Hi, I am new to this forum and to perimenopause for that matter. I am nearly 38 and appear to be starting peri. My doctor is sending for even more tests, but everything I read leads me to the same place - Perimenopause. I have all the symptoms that I am reading about in your posts but I feel I am too young to be going through this.
Does any one know of other women my age going through this?
Helppppppppppppppp!
Cheryl
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Hi Cheryl - I'm only 42. Five years ago when I was 37 I developed migraines for the first time in my life. I now believe they were my first peri symptom as they were all month round but are now associated with my periods. They coincided with loads of lightheadedness which I thought was a type of aura associated with them but it never quite matched other peoples description of zigzag lines. Now i get lightheaded quite often but the migraines themselves are not as frequent.
!8 months ago when I was 40 I developed a whole host of other peri symptoms (gastritis, unfounded anxiety, health anxiety) that I'd never had before and then recently 3 months ago palpitations. It was only then that I discovered the link to Peri. So Yes, you are not too young!
My doctors in the UK don't believe in Peri unless you are 48/49, but many of us here could tell them otherwise!
!8 months ago when I was 40 I developed a whole host of other peri symptoms (gastritis, unfounded anxiety, health anxiety) that I'd never had before and then recently 3 months ago palpitations. It was only then that I discovered the link to Peri. So Yes, you are not too young!
My doctors in the UK don't believe in Peri unless you are 48/49, but many of us here could tell them otherwise!
QUOTE (squiggle @ Aug 10 2006, 06:53 AM) 
Hi Cheryl - I'm only 42. Five years ago when I was 37 I developed migraines for the first time in my life. I now believe they were my first peri symptom as they were all month round but are now associated with my periods. They coincided with loads of lightheadedness which I thought was a type of aura associated with them but it never quite matched other peoples description of zigzag lines. Now i get lightheaded quite often but the migraines themselves are not as frequent.
!8 months ago when I was 40 I developed a whole host of other peri symptoms (gastritis, unfounded anxiety, health anxiety) that I'd never had before and then recently 3 months ago palpitations. It was only then that I discovered the link to Peri. So Yes, you are not too young!
My doctors in the UK don't believe in Peri unless you are 48/49, but many of us here could tell them otherwise!
!8 months ago when I was 40 I developed a whole host of other peri symptoms (gastritis, unfounded anxiety, health anxiety) that I'd never had before and then recently 3 months ago palpitations. It was only then that I discovered the link to Peri. So Yes, you are not too young!
My doctors in the UK don't believe in Peri unless you are 48/49, but many of us here could tell them otherwise!
Thanks Squiggle. Sorry think I just added your post again. Still trying to get the hang of this. I have been developing symptoms over the last ohh maybe 6 months but hadn't linked it until started researching on the web. What an insight! I am not a hypochondriac after all.
Had hot flushes, palpitations, really heavy bleeding, migraines, flu like symptoms just before period, etc. Lump in throat feeling is the latest "treat" I am experiencing. Have had it now for nearly a week. Going for more tests tomorrow so will see what if anything that reveals.
I think my doctor is sceptical and I have to suggest things and ask a multitude of questions to get any information. She has now put me on a low dose pill but it is not strong enough and have bleed on and off the whole way through.
Have changed my diet (not that I was a bad eater before) but am now eating and drinking for my 'condition'. It is a god send that we have this forum to be able to chat to others that have and are experiencing the same thing. I have found that when I mention my symptoms to family and friends they just don't seem to understand or I think they think I am feeling sorry for my self or something. I just want someone to UNDERSTAND!
I am trying to be postive and deal with things as they come up but I find myself thinking 'What next?'. Just when I think I am feeling better something else starts aching or running or swelling!
I think I will be a regular on this site bouncing my symptoms and thoughts off everyone.
Cheryl
Had hot flushes, palpitations, really heavy bleeding, migraines, flu like symptoms just before period, etc. Lump in throat feeling is the latest "treat" I am experiencing. Have had it now for nearly a week. Going for more tests tomorrow so will see what if anything that reveals.
I think my doctor is sceptical and I have to suggest things and ask a multitude of questions to get any information. She has now put me on a low dose pill but it is not strong enough and have bleed on and off the whole way through.
Have changed my diet (not that I was a bad eater before) but am now eating and drinking for my 'condition'. It is a god send that we have this forum to be able to chat to others that have and are experiencing the same thing. I have found that when I mention my symptoms to family and friends they just don't seem to understand or I think they think I am feeling sorry for my self or something. I just want someone to UNDERSTAND!
