Have anyone felt like there chest tightens and can barely breathe? This started not long ago while going into meno. My doctor said it could be GERD but I hadn't eaten anything for it to cause it. Anyone experience this at all?
Yes all the time. Been in perimenopause eight years but also got gerd in perimenopause aswell. It sucks x
Thanks I was thinking it was Asthma, so it is GERD. Well, this just sucks. Another one to the list of crazy stuff.
I went to the ER for it one evening. I was told I had Gerd also. It's horrible. I try not to have a panic attack when I feel like I can't breathe. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. It's another horrible symptom to add to the already crazy list.
Tell me about it. I haven't had a period in two months and I feel like im losing the plot. Im currently weaning off my antidepressants so im not very nice to be around right now. Lord help my family. Ive had every symptom in the book and im going into my ninth year. I so need this to be over already x
Yes. Sometimes when I'm walking or just doing too much physical activity like at the gym I feel winded, and heart feels lije its beating oyt if mt chest. I thought I had heart problem or was experiencing a heart attack. Although I do get slightly elevated BP from time to time. That could be accompanied by a hotflash too.
I think our bodies are becoming more dehydrated during peri/menopause too, so I try to hydrate more by drinking at least 4-6 bottles or 8oz. glasses of water a day.
I end up pounding on my chest to help me breathe again. It's just a horrible frightening feeling. Is there any medication for it? What did they give you at the ER?
Yes, didi, I learned real quick not to over do it at the gym. I felt as if I would faint at times, had to just sit or lay on the floor mat and let it pass. Walking out ever so slowly so that it wouldn't happen again. I was in the ER about 2 months ago, for dehydration. I had pains all over my belly and kidney's thinking it was another UTI, they gave me an IV of salt and like magic I was well again.
Definitely stay hydrated. Dehydration was what brought me to alert as ro what was going on with this crazy ordeal. The ER didn't give me anything. My oxygen level and breathing was fine. It just feels like you can't breathe. Unfortunately it could be Gerd or asthma brought on by the peri or meno. It's scary for sure. I have stopped going to the ER. They never have any answers to anything and it got so frustrating that I knew what I was feeling but they were telling me I was ok and follow up with my GP. I just recently found out that respiratory problems are a symptom of per and meno. That really sucked.
I have a question, how do you get GERD, when I never had it before? I didn't have heartburn or acid reflux. So how do I end up with GERD? All of a sudden peri throws a left cruve and gives me GERD?
Every DAY.................. I had a chest xray about 3 months ago and they say nothing. Its very stressful and I have high anxiety when it happens, and they checked to see if I was having a heart attack and nope or have had one, I have to think its another annoying part of the perimenopause.
I never had a problem with heartburn or anything like that either. Until these crazy symptoms started. Another night I thought I had something stuck in my chest and went to the ER. They gave me a chest xray and scans and nothing was wrong. So for the indegestion feeling they gave me what they call a GI cocktail which was basically Mylanta and a script for Pepcid and diagnosed me with Gerd...
Every day is too much! I get it every once in awhile usually if I go to bed 2 hours before eating. But the other day I hadn't eaten was sitting in my car and I got it. It scared the heebee jeebees out of me. I could barely catch my breath. I thought about going to the ER for an evaluation of my chest but now that you're all confirming it's another scare tactic of menopause, well, no point in going anymore.
Wow, amazing what these hormones do to us. Thanks for the headsup on what to take. Hope you're better. Pat XX
It does not hurt to get it checked, I am making an appointment about the tendonitis and the knots in my shoulder area because while it did not hurt before now it hurts, I swear I hate this peri crap, I used to feel so good, even with my diabetes type two I never had the daily continuing problems that I have with this, sometimes I just want to cry, no one ever told me it would be like this, I wonder if my weight, I am obese, 65 pounds overweight if that plays a role in my misery, I get depressed because I shoulve lost the weight, its not a good time and to hear it could last for years is even more depressing. I worry all the time I have a serious disease, I pray a lot and that helps.
Every other day I think I have something serious wrong with me. Everytime I get a new symptom I get it checked out. I was literally at the ER every other day. It ruled out a lot of things but it still frustrated me to feel like I was having these health issues and I knew they were coming from somewhere. When I found this forum, I was overwhelmed with hearing other women's expierences that felt like I was the one writing it down. I just wanted to know that I was not going crazy. I'be only been having these crazy body things for a few months now. I am dreading thinking that I have to go through this for more years.
Hi Lennie, sorry to hear of your dilemma. Certainly, you are not alone because no one knows if its going to hit you like this. It's okay to cry. I use to cry just by saying bye, see you later. What I wanted to say was "no, I don't want you to leave, because it makes me cry." I was that bad. I still cry every so often, lately more, because of some psychopath wanting to hurt me. Wishing you better days xx
Jamie, you and I sound just alike our bodies are going through the same thing, I could easily be at the E.R everyday. I have almost all of the 66 symptoms that the google site says. I am very depressed to be honest,. I dont want to live like this for years on end., there has to be a solution.
I am so grateful I found you guys, while I dont know you personally I have NOBODY else, my husband is not a bad man, he is a good guy, but he is literally so clueless and helpless. He always says the same thing, "Well go to the doctor" he does not get it at all, I just stopped talking to him about my peri issues and go straight here. I wish we could all meet and have lunch!
Lennie,
I was just getting ready to go to the ER a few minutes ago. I was having palps. My mom told me to calm down and go lie down. I did and they stopped. It just takes my body so long to come down from anxiety. Sometimes the palps scare me so bad, I immediately panic. I know the hospital has told me several times that I'm ok. I just can't help thinking the worse when the palps happen or feeling like I can't breathe. The weird head feelings, the shakes, inside body tremors, dizziness, feeling like I have the flu, tingling hands and feet, off balance, muscle weakness, and fluctuating body temps have me losing my mind. I try to look like I have it all together in from of people but really I don't. I go out and do things I have to do, other than that I'm in the bed. No I wanna cry and I don't know why.