Hi ladies,
god bless everyone of u , as i know u r going thru the worse time of yr life . i know iam .iam the mother of 5 . ages 32 thru 14 . i got married when i was 15 and became a mom at 16 . i have never worked out side the house and this internet thing baffles me as well as sets off my vertigo ( had all my life ). my 1st interduction 2 u wonderful ladies was a year ago , my oldest daughter found u when i was having a major bad day . please forgive me if i jump around . ihope my story will help someone out there . how it all started , i got up 2 go 2 the grocery store in oct 2005 , was walking down the bread aisle in shop rite , all of a sudden i felt a strange pain in my chest , then i started 2 sweat profusly , shake , feel faint , couldn 't breath and my heart was coming out of my chest . i called 4 help and was taken by ambulance 2 the er. ( this was only the beginning of 30 thrips 2 the er) . i thought 4 sure heartattack . long story short , i've had every heart test known 2 man , was on zanax , ativan , zoloft , cymbalta and self comitted 2 the pych ward 4 24 hours . all the meds made me worse infact they brought on the panic attack , ( by the way i also have fibromyalgia ) as well as gave me hallusinations . well after 30 days straight of er visits and drs blowing me off . i called my oldest child , told her 2 come pick me up . we lived 160 miles apart . she did that was more than a year ago . and my entire life had 2 change . we all bought a house 2gether as i could not b alone . so now my daughter , new son in law , husband , and 3 other of our children live in one house . i totally weened off all meds i honestly believe they r straight from help . starting seeing a nutritinist went on an organic meal plan and take vitamins . now i have 2 tell all of u . yes , i did loss 60 pounds with no effort , and the panic attacks stopped only this past christmas , but i still have daily anxiety , and a horrible gut pain and spasms which removing my gallbladdder did not help and i have had ever upper gastro test u can imagine all come back normal , but the pain persits . please can anyone out there relate . i can take pepto bismal , tums , mylanta , protonix , asafix , prevasid nothing help even 4 a minute . as i write it feels like freddie cruger is ripping my guts out at the same time , my chest is tighter than tight and i feel very anxious . tell me can anyone relate . only recently i started driving again but only with someone . iam a born again christian and boy have i cried out 2 god in this past year . nothing in my life has been this horrible honest . i just want 2 get thru this now !!!!!! i have kids 2 raise and a new granbaby on the way in dec . my oldest daughter has been incredible 2 me , talked me thru panic attacks as wellas now the daily anxiety . some days r okay , but when the anxiety kicks in , i can not leave the house . my cycles a started 2 go screwy about 6 months ago , so my og/gyn has me on yasmin as he does not believein straight hrt . i do feel a little calmer but i have a long way 2 go . b 4 all of this i was super woman , multi tasking me everyone , driving all over with the kids , helping out with church duty , i was invinciable or so i thought " super woman " , hah what a joke , i feel like a senior citizen . hope someone will reply and i would love 2 have someone 2 speak with on the phone 4 those really bad days . i will b happy 2 return the compassion . all of u remember there is hope and we will not b here 4 ever we r going thru , amen ......
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QUOTE (mookiehantamom @ Aug 6 2007, 06:47 PM) 
Hi ladies,
god bless everyone of u , as i know u r going thru the worse time of yr life . i know iam .iam the mother of 5 . ages 32 thru 14 . i got married when i was 15 and became a mom at 16 . i have never worked out side the house and this internet thing baffles me as well as sets off my vertigo ( had all my life ). my 1st interduction 2 u wonderful ladies was a year ago , my oldest daughter found u when i was having a major bad day . please forgive me if i jump around . ihope my story will help someone out there . how it all started , i got up 2 go 2 the grocery store in oct 2005 , was walking down the bread aisle in shop rite , all of a sudden i felt a strange pain in my chest , then i started 2 sweat profusly , shake , feel faint , couldn 't breath and my heart was coming out of my chest . i called 4 help and was taken by ambulance 2 the er. ( this was only the beginning of 30 thrips 2 the er) . i thought 4 sure heartattack . long story short , i've had every heart test known 2 man , was on zanax , ativan , zoloft , cymbalta and self comitted 2 the pych ward 4 24 hours . all the meds made me worse infact they brought on the panic attack , ( by the way i also have fibromyalgia ) as well as gave me hallusinations . well after 30 days straight of er visits and drs blowing me off . i called my oldest child , told her 2 come pick me up . we lived 160 miles apart . she did that was more than a year ago . and my entire life had 2 change . we all bought a house 2gether as i could not b alone . so now my daughter , new son in law , husband , and 3 other of our children live in one house . i totally weened off all meds i honestly believe they r straight from help . starting seeing a nutritinist went on an organic meal plan and take vitamins . now i have 2 tell all of u . yes , i did loss 60 pounds with no effort , and the panic attacks stopped only this past christmas , but i still have daily anxiety , and a horrible gut pain and spasms which removing my gallbladdder did not help and i have had ever upper gastro test u can imagine all come back normal , but the pain persits . please can anyone out there relate . i can take pepto bismal , tums , mylanta , protonix , asafix , prevasid nothing help even 4 a minute . as i write it feels like freddie cruger is ripping my guts out at the same time , my chest is tighter than tight and i feel very anxious . tell me can anyone relate . only recently i started driving again but only with someone . iam a born again christian and boy have i cried out 2 god in this past year . nothing in my life has been this horrible honest . i just want 2 get thru this now !!!!!! i have kids 2 raise and a new granbaby on the way in dec . my oldest daughter has been incredible 2 me , talked me thru panic attacks as wellas now the daily anxiety . some days r okay , but when the anxiety kicks in , i can not leave the house . my cycles a started 2 go screwy about 6 months ago , so my og/gyn has me on yasmin as he does not believein straight hrt . i do feel a little calmer but i have a long way 2 go . b 4 all of this i was super woman , multi tasking me everyone , driving all over with the kids , helping out with church duty , i was invinciable or so i thought " super woman " , hah what a joke , i feel like a senior citizen . hope someone will reply and i would love 2 have someone 2 speak with on the phone 4 those really bad days . i will b happy 2 return the compassion . all of u remember there is hope and we will not b here 4 ever we r going thru , amen ......