I am trying to be postive and deal with things as they come up but I find myself thinking 'What next?'. Just when I think I am feeling better something else starts aching or running or swelling!
I think I will be a regular on this site bouncing my symptoms and thoughts off everyone.
Cheryl
G'day again Cheryl! 
I know what you mean - I keep thinking I must only be at the beginning of this - how bad can it get!
I love the fact that this site is international as you stand a good chance of getting in touch with someone even in the middle of the night, plus you get to find out latest treatments from around the world.
I think my family & friends all wonder what all the fuss is about - after all it's nothing new is it? Also they think I'm a bit young for all that. But then I think a lot of people are lucky enough to only get hot flushes or else unlucky enough not to be computer-literate and find PS and hence never realise that many of the things they are suffering are peri related. My mum's generation would never have made the link between palpitations and peri.
Do you have any kids? I find it quite hard to manage sometimes when I'm feeling really bad - I have two boys, 8 and 11.
I know what you mean - I keep thinking I must only be at the beginning of this - how bad can it get!
I love the fact that this site is international as you stand a good chance of getting in touch with someone even in the middle of the night, plus you get to find out latest treatments from around the world.
I think my family & friends all wonder what all the fuss is about - after all it's nothing new is it? Also they think I'm a bit young for all that. But then I think a lot of people are lucky enough to only get hot flushes or else unlucky enough not to be computer-literate and find PS and hence never realise that many of the things they are suffering are peri related. My mum's generation would never have made the link between palpitations and peri.
Do you have any kids? I find it quite hard to manage sometimes when I'm feeling really bad - I have two boys, 8 and 11.
Hi Again Squiggle,
No, I dont have any kids, just a couple of adorable furbabies (dogs). They are my family along with my partner of nearly 15 years, John.
Oh and that brings me to another thing that I have just found out. I have varicose veins around my uterus. I recently had an ultrasound and low and behold was astonished to discover that fact. I have since found out that the varicose veins can & do rupture during pregnancy. So I am relieved that I didn't decide to have children. It certainly explains why my periods are sooo painful!
Cheryl
No, I dont have any kids, just a couple of adorable furbabies (dogs). They are my family along with my partner of nearly 15 years, John.
Oh and that brings me to another thing that I have just found out. I have varicose veins around my uterus. I recently had an ultrasound and low and behold was astonished to discover that fact. I have since found out that the varicose veins can & do rupture during pregnancy. So I am relieved that I didn't decide to have children. It certainly explains why my periods are sooo painful!
Cheryl
Ooh those sound really painful 
- I didn't know you could get them there. It will be a blessing for you when this is all over - at least that's one positive thing to look forward to!!!
Just listening to the news today about the terrorist threat - what a world we live in!
- I didn't know you could get them there. It will be a blessing for you when this is all over - at least that's one positive thing to look forward to!!!Just listening to the news today about the terrorist threat - what a world we live in!
hi girl... i am 32 and all this started for me7 months ago.... and oh boy have i been through it... drs. dont listen... you know your body!!!! do i think 38 is too young........ uuummmmmm.. NO.... like i said i am 32 and i know women in there 20"s going through this....hugs to you.... denise
32 My goodness! All I can say is Thank God for this website and all the fantastic women posting their thoughts, symptoms, advice, etc. Cant tell you how finding this site has made me feel. Just to know you are not alone.
And yes what a world we are living in. I tell you what it really makes you think seriously about bringing children into it. We have just moved to Tasmania which is right at the bottom of Australia. It is a small state and the only way to get here is by a 9 hour ferry or 1.5 hour flight. We moved here to get away from the rat race and all the road rage and violence that surrounded us in the big city. We now live in a gorgeous serene environment and we are surrounded by lovely mountains and beautiful beaches and just love it.
Cheryl
And yes what a world we are living in. I tell you what it really makes you think seriously about bringing children into it. We have just moved to Tasmania which is right at the bottom of Australia. It is a small state and the only way to get here is by a 9 hour ferry or 1.5 hour flight. We moved here to get away from the rat race and all the road rage and violence that surrounded us in the big city. We now live in a gorgeous serene environment and we are surrounded by lovely mountains and beautiful beaches and just love it.
