Last month i had a pretty good month , apparently i have a hormone imbalance i am on tablets to regulate my periods, which went mad, and the dr hoped it would sort everything else out,
this month has been horrible, i am getting low again and a bit of i feel sorry for myself,
i had a month of no floaty light heads, but a few palps instead. now the floaty head has come back this week and not let up. i am so tired as well i am so fed up with it, its making me miserable, my appertite has doubled this month.
I am so hot every night, now, it takes me ages to go to sleep. my period was regular with the pills but i only had a 3 day period and done, i dont know what to expect from one day to the next my dr says i am not peri until my periods stop i thought that was the meno i am in uk i think drs have diff opinions everywhere, i know that since last year i havent been myself, i dont know who i am some days, i get terribly bloated with wind, as well my skin is dry, i am being treated for roscea i dont think i have it, its like eczema i new i couldnt be so lucky as for it all to go so quickly, i am just a bit low, i am trying to decorate my house, a week ago i was great going great guns, now i cant be bothered the light heads frighten me the last thing i want to do is bend down decorating,
tell me it gets better please, i know it does, but i feel so alone at the moment,

dear camp, i'm sorry your feeling so bad. this thing can be a nightmare !!! i would for sure get a thyroid hormone panel done, checking your free t3 and t4 and antibodies. you may need a different type of hrt. hang on, big hugs, kelly

I'd think about a new doctor-what doctor says you're not peri until your periods stop? Could you have misunderstood?I still have periods and know I've been peri for YEARS-mine has gotten steadily worse-not unbearable-more like very annoying-I'm to the point where I say bring it on-hit me hard and get it over with-ENOUGH!You are for sure not alone and another 'for sure' is that this will be over and we will all be awesome!

Hi,

listen, you're not alone! I have so many darn horrible symptoms, it's incredible, and they come and go, just like yours. Just when you think something is gone, finally over....POW it comes back! I know, and it's very depressing as well! From your post, I would say you're definatley in peri, the heck with what your doctor thinks, they aren't very well educated on this subject, no matter where they are! That spacey weird floating feeling I get so much, and it's distressing. you don't feel like you're part of this world when that happens, very detached, and it seems that no matter what I do to change it, it doesn't stop till IT'S READY!

Just remember, you're not alone, not by far! All this stuff is so hard to deal with, some days it's all i can do to just get out of bed and function normally, ... to say the least about keeping my sanity!

I hope you're feeling better by now! sincerely, MyDarling

Hi no i did not misunderstand, i took my mother with me, to make sure and he defiantely said if i stopped my periods then i would be in meno i dont believe he thinks there is a peri, he just said i have a hormone imbalance, mine started last october, i suddnly got brown patches on my skin he said i had become sun sensitive, then my periods went mad, twice a month , longer etc, i had a thyroid test said i was fine the hormones showed i am border line i was 38 i am 39 now, the past two months i have been on tablets to regulate my periods, which i then got palps. he listerned to my heart fine and toook blood pressure fine, i have night sweets that leave me sleeping on the sofa as its cooler down stairs i live in a thatch cottage it gets so hot upstairs at night and cold down so some nights i sleep down there so i get sleep, i had bad mood swings which have eased up it seems one thing goes another comes,the periods are regular with tablets last month i went over 7 days this month i did 3 days and finishedi have never had a 3 day period, i got dry skin,spots, and this terrible floaty head feeling i lose sleep some nights, i get awful stomach cramps, i think my dr thought the pills would clear everything they havent, i go again on thursday, i suffer with anxiety anyway the funny thing is on the good days i feel i can do anything, i suffer with agraphobia i have since i was 18 on good days i can go out with my husband its not really easy for me but i do it, on bad days now i have a job to get out the chair, i always found i never suffered as bad with the phobia when i was pregnant either, strange, i know just some days i really struggle, i feel so lonely the floaty heads scare me and make my anxiety worse, i try to relax and take myself of to watch a film or something alone in my bedroom stops me thinking about it for a while, i am sure my husband wonders at times why he married me, an agraphobic wife who then turns into a hormonal wreck. i am 39 i feel like how much more do i have to endure, i have spent most of my life indoors i have never been abroad, seen my children in school plays took my kids to the dentist or shopping, just when i was geting my life sorted, i get this how unfair is life. i am sorry to pile my problems on you,
thanks for taking the time to reply

I have been mildly agoraphobic for about 6 yr's..it comes and goes. I am 40 and my periods started to come 2x a mo in Dec. and now it is coming late. They just gradually got closer and closer and then went the opposite. I have so many odd sensations and a few main ones that are very persistant. Some being palp's and spaciness/dizzy. I am spacey everyday. Some days I am dizzy or lightheaded, like a floating kind of feeling...this has made my agoraphobia worse since now I won't drive myself. I won't walk around the block without my husband. Today we walked around the block and I had to hang onto him because I feel like I am so unbalanced.

I wish I had some answers for you...just here to tell you your are not alone...I know that doesn't help a whole lot. I have one symptom one day and another the next. I am waiting myself for it to get better...and somedays it does.

Just a question when did your mother go through meno. You say your 39...I just ask because my Dr. said, when I went to her over the summer for severe hot flashes and palp's and so much more, that I was expeiencing some pretty severe symptoms of meno...ones most experience when they are coming close to menopause. My mom was 42-43 when she had her last period and heredity plays a key role in this. That could be why things are so extreme for you right now just a thought, it may be completely irrelavent... HUGS to You Mikki

Hi i am sorry to hear you are a sufferer of agoraphobia also its horrible isnt it. i can drive but havent since the floaty heads, i try to ignore it though its not easy is it, i hang on to someone also feeling of balance, i never fall over, but its like i have drunk to much i wouldnt mind but i dont drink, my mum was in her 50's she used to pass out so i am grateful i dont do that, my gran was 38 i think it was she had my mum during the change i think she meant when her periods were no longer regular, i have two older sisters, one has been going through it for years since abut early 40's and my other sis started late 30's she is 4 years older than me,
It makes me feel less alone when i here others. i guess we are all looking for a miracle cure do you take anything that helps you
thanks

[Hang in there Campresse. It will get better.I had that this month as well. The fatigue and depression were at an all time high. Days when you don't think it will ever go away, but it does. If you have a way with your lifestyle and can manage to accept that you are on a down time and just let everything go till it passes. I've noticed that my PMS gets me sooo down. I built my home a year ago but when I am PMS I flip out at what is not done, things I should be buying to decorate and make myself even crazier than I already am.
You are most definatley not alone. Come on here and write fpr support like you've done. It is the best way to confirm that you are Peri and that you are not alone.
Girlsmom