Hi everyone Can anyone help, 47 premenopausal and suffering. My heart, right shoulder ache, aniexty start for no reason, massive panic attacks after eating with awful heart beats sleep does not exist, the worst issues are gerd, metallic taste in mouth that will not go. i am struggling alot please help
Hi Clare,
Have your talked to your doctor about hormone supplements?
It’s a horrible phase isn’t it? I’ve got the same symptoms off and on. What helps me quite a bit is taking herbs like Red Clover, Maca, Black Cohosh and Vitex and an amino acid called Taurine. Also avoiding alcohol and coffee has been helpful. I still have the pounding heart after dinner sometimes but I just wait until it passes and try not to pay too much attention to it and distract myself. The bouts of anxiety also still pop up once in a while but with them I apply the same strategy: wait till it passes and observe it as something transient and not rooted in my real emotions, it’s just a hormonal hickup and will pass.
The disturbed sleep pattern is the most stubborn symptom, I keep waking up after 5 hours of sleep, VERY annoying. It takes 2 hours to get sleepy again and by that time I have to get up. I have to take long naps in the afternoon to stay able to function, which messes up my daily schedule. I’ve tried a load of supplements but still haven’t found anything effective.
I don’t have GERD, but maybe that has got to do with my diet: only slow carbs, no sugar, lots of veggies, little fruit, little meat, plenty of chicken, no milk. Yours sounds horrible though, is it possible for you to change your diet? If that doesn’t help can your doctor prescribe something?