Cheryl
oh cheryl.... i live in a small town of about 1700... yes thats it... in the southern most point of kentucky.... we have no malls... we have no trains,cabs, buses etc... i love it here!!! i live on theoutskirts of town... still all country... i have almost 3 acres of and and i love it.... in fact my neighbor... notice i say neighbor... only one... already has his wood for winter stacked as high as his house... almost... small town life is great... except dr. wise goes.... we dont have any good ones.... well i shount say that... i just dont think they get a big city paper to see what is going on in the rest of the world... you say peri to them and they thinkits a new cross breed of fruit.... maybe a pear and a cherry? who knows.... yes i am 32 but i was on long term (9 years) depo provera use... with no cycle ever... i acme off the cycle and within 2 years... major symptoms.... now i have found out i jave fibrocystic breasts.... new thing for me too.... hopefluuy all this will be done soon and i willl be bale to go on and enjoy mynext 60 years!!!! hugs to you.... denise
Hi again you two,
Nice to find someone to talk to today - it's been a bit quiet & I'm in a chatty mood!!
Well, I live in a smallish town but quite near to bigger towns in Oxfordshire in Middle-England (about as far from the coast as you can get!!). I think my doctors are quite typical for the UK in general, and they know nothing about Peri. I think this is a worldwide problem, actually.
The last time I confronted my dopey-doc with all my recently acquired symptoms and asked her yet again about peri, (after a long discussion where she reinforced her opinion of it being only people aged 48+ who get it, and then only for a couple of years), she finally did conceive there could be a slight possibility of our hormones starting to fluctuate from our late 30's onwards... but she said it wasn't really peri.................Aaargggh!!!!!!!!!!!!
One day her time will come.....................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where you both live sounds beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice to find someone to talk to today - it's been a bit quiet & I'm in a chatty mood!!
Well, I live in a smallish town but quite near to bigger towns in Oxfordshire in Middle-England (about as far from the coast as you can get!!). I think my doctors are quite typical for the UK in general, and they know nothing about Peri. I think this is a worldwide problem, actually.
The last time I confronted my dopey-doc with all my recently acquired symptoms and asked her yet again about peri, (after a long discussion where she reinforced her opinion of it being only people aged 48+ who get it, and then only for a couple of years), she finally did conceive there could be a slight possibility of our hormones starting to fluctuate from our late 30's onwards... but she said it wasn't really peri.................Aaargggh!!!!!!!!!!!!
One day her time will come.....................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where you both live sounds beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!
Have to ask Denise, what are fibrocystic breasts? When I recently had my breasts examined the doctor said that they felt "lumpy" and "fibrous" and when I asked if that was something I should be worried about she said that it happens at my age!
Cheryl
Cheryl
Well, I am going to be Little Miss Opposite because I used to have lumpy and fibrous breasts in my 20's before I had kids. They were really painful each month. I found giving up caffeine even then helped the pain. These days (maybe as a result of pregnancy, I don't know) they are fine and I have no lumps, fibrous tissue or pain - so there we go. I am just strange!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
Hi guys,
I'm 38 too, and going through peri, so again, no you're not too young!
As far as fibrocystic breasts go, I've heard to that "it just happens" as you age, and it's not really a cause for concern.
Of course who knows if that's true or not?!!
Suzannah
I'm 38 too, and going through peri, so again, no you're not too young!
As far as fibrocystic breasts go, I've heard to that "it just happens" as you age, and it's not really a cause for concern.
Of course who knows if that's true or not?!!
Suzannah
hi all, im 39 and i think started last year with panic attacks with driving, and now they are subsiding , so now i have worse pms, gastric weirdness going on. not sleeping well, no tolerance for anything or anybody,crying at commericals etc... well my doctors said the same thing your too young blah blah.
so i went on line to find out all i could.It's bad when you can't stand your self when your kids and husband say your so mean, its time to do something your self.i found that women to women web site bought there vitamins and cream , im telling you i feel so much better my energy is back , i actually feel like excersising again.I had a period since starting the vitamins and no wanting to kill people i still had some symptoms no where near like before.these are not vitamins are not cheap but my husband said we are not going threw this for ten years. also they want you take 2 packets of vits a day i take one or would be running marthons, so they will last probally 3 months and so forth with the cream.the lady said it may take a couple weeks to really kick in. I dont care if i have to scrape tin cans off the road to afford these i will. i geuss the second time you order its not as $$$.bottom line find something that helps , dont listen to them saying we are to young.they dont care its not them it's happening to.
lee
so i went on line to find out all i could.It's bad when you can't stand your self when your kids and husband say your so mean, its time to do something your self.i found that women to women web site bought there vitamins and cream , im telling you i feel so much better my energy is back , i actually feel like excersising again.I had a period since starting the vitamins and no wanting to kill people i still had some symptoms no where near like before.these are not vitamins are not cheap but my husband said we are not going threw this for ten years. also they want you take 2 packets of vits a day i take one or would be running marthons, so they will last probally 3 months and so forth with the cream.the lady said it may take a couple weeks to really kick in. I dont care if i have to scrape tin cans off the road to afford these i will. i geuss the second time you order its not as $$$.bottom line find something that helps , dont listen to them saying we are to young.they dont care its not them it's happening to.
lee
Cheryl
Welcome to PS.
