I just turned 37. Over the past year I would say my periods have started to change. My PMS symptoms have as well. My cycle has always been very regular so it is easy to track everything. Periods have gotten so much heavier. My PMS symptoms now occur during and after my period, when they used to happen before my period. Also, I've been very tired lately. I used to not be able to sleep at night and constantly wake up. Now I don't wake up in the night, but I am tired the rest of the day. Joints ache throughout the month also.
Currently I am on Day 11 of my cycle. Well, it feels like my hormones have gone haywire today. I feel nauseous. Also, I had a strong heart palpitiation followed by breaking out into a sweat. It lasted all of about 5 minutes. So I'm just wondering if that is a perimenopause symptom?
Hi Alice, I was 38yo when I started all the symptoms of perimenopause . I am 44yo definitely gotten the worse of it all!! So YES you may be in perimenopause I had all the symptoms. Right now I'm experiencing bad Hot Flashes!! 😩 It's horrible and I am not sleeping through the night. So I've had it worse but there are good and bad days.
I too was about 38 when my periods started to change going from 28 days to 23 days I'm now 41 and docs say I'm not peri because my fsh levels are fine but my anxiety has gone through the roof the last 18 months and is always around ovulation and period! I too get nauseous, night sweats, heart palpitations, achy joints and feeling really tired and lots of tummy trouble. It's such a rollercoaster and lots of good days followed by bad days. I have acupuncture which really helps. Xxx
Yesss. All sounds very familiar. Mine all started at 43. I am 45 now. My periods lasting longer and heavier with clots. I was having a lot of trouble with sleep, but it is better lately.. I've had severe nausea and not being able to eat. I lost a lot of weight and actually had to spend the night in the hospital for passing out with low blood pressure. Anxiety in the form of health anxiety is by far my worst symptom. No achy joints yet. Hormone levels all normal. I hope it makes you feel better that you are not alone.
Apparently this is one of the symptoms yes. I believe that mine are a cause of combination of anxiety and perim. Not all woman experience this though and if it persist i think it best to cjeck it out. According to a article I red, oestrogen has an effect on the dilation of the coronary arteries. When low, the arteries contract, and when high, they dilate. This can lead to changes in blood pressure and heart rhythm.
Oestrogen also has an effect on the autonomic nervous system which regulates the unconscious functions of the body such as heart rate and breathing. Changes in oestrogen levels mean that the nervous system fluctuates between being highly stimulated to being stimulated very little, having a direct impact on heartbeat regularity.
So in short, I believe this might be the root of my anxiety too?!?
It sounds exactly familar!! I try to keep track of everything on my phone with my period tracker and make notes. I also have noticed that what would be normal before has changed and the symptoms change during what used to be consistant. Around ovulation would be heart palps and anxiety. Now it changed to a week before...I just try to relax the best I can...it gets frustrating...and sometimes I just want to go doctors all the time. But, I know this is a process. I can tell you it has gotten better from 2 years ago. I kind of know how to relax and changed alot in my eating and life. No red wine for me as it makes my heart palpitations. I looked it up and I guess it happens sometimes to perimenopause women. I listen to my body and don't drink wine. Hope you feel better after reading all the post's. Take care of you... P.S I had the joint aches..hips and down my legs...don't have them anymore..but that kind of freaked me out..because at the time I really did not know for sure..why...it went away after about a year and a half..but every night..super achey while sleeping only...weird..not in day at all...
Thanks for all of your replies! It's so hard to go through not knowing if it's just hormones or illness. I too get really bad anxiety. It used to be the week before my period, but now it's all over the place. I've been doing yoga and that helps tremendously!!
I feel like I have no good weeks anymore...and I know it's only the beginning! I used to look forward to the week after my period because my hormones were so calm then. But now that is when they are almost the worst! It seems now that at ovulation time I feel my best.
My mom started perimenopause early, I'm following her it seems. She said what helped her get through it all was going on message boards. So I took her advice.
One thing about me too is that I've never had kids...so I don't know if that will make it worse in years to come or better??? Also, I would still like to have kids but I'm single and it's not looking like it will happen...since I'm already 37.
Anyway, I'm sure I will be on here a lot. Today I've had anxiety, nausea, dizziness...trying not to let it keep me from doing anything because laying down is all I want to do when hormones rage.