All the bet and take care. It is very GOOD to KNOW WE ARE NOT ALONE in this and THIS IS A GREAT SUPPORT NETWORK!
Not one doctor can give me an answer to any of my crazy symptoms. My gyn's response, as she's shaking her head, some women just have a very hard time with perimeno. So I'm assuming she at least thinks all my issues are related to that. My gp took pleasure in letting me know that there isn't anything wrong with me. The only reason I can even believe it might be perimeno is from some of the responses here and that all the tests I've had are normal.
And the fact that I'm 52 and my periods are getting funky.
We are in the same boat. I'm was doing ok until I hit 45 yrs and I have been having back , neck , shoulder, heart palpitations like is stepping a beat that I have to cough, pain on my mid left quadrant down and up below the breast, itching all over my body off and on, headaches, I have dry eyes. My PA test me for everything and came back normal, MRI from abdominal, Shoulder, Head CT amd is all normal. I'm 47 now and the itch is better and it seems it occur before and after periods but it feels all the time I wonder if is perimenopause. I'm not taking anything for it I'm going to have a Pap smear next week and see . Also I have a 3cm cyst .
Hi Aimee, oh yes the itches! I have had them for nearly 2 years. On my thighs in particular. All your symptoms are me too. Dry eyes, then they went all watery for a few months then back to dry. The symptoms keep on coming too. Just when I think I have them all understood and accepted them along gone a new one!
Is driving me crazy! And I went to have today and my scalp is inflame, is like my body is inflame. Is this is premenopause . My periods are every month
It is so frustrating when GPs and gyno are not helping us by saying all normal. Obviously all is not normal. There must be something they can do to help. Why should women suffer in slience thinking all the symptoms are due to peri!? I wish I trained as a gynaecologist and done big research on women's issues.
Is it just your scalp or other parts too? I have read other posts on several forums ( during my crazy googling) where women are getting terrible itchy scalps also.
My gyn's answer was bc pills. My gyn's answer was a psychologist. Just so frustrating. I've thought about going to an integrative/functional doctor but my medical bills this year have been out the roof. Logic tells me that if I had something really bad it would've showed up. But. Ant help always thinking they missed something.
I had Lyme in the 90s, my friend (she's got the same symptoms and is 51) said that as your hormones drop from peri so does your immune system, so any existing problem gets worse. She's on 4 different meds for chronic Lyme and she's still not better. It could just be perimeno symptoms.