You are not to young, I started my peri 2 months after my 35th birthday. When my symtpoms came down on me it hit me like a bolt of lighting. I had insomina, night sweats, depression and anxiety. Now I have a new symtpoms internal shaking, it really s*cks because you can't functions when you insides are going about 90mph and you can't catch up. And everyso often I still have the anxiety. It will be a yr in Nov since I started all of this.
As you see more and more women are young starting this peri and these doctors need to do more research to help us. But the way it looks we are helping each other. Thank god for this lovely site.
Welcome to PS.
You are not to young, I started my peri 2 months after my 35th birthday. When my symtpoms came down on me it hit me like a bolt of lighting. I had insomina, night sweats, depression and anxiety. Now I have a new symtpoms internal shaking, it really s*cks because you can't functions when you insides are going about 90mph and you can't catch up. And everyso often I still have the anxiety. It will be a yr in Nov since I started all of this.
As you see more and more women are young starting this peri and these doctors need to do more research to help us. But the way it looks we are helping each other. Thank god for this lovely site.
Hi Cheryl -
I'm brand new to this forum (my second post) and I'm realizing lately that I'm NOT as new to perimenopause as I thought... I had all these seemingly unrelated symptoms that really all add up to peri. I'm 41 now and I think I probably started peri around 38 or so. Started with migraines, anxiety, depression. Added hot flashes, acid reflux, joint pain, vaginal dryness, and decreased libido over the last year or so, and this month's new fun thing..... gigantic mood swings and irritability!! I'm so afraid I'm going to lose it at work and get myself fired...
A lot of people, including health care practitioners who should know better, told me that I was too young to be in perimenopause. (IF they even knew what that was - some of them hadn't heard of it before.) But I knew that I wasn't wrong; I knew that the craziness I've been feeling in my head was NOT mental illness - it's just good old-fashioned menopause.
On one hand I feel better, knowing what's causing all this stuff. On the other hand, I want this sh!t to stop NOW, and so far I haven't found any magic bullet. At least in the meantime there's a place like this where we can all support each other through the rough days.
Don't let anybody tell you that you don't know your own body. I think that should be my signature on this site!
--Solla Luna (Nancy)
I'm brand new to this forum (my second post) and I'm realizing lately that I'm NOT as new to perimenopause as I thought... I had all these seemingly unrelated symptoms that really all add up to peri. I'm 41 now and I think I probably started peri around 38 or so. Started with migraines, anxiety, depression. Added hot flashes, acid reflux, joint pain, vaginal dryness, and decreased libido over the last year or so, and this month's new fun thing..... gigantic mood swings and irritability!! I'm so afraid I'm going to lose it at work and get myself fired...
A lot of people, including health care practitioners who should know better, told me that I was too young to be in perimenopause. (IF they even knew what that was - some of them hadn't heard of it before.) But I knew that I wasn't wrong; I knew that the craziness I've been feeling in my head was NOT mental illness - it's just good old-fashioned menopause.
On one hand I feel better, knowing what's causing all this stuff. On the other hand, I want this sh!t to stop NOW, and so far I haven't found any magic bullet. At least in the meantime there's a place like this where we can all support each other through the rough days.
Don't let anybody tell you that you don't know your own body. I think that should be my signature on this site!
--Solla Luna (Nancy)
No, I don't believe you're too young at all. I've just turned 41 and I've been experiencing symptoms for about a year now, with the last 3 to 4 months being unmanagable. My PCP agrees that it's probably peri, and referred me to a gyno, who completely dismissed my experiences and everything I told her.
I've lurked here before and coming back and reading today made me upset all over again, and I've got a call in to my PCP to see if she can help me--I do not want to go back to that other doctor, and I refuse to sit in my car and cry again after leaving her office because of the way I was treated.
Doing the quiz on this site, I have 26 of the 32 symptoms! I refuse to believe there isn't a solution and it's just a matter of staying dilligent until someone takes us seriously. Good luck to you.
