hi ladies
just need to vent. having very scary rough night. took everything in me to keep from going to ER again.
had horrible dream, i was fainting in my dream and somerhing was telling me wake up wake up
i woke up and left arm numb. put me into fullblown anxiety attack. took a xanax, bath tried to relax. got hot flashes fell back asleep and an hr later up with that nauseous stomach ache i get, another hot flash leading to the chills. gonna be a long day after this horrible nite.
i want and need this to stop
Hi Kim
i'm so sorry!! i had a horrible night also..everytime i lay down to go to sleep i got so dizzy and i couldn't sleep.. I got up and felt better i went like you to a full panic attack!! and took a xanax as well..i'm seating here on the couch for the past 4 hours tired for not sleeping and feeling so misarable!! this is a nightmare!!
i'm in NY city with my husband he left early in the morning to his meetings and i'm here scared that something will happen to me all alone!!! i was planning to go enjoy a walk and i'm seating here trying to calm myself!!! i'm getting my period sometime this week and every month beforit comes i'm getting this s dizziness and nausea and stomach ache. You are not alone, i'm writing this message and tears coming down my face from all the furstration and crazyness in my life in the past 3-4 years now!!!
I did gone to the dr and she said she cant put me on anything because still getting my period regular every month...
kim, I really sympathise with you going through all this. I have been there and it takes every fibre of your being to fight it and the feelings that it is more than it is. Menopause is horrible, there is no getting around that fact. But I had this exact same experience several times and thought I would not survive, not just the physical overall feelings of illness, but the horrible mental torture it causes. Because lots of us have been through this horrible stage, (I think it is the stage where you've been in peri a while and then hit 'the wall' of menopause, the bad symptoms which all come flooding together) we can understand the desperation that comes with it, but it subsides, it really does. Still lingers, but the bad bit does subside. I would suggest that you sleep with your back propped up against a bunch of pillows and remain that way, not on your side, or not flat. I found this really helped me sleep and you get used to it. I used to wake, like you, with a feeling of numbness in my arm but discovered that I was lying on my arm, or that the tension I had before going to bed was causing me not to relax fully and I was flexing my muscles also. The anxiety does not become so bad, if you still wake up but are in an upright position, I found this worked. As for all the other stuff, it just takes its course and I feel for you, I've been there, but now a year and four months since it all kicked off, I am able to sleep without wakening, lying in a normal position and although it does happen from time to time, the anxiety at night, I am in a better frame of mind to deal with it. I hope this helps you a bit.
Hi Kim, im so sorry that you had a rough night. I used to have horrible dreams as well. My little girl brought her dream catcher in my room and hung it by my side of the bed 
My sweet girl! I would get so frazzled before bed time so I started drinking warm milk....it helps me relax. I can sleep better now. Like metamorphed said it does get better, believe it. Try and nap as much as you can and try not to think to much about your bad dreams. They will go away. Take care and keep posting we will help you through this.
Hi Kim and also Maria, you are going through a stage which happens to
most of us who suffer. It is absolutely horrifying. I used to have to get up
and watch tv for a while to get my mind calm again. My husband would get
up and comfort me and I would say don't go to work I need you here and
although he did once or twice obviously he couldn't do it all the time so I
had to learn to deal with it.
When you do that it starts to subside and it will stop happening. Another
symptom will probably come along then and take your mind off it!
That is the harsh reality of it but you will learn to deal with things and of
course you have us to help you through.
Hope this stage ends for you soon and you get no further symptoms.
All the best to you both☺☺
Hi I remember asking my husband to stay home with me too! It was very scary and different times. You are right tou do learn to deal with it and it does get better. Im so thankful for each and every lady on this site. You are all a blessing! Hope you have a good day
Thank you sooo much!your words mean so much to me.
Like mentioned to Kim before my husband tried to do something nice, he thought would be nice for me to go and see NY and I feel I'm letting him down..he is so good and understanding but I hate for him to see me like that...I just wish I could sleep for a few hours but every time I put my head on the pillow seems everything is spinning!! I had that last year for a few days and was gone but scary..
I don't recognize myself anymore..I'm doing the vitamin thing the healthy foods no sugar coffee alcohol and I don't think works all the time..again thank you 
hopeyour day turns out to be better then you thought. hugz
just another thought kim. have you tried 'womens tea'. it is a mixture of camomile and ginger (great for the stomach), sip an hour before bed, let it cool to warm. It helps me with sleep and that awful stomach feeling.
It feels good to help and be helped by all our "friends" doesn't it.
Keep strong everyone😊😊
You will feel better soon I am sure.
BIG Thank You to all our supportive husbands!😚😚xx
I think I might try that. Thanks Meta☺
yes, try it. i find it just great, (if anything can be through all this!)
Oh dear! Have you gone to a Dr? I would just to calm down that it is nothing. It is hard sometimes...
Hope all is okay. Let me know...
Awwwww hugs it gets better hang in there ive been there as i told tge other ladies most of the symptoms i had have subsided but they play peak a boo every so often the anxiety was the worst
Yeah peek a boo. Exactly!😁
thank you. this is almost more than i can handle. but you ladies will help me get thru it. and for that i thank you
i have been to every dr you can think of lol. i just need to learn to relax
thank you! im going yo try that. i have gastrits from anxiety and its really acting up. im going to buy some