god bless everyone of u , as i know u r going thru the worse time of yr life . i know iam .iam the mother of 5 . ages 32 thru 14 . i got married when i was 15 and became a mom at 16 . i have never worked out side the house and this internet thing baffles me as well as sets off my vertigo ( had all my life ). my 1st interduction 2 u wonderful ladies was a year ago , my oldest daughter found u when i was having a major bad day . please forgive me if i jump around . ihope my story will help someone out there . how it all started , i got up 2 go 2 the grocery store in oct 2005 , was walking down the bread aisle in shop rite , all of a sudden i felt a strange pain in my chest , then i started 2 sweat profusly , shake , feel faint , couldn 't breath and my heart was coming out of my chest . i called 4 help and was taken by ambulance 2 the er. ( this was only the beginning of 30 thrips 2 the er) . i thought 4 sure heartattack . long story short , i've had every heart test known 2 man , was on zanax , ativan , zoloft , cymbalta and self comitted 2 the pych ward 4 24 hours . all the meds made me worse infact they brought on the panic attack , ( by the way i also have fibromyalgia ) as well as gave me hallusinations . well after 30 days straight of er visits and drs blowing me off . i called my oldest child , told her 2 come pick me up . we lived 160 miles apart . she did that was more than a year ago . and my entire life had 2 change . we all bought a house 2gether as i could not b alone . so now my daughter , new son in law , husband , and 3 other of our children live in one house . i totally weened off all meds i honestly believe they r straight from help . starting seeing a nutritinist went on an organic meal plan and take vitamins . now i have 2 tell all of u . yes , i did loss 60 pounds with no effort , and the panic attacks stopped only this past christmas , but i still have daily anxiety , and a horrible gut pain and spasms which removing my gallbladdder did not help and i have had ever upper gastro test u can imagine all come back normal , but the pain persits . please can anyone out there relate . i can take pepto bismal , tums , mylanta , protonix , asafix , prevasid nothing help even 4 a minute . as i write it feels like freddie cruger is ripping my guts out at the same time , my chest is tighter than tight and i feel very anxious . tell me can anyone relate . only recently i started driving again but only with someone . iam a born again christian and boy have i cried out 2 god in this past year . nothing in my life has been this horrible honest . i just want 2 get thru this now !!!!!! i have kids 2 raise and a new granbaby on the way in dec . my oldest daughter has been incredible 2 me , talked me thru panic attacks as wellas now the daily anxiety . some days r okay , but when the anxiety kicks in , i can not leave the house . my cycles a started 2 go screwy about 6 months ago , so my og/gyn has me on yasmin as he does not believein straight hrt . i do feel a little calmer but i have a long way 2 go . b 4 all of this i was super woman , multi tasking me everyone , driving all over with the kids , helping out with church duty , i was invinciable or so i thought " super woman " , hah what a joke , i feel like a senior citizen . hope someone will reply and i would love 2 have someone 2 speak with on the phone 4 those really bad days . i will b happy 2 return the compassion . all of u remember there is hope and we will not b here 4 ever we r going thru , amen ......
Hi Mookie,
Wow what a story.....you've come a long way. You will find so much encouragement and a wealth of info on this forum. This is a journey....and healing takes time. I got alot of info on the adrenal post...you might want to check it out. I use to get the panic attacks all the time but they are getting fewer but its taken time and alot of research to figure it all out because as you know most doctors don't know what to do except give you pills. I had to totally change my life style too....I use to home school our 4 children and had to stop and take a year to rest and heal. Stay encouraged and take it one day at a time!
Robbi
Hi mookiehantamom,
(((((HUGS))))) to you. I can definitely relate to the stomach pains (I've had stomach troubles for over a year and take the same meds you take.) Most days I feel like I have brick sitting under my rib cage. I am 49. I had the chest pain and pounding heart for about a six month period two years ago. Docs couldn't find anything wrong with me, they still can't find anything wrong with my stomach. I have had anxiety since childhood but now it is accentuated. The mind over matter tricks I used in my younger days to get through an anxiety attack just doesn't work anymore. My body is out of control. It seems like when one symptoms subsided another one took its place. You have a lot on your plate plus all of the peri-meno symptoms. This community is so helpful. We are all in this together.