I've lurked here before and coming back and reading today made me upset all over again, and I've got a call in to my PCP to see if she can help me--I do not want to go back to that other doctor, and I refuse to sit in my car and cry again after leaving her office because of the way I was treated.
Doing the quiz on this site, I have 26 of the 32 symptoms! I refuse to believe there isn't a solution and it's just a matter of staying dilligent until someone takes us seriously. Good luck to you.
Hi Oxo - nice to meet another who had peri for a 40th birthday present!!
Solla - it's weird - I started peri with exactly the same symptoms as you - migraines, anxiety, stomach probs... My latest is heart palpitations (PVCs) which are very scarey. There are 22,000 members on this website and probably 20 tomes that who guest-visit. Can't the doctors see a pattern here??????????
Solla - it's weird - I started peri with exactly the same symptoms as you - migraines, anxiety, stomach probs... My latest is heart palpitations (PVCs) which are very scarey. There are 22,000 members on this website and probably 20 tomes that who guest-visit. Can't the doctors see a pattern here??????????
Squiggle -
I was told that my heart palpitations were part of my anxiety, which is part of my supposed bi-polar disorder...... which I've decided is a bogus diagnosis because I tried all the drugs that were supposed to help me with bi-polar (and I mean ALL of them) and they either did nothing or made me crazier...
So here I am with heart palpitations and anxiety/mood swings.... but at least now I know why I REALLY have them, and am learning about what will REALLY help with them...
And all of this run-around has been because the doctors who are supposed to know about this stuff don't believe that anyone at my age could possibly be perimenopausal.
Gosh! I love the medical system....
Have I mentioned yet how glad I am to have found this site?
I was told that my heart palpitations were part of my anxiety, which is part of my supposed bi-polar disorder...... which I've decided is a bogus diagnosis because I tried all the drugs that were supposed to help me with bi-polar (and I mean ALL of them) and they either did nothing or made me crazier...
So here I am with heart palpitations and anxiety/mood swings.... but at least now I know why I REALLY have them, and am learning about what will REALLY help with them...
And all of this run-around has been because the doctors who are supposed to know about this stuff don't believe that anyone at my age could possibly be perimenopausal.
Gosh! I love the medical system....
Have I mentioned yet how glad I am to have found this site?
Hi, I'm new here too, and also extremely glad to have found this site.
I am 40 years old and think I probably started peri-menopause approx a year to a year and a half ago. I actually mentioned it to my doctor and he said that it wasn't peri-menopause because: a. I was just too young. b. My periods would not be getting closer together, but farther apart (after a life time of VERY irregular periods, they have suddenly become quite regular) and c. All my symptoms were not peri-menopause but severe PMS.
After not sleeping at all last night because I was afraid I had some deathly illness, I did a search with my newest symptoms and it led me here! Thank goodness for that.
I wrote most of my symptoms on the newcomers board, but I'll list them here too.
I first started with the migraines that quickly regulated themselves to happening right before a period. I also noticed that I began to get severely, and I mean SEVERELY depressed about a week before my period. My sex drive dropped off and I began to experience the dryness that comes with that.
After reading a few other posts I can also relate to the "tilting" feeling that others have described and frequent dizziness, or what I call "head-spinning."
I have within the past year began to have stomach aches and problems I've never had before.
I'm nervous a lot. I've had anxiety attacks and heart palps that come along with the feeling that something is wrong. I've awakened in the middle of the night to my heart trying to beat out of my chest.
Things that never bothered me before get on my nerves REALLY fast.
I can have a day of joy and energy that is followed by a day of extreme tiredness and depression.
The newest symptoms, and the ones that scared me the most are the warm flooding feeling and the skin tingles. Twice now I was at my favorite chinese restaurant and I suddenly developed extreme chest pressure and heat (think heartburn), but my skin on my chest and arms began to heat and get really tingly. Then my lips went numb and my face felt both numb and tingly at the same time. My head started swimming and I felt like I was going to pass out or throw up...whichever came first (thankfully, neither occured). After looking that up on the internet, I decided it was some sort of MSG reaction.
Now yesterday, two different times I had this feeling of extreme heat and tingles shoot up the back of my head. My lips went numb and I felt like I was going to be sick. At the same time, this fear just overwhelmed me that something was really, really wrong.
Last night I was so scared I cried and told my husband. I couldn't sleep, trying to protect the back of my head where the feeling came from. Today, I have a stiff neck because of it!
Anyway, I decided to check out the symptoms and it led me here! Surprise of all surprises! After my doctor telling me I wasn't peri-menopause I had forgotten all about it.
