Hi, All these post are about PERI-menopause. Any ladies out there still dealing with these awful symptoms in POST menopause.I know I can't be alone! No period going on 12 months 51 Years Old Just had all my lab work done. All came back perfect including the CA-125 which was 6 FSH 108.4 LH 51.9 Amylase 98 (Doctor said nothing about this but isn't this high)? Lipase 27 Hot flashes (I can tolerate this) Nausea (I CANNOT tolerate this)!!!!!!!! Brain Fog (Feels like I am constantly hung over) Ache in upper right shoulder blade (comes and goes - feels like muscle but who knows) Energy level is fine I have this feeling of dread like this is something more than hormones and have cancer lurking somewhere. Can hormones really take you down like this?
ME !!
Hi i know exactly how you feel i'm 59 and still suffering hopefully you wont carry on till your 59 it really makes you awful i never wake up feeling well i dont sleep well/ hot flush/ fog brain at work and like you i often worry i have something nasty going on i havent tried hrt as my sister had breast cancer . Hope you feel better soon its got to end sometime surely take care love carol xx
Me too! 47 and almost menopausal at 8-9 month no period. I feel awful literally all the time. Aching painful knees, depression, full blown brain fog, and yes with the full on health anxiety that I am obviously dying with cancer ravaging through my body. :/ (I don't mean to make light of it, because obviously some people are very ill with cancer. :( )
hi i feel awlful through peri and niw no period for a year abd the symptoms are basically the same but sine new symptoms are worse ... i get zigzag vision every week sometimes im left with a migraine.... had my eyes checked just needed new glasses but the zigzags are scarey .... i have thoughts of dread all the time constantly unhappy i get off balance quite a lot just feel so down
ME ME ME!!!!!!!!!! I am 6 years post and the last 2 years have been as bad as in the very beginning which has been almost 10 years. I have every symptom known and some not known. Still praying things will soon settle down. Take care.
I haven't had zigzags in a while, but I agree they are very scary! Is yours related to digestion in any way? My spouse gets them and he has to drink water and belch up basically to help clear them.
Oh yeah it can. I have the exact same pain in my shoulder blade. It started out as a minor annoyance, but now I'm under stress at work and it turned into full blown muscle spasms! My health and well being is more important so l'm retiring. I'm 59 and I'm not going to waste any more time at this job.
Post menopause for 8 years. Lots of ups and downs. Blessed that I had no symptoms until I was four years in. The depression and health anxiety have been VERY challenging. I'm retiring in January so that will help.
Hi I am 59 and started at 51. I am always at docs. Now trying bio identical hormones. I have got every symptomn and feel so so tired and sick in the morning like fainting and so weak. It is so debilitating.
Hi I am 59 and started at 51. I am always at docs. Now trying bio identical hormones. I have got every symptomn and feel so so tired and sick in the morning like fainting and so weak. It is so debilitating.
How long have you been on the hormones please, do you think they are working
hi..my periods stopped when i was 42..no symptoms at all.im post meno nine years and have found this period worse ...i have never had hot flashes but have suffered dreadful health anxiety..insomnia especially this last year...my dr said you are post menopause for life and sadly a lot of symptoms will come and go..he still sees women in their 80s with hot flushs ..i tried hrt but it put me in hospital..they were concerned about my bones as i was so young..i hate feeling anxious all the time although my insomnia has gone and ive slept every night for a couple of mths i was experiencing sleeping every other night..it was awful..my opionion post menopause is worse than peri or meno...
good for you..i retired at 48 lol...51 and now going back to work pt in a new job..i needed a break .it done me good but i got bored..i i feel pressure i will be retiring again.i dont care...well being is more important than money and post meno is the worse ..as our bodies have completely changed
i had this when i was one year post menopause..i also experienced severe vertigo..havent had it in 8 yrs...so it will get better migraines are very common in meno..i had mri etc...i found giving up caffiene and drinking plenty of water helped to..our bodies become very sensitive to everything during this transition..take care.i often went to work with vertigo and just used to lay on the floor..my manager was brill....i had to laugh at it all as it made me feel so scared..i would not let it ruin my life
Me too. Two years since last period, past two months had the most awful low feeling and anxiety, no enjoyment in all the usual things (I mean, worse than peri and any other time). Excema and itching down below, hair very dry. I look awful and feel that the best has gone as well as all opportunities. Tried Tibolone twice but put on weight (absolute no-no) and more lethargic, gave up after a few months both times. Unsympathetic doctor and gynae says this is part of life, put up with it. Brain-wise, I keep doing ridiculous things like turning into a one way street. I really hate this.
I started in april. they seemed to be working but I'm downhill again.severe weakness in the morning and faintlike and burning bladder at the moment. debilitating life for the past 8 years with so many severe symptoms. oh and 8 years of flushing red sire feet on and off. especially when at the end of the day. tell me little about u. how old u are etc
Yes Leisa Post menopausal and its the same sh&t show.
Actually worse for me when i entered meno.
your not alone hugs x0x0
Do any of you beautiful ladies have these random aches all over that come and go?
One minute I have a pain under my left rib, then my right (and I can't even really call it PAIN it's more like a pinchy ache), then my right shoulder blade, yadda-yadda-yadda!
Tonight I am going nuts. Husband is done and with every little ping I am convinced this is much more sinister. I knew I was going through menopause as the hot flashes started and my periods were all wacked out. It's now been 12 months since I had one and up until about 3 months ago I was like "this is a piece of cake" then BAM! Nausea, Brain Fog, Mysterious Aches, Don't really care about eating (not that I have a loss of appetite food is just not interesting in fact nothing is). I am a clean freak and it takes an effort to convince myself to do anything!!
Help me here ladies. Are these feeling REALLY part of this flippen transition????
(and I am so glad they have these boards. If we all relied on what doctors lead us to believe we would all in a nut house together as I swear they either don't care or just don't care to listen)
^ Meant to say husband is GONE (lol). See...........can't even type straight anymore!