What has been your absolute worst symptom of (peri)menopause?

Women's health
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Hi All,

There is such a wealth of experience on this forum, I was just wondering which symptoms of (peri)menopause would top the list as the worst of the long list we are suffering.

Ok, I'll start - for me (so far!) it would be depression/anxiety. That's two symptoms but they go together. (A close third would be digestive problems.)

If you could be rid of just one symptom what would it be?

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Hi Ruthie 

ummm .. Post meno 

i would like to rid the no energy shaky feeling ( and i have a good diet) 

achy body, and have my drive back which wanes alot ..

I could go on but i wont 😑

jay x

 

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Been no improvement with those from Peri to post meno 

( i am about 20 months post meno ) no HRT

jay x

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Yay post meno........oh the joys smile

Depression and anxiety deffo sad

STILL hot flushes sad

No HRT either sad

Been 5 years since last period..............

I'm 56 by the way........

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Spaced out feeling, memory loss and anxiety! X

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Joint pain And anxiety. Xx

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Awwwwww and frozen shoulder!! Can be strongly linked to the menopause.......

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For me it's also the joint pain, nobly finger pain, pain really. I had a frozen shoulder 4 years ago, had no idea it was menopause related. Literally feel I'm falling apart, ageing too fast, on second thoughts I'd like that Feeling of accelerated ageing to go!

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Hi Ruthie

Pain, pain and more pain!

nearly at menopause if no period before July this year.  I believe these symptoms and many more to come, no doubt, will continue for some years, great!

Acupuncture usually helps, but it's been a bad month.  I'm planning on the bio-identical hormone route once I can afford for more private treatment.

Viv x

 

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Yep can be related to menopause - I sifted through tons info re FS and found this out! The guy who did my accupuncture first told me to do some research into it & thats how I found out!

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My worst symptoms are the sweating and panic attacks that have just started. They are horrendous. Shaky, feeling sick, heart racing. Im taking all the B vitamins but they dont seem to be helping. Really wish i could go back on HRT

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Hi Linda 

i am 51 in June 

yep my flushes returned last summer, was having up to 20 severe ones a day in the intense summer heat here ( they had stopped years ago and booosh restarted again) now its spanish winter they have calmed, still get the odd one, but dreading the heat this summer incase they are still going to affect me again 

i take Vit E 400iu to help now 

jay x

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My worst symptoms are anxiety, panick attacks, racing heart, frozen shoulders. I think these body changes also tell us that this is the time to take a good care of the body , since this is the major transition period in women's body.

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Hi Jay,

It must be a relief to be post meno but it seems the symptoms take a while to go. I'm still in peri and hate that shakey feeling. the fatigue can be so draining.

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I've had the detached, spaced out feeling too and so forgetful at times. I think the mental syptoms can be the worst.

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Hi ruthie 

think i preferred peri to post meno 

jay x

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I'm 49 and didn't really start to think about my symptoms being peri until last year when my periods became erratic. Looking back I realise I had lots of peri symptoms for years but didn't make the connection. I had two bouts of frozen shoulder (one is still not fully recovered).

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I can identify with that.

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I've been wondering about the bio-identical hormones too. It's hard to know if they are really much safer than conventional HRT though. I would rather take the natural hormones than synthetic but there is still the problem of having to come off of them again one day so I'm not sure yet. Sometimes I feel so desperate I'd taken anything though, if only it would stop the symptoms.

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Hi ruthie, i would like to get rid of all the joint pain so that i cold do all that i used to xx