Much to my surprise, and relief, I am now almost certain that all my symptoms are indeed perimenopause.
I'm so glad to have found this site and look forward to meeting you all and having someone that understand the craziness that comes with all this!
I am 40 years old and think I probably started peri-menopause approx a year to a year and a half ago. I actually mentioned it to my doctor and he said that it wasn't peri-menopause because: a. I was just too young. b. My periods would not be getting closer together, but farther apart (after a life time of VERY irregular periods, they have suddenly become quite regular) and c. All my symptoms were not peri-menopause but severe PMS.
After not sleeping at all last night because I was afraid I had some deathly illness, I did a search with my newest symptoms and it led me here! Thank goodness for that.
I wrote most of my symptoms on the newcomers board, but I'll list them here too.
I first started with the migraines that quickly regulated themselves to happening right before a period. I also noticed that I began to get severely, and I mean SEVERELY depressed about a week before my period. My sex drive dropped off and I began to experience the dryness that comes with that.
After reading a few other posts I can also relate to the "tilting" feeling that others have described and frequent dizziness, or what I call "head-spinning."
I have within the past year began to have stomach aches and problems I've never had before.
I'm nervous a lot. I've had anxiety attacks and heart palps that come along with the feeling that something is wrong. I've awakened in the middle of the night to my heart trying to beat out of my chest.
Things that never bothered me before get on my nerves REALLY fast.
I can have a day of joy and energy that is followed by a day of extreme tiredness and depression.
The newest symptoms, and the ones that scared me the most are the warm flooding feeling and the skin tingles. Twice now I was at my favorite chinese restaurant and I suddenly developed extreme chest pressure and heat (think heartburn), but my skin on my chest and arms began to heat and get really tingly. Then my lips went numb and my face felt both numb and tingly at the same time. My head started swimming and I felt like I was going to pass out or throw up...whichever came first (thankfully, neither occured). After looking that up on the internet, I decided it was some sort of MSG reaction.
Now yesterday, two different times I had this feeling of extreme heat and tingles shoot up the back of my head. My lips went numb and I felt like I was going to be sick. At the same time, this fear just overwhelmed me that something was really, really wrong.
Last night I was so scared I cried and told my husband. I couldn't sleep, trying to protect the back of my head where the feeling came from. Today, I have a stiff neck because of it!
Anyway, I decided to check out the symptoms and it led me here! Surprise of all surprises! After my doctor telling me I wasn't peri-menopause I had forgotten all about it.
Much to my surprise, and relief, I am now almost certain that all my symptoms are indeed perimenopause.
I'm so glad to have found this site and look forward to meeting you all and having someone that understand the craziness that comes with all this!
Hi, I am 39, 40 in FEb. and know now this has been going on for a few yr's I have had almost every symptom that is listed, but never related it peri, it wasn't even on my mind until they started to really disrupt my life and I needed answers. I have had numerous tests done from heart to brain to blood and so on and they are all normal. A few symptoms have become progressivly worse over time , but still in the back of my mind I thought I'm too young is it really this. About few mo. ago I began to notice I seemed to have intense sweating when exercising and I was generally warmer all the time, a couple mo. ago I started to have spells of intense heat, palp's, dizziness and anxiety all hitting at once as if my body went into "overdrive" spontaniously and I had no control over it still didn't relate it again and I thought I was sick and losing control of reality, the heat comes on if I eat warm food( that is not easy to avoid we have to cook our food)or do anything that raises my body temp( I have a cleaning business so work became unbearable).. I would and do get these spells everyday, I made my yearly trip to the gyno last week and she tells me I am having hot flashes. when woman talked of hot flashes I thought they would just get a little warm and uncomfortable I never imagined this was a hot flash it is so disrupting. anyway until I started getting the symptom that is commercially related to hormonal imbalances I never beleived it I was always looking for something else because I was only 36, 37, 38 and now 39. Had I beleived it before I would have saved my poor mind the breakdown I put it through several times. My mother now tells me she was 42 at her last period HHHMMMM interesting HUGS mikki
HUGS mikki
QUOTE (KCmomof2 @ Aug 18 2006, 01:52 PM)
Hi, I'm new here too, and also extremely glad to have found this site.
I am 40 years old and think I probably started peri-menopause approx a year to a year and a half ago. I actually mentioned it to my doctor and he said that it wasn't peri-menopause because: a. I was just too young. b. My periods would not be getting closer together, but farther apart (after a life time of VERY irregular periods, they have suddenly become quite regular) and c. All my symptoms were not peri-menopause but severe PMS.
After not sleeping at all last night because I was afraid I had some deathly illness, I did a search with my newest symptoms and it led me here! Thank goodness for that.
I wrote most of my symptoms on the newcomers board, but I'll list them here too.
I first started with the migraines that quickly regulated themselves to happening right before a period. I also noticed that I began to get severely, and I mean SEVERELY depressed about a week before my period. My sex drive dropped off and I began to experience the dryness that comes with that.
After reading a few other posts I can also relate to the "tilting" feeling that others have described and frequent dizziness, or what I call "head-spinning."
I have within the past year began to have stomach aches and problems I've never had before.
I'm nervous a lot. I've had anxiety attacks and heart palps that come along with the feeling that something is wrong. I've awakened in the middle of the night to my heart trying to beat out of my chest.
Things that never bothered me before get on my nerves REALLY fast.
I can have a day of joy and energy that is followed by a day of extreme tiredness and depression.
The newest symptoms, and the ones that scared me the most are the warm flooding feeling and the skin tingles. Twice now I was at my favorite chinese restaurant and I suddenly developed extreme chest pressure and heat (think heartburn), but my skin on my chest and arms began to heat and get really tingly. Then my lips went numb and my face felt both numb and tingly at the same time. My head started swimming and I felt like I was going to pass out or throw up...whichever came first (thankfully, neither occured). After looking that up on the internet, I decided it was some sort of MSG reaction.
Now yesterday, two different times I had this feeling of extreme heat and tingles shoot up the back of my head. My lips went numb and I felt like I was going to be sick. At the same time, this fear just overwhelmed me that something was really, really wrong.
Last night I was so scared I cried and told my husband. I couldn't sleep, trying to protect the back of my head where the feeling came from. Today, I have a stiff neck because of it!
Anyway, I decided to check out the symptoms and it led me here! Surprise of all surprises! After my doctor telling me I wasn't peri-menopause I had forgotten all about it.
Much to my surprise, and relief, I am now almost certain that all my symptoms are indeed perimenopause.
I'm so glad to have found this site and look forward to meeting you all and having someone that understand the craziness that comes with all this!
I am 40 years old and think I probably started peri-menopause approx a year to a year and a half ago. I actually mentioned it to my doctor and he said that it wasn't peri-menopause because: a. I was just too young. b. My periods would not be getting closer together, but farther apart (after a life time of VERY irregular periods, they have suddenly become quite regular) and c. All my symptoms were not peri-menopause but severe PMS.
After not sleeping at all last night because I was afraid I had some deathly illness, I did a search with my newest symptoms and it led me here! Thank goodness for that.
I wrote most of my symptoms on the newcomers board, but I'll list them here too.
I first started with the migraines that quickly regulated themselves to happening right before a period. I also noticed that I began to get severely, and I mean SEVERELY depressed about a week before my period. My sex drive dropped off and I began to experience the dryness that comes with that.
After reading a few other posts I can also relate to the "tilting" feeling that others have described and frequent dizziness, or what I call "head-spinning."
I have within the past year began to have stomach aches and problems I've never had before.
I'm nervous a lot. I've had anxiety attacks and heart palps that come along with the feeling that something is wrong. I've awakened in the middle of the night to my heart trying to beat out of my chest.
Things that never bothered me before get on my nerves REALLY fast.
I can have a day of joy and energy that is followed by a day of extreme tiredness and depression.
The newest symptoms, and the ones that scared me the most are the warm flooding feeling and the skin tingles. Twice now I was at my favorite chinese restaurant and I suddenly developed extreme chest pressure and heat (think heartburn), but my skin on my chest and arms began to heat and get really tingly. Then my lips went numb and my face felt both numb and tingly at the same time. My head started swimming and I felt like I was going to pass out or throw up...whichever came first (thankfully, neither occured). After looking that up on the internet, I decided it was some sort of MSG reaction.
Now yesterday, two different times I had this feeling of extreme heat and tingles shoot up the back of my head. My lips went numb and I felt like I was going to be sick. At the same time, this fear just overwhelmed me that something was really, really wrong.
Last night I was so scared I cried and told my husband. I couldn't sleep, trying to protect the back of my head where the feeling came from. Today, I have a stiff neck because of it!
Anyway, I decided to check out the symptoms and it led me here! Surprise of all surprises! After my doctor telling me I wasn't peri-menopause I had forgotten all about it.
Much to my surprise, and relief, I am now almost certain that all my symptoms are indeed perimenopause.
I'm so glad to have found this site and look forward to meeting you all and having someone that understand the craziness that comes with all this!
kc.... you described me.... exact same symptoms.... the neck and all.... i am 32 and i have had all tests to rule out bad including heart and ct scans.... its peri i know it is.... thank god i found this site... what a blessing!!!! habg in there i promise it will get better!!! hugs to ya... denise
I just turned 41 and I'm being told I'm too young. A few years ago I started getting really bad migraines just before my period...they went away....about 18 months ago got my first heavy period since I was a teenager....my periods have become really irregular, long periods, heavy ones, light ones, short ones, more frequent (usually but not always), though they used to be like clockwork, i'm getting spotting & ovulation pain, bloating, bad physical PMS symptoms started recently which I never used to get,(really sore breasts this month), occasional hot flash (what else could they be??) now for the past 5 weeks I've had tummy problems for the first time in my life. I had normal periods in May & June, 28 days apart...then bang, serious ovulation pain, bad bloating, tummy problems, then a wonderful 5 day normal period this month & I was real happy (I feel best now when I have my period!)...then 2 days later, cramping and spotting like its gonna start all over again! I've also been told by the docs that they should be getting farther apart, including 2 gynos, but this doesn't seem to happen for lots of people.
I've had lots of blood tests, 2 transvaginal ultrasounds this year, pelvic ultrasound, abdominal ultrasound, appt with gastro next week and it goes on & on. They've found nothing wrong, but I still think I'll get an endometrial biopsy to be sure cause the bleeding is scary and I'm spending way too much time at doctor's offices getting my symptoms checked!!
I've noticed a few people mention gastro symptoms...they've really got me scared at the moment so I'd be grateful if you could share more...what a strange time of life when we are reassured to hear about other people's tummy problems. I'm getting a bit of diarrhea, bit of constipation, cramping and I can't eat things like oats anymore. Anyone else have this?
Has anyone else had this kind of bleeding?
I must say I'm shocked to see I'm one of the older ones here, just having turned 41....where in the world do they get the stats from that say it's not supposed to happen til much later?
Naomi
I've had lots of blood tests, 2 transvaginal ultrasounds this year, pelvic ultrasound, abdominal ultrasound, appt with gastro next week and it goes on & on. They've found nothing wrong, but I still think I'll get an endometrial biopsy to be sure cause the bleeding is scary and I'm spending way too much time at doctor's offices getting my symptoms checked!!
I've noticed a few people mention gastro symptoms...they've really got me scared at the moment so I'd be grateful if you could share more...what a strange time of life when we are reassured to hear about other people's tummy problems. I'm getting a bit of diarrhea, bit of constipation, cramping and I can't eat things like oats anymore. Anyone else have this?
Has anyone else had this kind of bleeding?
I must say I'm shocked to see I'm one of the older ones here, just having turned 41....where in the world do they get the stats from that say it's not supposed to happen til much later?
Naomi
QUOTE (denise520 @ Aug 19 2006, 08:17 AM)
kc.... you described me.... exact same symptoms.... the neck and all.... i am 32 and i have had all tests to rule out bad including heart and ct scans.... its peri i know it is.... thank god i found this site... what a blessing!!!! habg in there i promise it will get better!!! hugs to ya... denise
Having re-read the posts I realised I should have added that I also have decreased libido, vaginal dryness, and I've always been irritable, but when I think about it, I think I may be even less tolerant, though I have a hard time admitting or accepting that symptom for some reason! It wasn't til reading the posts tonight that I realised that my pre-menstrual migraines 3 years ago were probably related....they were awful, incapacitating, and always happened either the day before or on the first day of my period & would go the next day.
But I still get abdominal aches & pains & I'm sure its cancer at times and I'm probably getting way too many tests done, seeing too many docs with my symptoms and feeling like I'm talking to a brick wall with all of them. I wonder how much of this could be avoided if they realised how many of us go through this pretty young.
Naomi
But I still get abdominal aches & pains & I'm sure its cancer at times and I'm probably getting way too many tests done, seeing too many docs with my symptoms and feeling like I'm talking to a brick wall with all of them. I wonder how much of this could be avoided if they realised how many of us go through this pretty young.
Naomi
QUOTE (denise520 @ Aug 19 2006, 08:17 AM)
kc.... you described me.... exact same symptoms.... the neck and all.... i am 32 and i have had all tests to rule out bad including heart and ct scans.... its peri i know it is.... thank god i found this site... what a blessing!!!! habg in there i promise it will get better!!! hugs to ya... denise
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