MaryB26
(((((HUGS))))) to you. I can definitely relate to the stomach pains (I've had stomach troubles for over a year and take the same meds you take.) Most days I feel like I have brick sitting under my rib cage. I am 49. I had the chest pain and pounding heart for about a six month period two years ago. Docs couldn't find anything wrong with me, they still can't find anything wrong with my stomach. I have had anxiety since childhood but now it is accentuated. The mind over matter tricks I used in my younger days to get through an anxiety attack just doesn't work anymore. My body is out of control. It seems like when one symptoms subsided another one took its place. You have a lot on your plate plus all of the peri-meno symptoms. This community is so helpful. We are all in this together.
MaryB26
Hi Mookie!
I too am going through all you have described and on top of that menapause YIKES!! Talk about a double wammy, but I can tell you from experience that Prayer does help and I have justed started to use this site for help as well and understanding as it is the 1st step to healing! I am here if you need to talk and just have someone listen as I have my daughter who does that for me as it seems she has inherited this as well. I know what it feels like to wander when the next attack may occur and then when it does how will we react. Talking with others that are going through what you are seems to be of some comfort to me and hopefully for you! By the way God does hear you and with God all things are possible , so don't give up searching for the answers I am sure they are out there for us all. I hope this makes it way to you as I am new to this and have not figured out how to navigate through the chat site yet but I am going to try my best so I can get the comfort I am looking for as well as you. Keep asking and you will sooner or later get the answer best suited for you! You are in my prayers
Take Care(Born again INDEED!)
forty92be
I too am going through all you have described and on top of that menapause YIKES!! Talk about a double wammy, but I can tell you from experience that Prayer does help and I have justed started to use this site for help as well and understanding as it is the 1st step to healing! I am here if you need to talk and just have someone listen as I have my daughter who does that for me as it seems she has inherited this as well. I know what it feels like to wander when the next attack may occur and then when it does how will we react. Talking with others that are going through what you are seems to be of some comfort to me and hopefully for you! By the way God does hear you and with God all things are possible , so don't give up searching for the answers I am sure they are out there for us all. I hope this makes it way to you as I am new to this and have not figured out how to navigate through the chat site yet but I am going to try my best so I can get the comfort I am looking for as well as you. Keep asking and you will sooner or later get the answer best suited for you! You are in my prayers
Take Care(Born again INDEED!)
forty92be
QUOTE (MaryB26 @ Aug 6 2007, 10:18 PM)
Hi mookiehantamom,
(((((HUGS))))) to you. I can definitely relate to the stomach pains (I've had stomach troubles for over a year and take the same meds you take.) Most days I feel like I have brick sitting under my rib cage. I am 49. I had the chest pain and pounding heart for about a six month period two years ago. Docs couldn't find anything wrong with me, they still can't find anything wrong with my stomach. I have had anxiety since childhood but now it is accentuated. The mind over matter tricks I used in my younger days to get through an anxiety attack just doesn't work anymore. My body is out of control. It seems like when one symptoms subsided another one took its place. You have a lot on your plate plus all of the peri-meno symptoms. This community is so helpful. We are all in this together.
MaryB26
(((((HUGS))))) to you. I can definitely relate to the stomach pains (I've had stomach troubles for over a year and take the same meds you take.) Most days I feel like I have brick sitting under my rib cage. I am 49. I had the chest pain and pounding heart for about a six month period two years ago. Docs couldn't find anything wrong with me, they still can't find anything wrong with my stomach. I have had anxiety since childhood but now it is accentuated. The mind over matter tricks I used in my younger days to get through an anxiety attack just doesn't work anymore. My body is out of control. It seems like when one symptoms subsided another one took its place. You have a lot on your plate plus all of the peri-meno symptoms. This community is so helpful. We are all in this together.
MaryB26
hi maryB26 ,
iam so glad its not all in my head or chest 4 that matter . all i know is this s*cks horribly . i pray 4 all of us 2 b delivered and whole again , god bless u all . if i forget anyone iam sorry this is sos new 2 me .thank u all .
mookiehantamom
Hi Mookie-
I feel for you. I am 49 too and I have been experiencing this crap for 4 years now. The only thing that has given me relief is bioidentical hormones. I take 100 mg of compounded progesterone now and have been on progesterone supplementation for 4 years. With this I have managed from 3 to 7 months of total releif from my worst perimeno symptoms i.e. Anxiety (my # 1 symptom I have this all day every day worst in the AM and PM hours subsiding around 1:00 PM and grearing up again at bedtimee. It feels like I am plugged into an electric light socket, # 2 mood swings sometimes hour to hour very low lows feel the need to cry and then sometimes normal, # 3 stomach troubles for the past year intestinal cramping, gas, bloating, pain, extremely #4 painful menstrual cramps although my period is next to nothing now, #5 waking at 2:00 AM feeling extremely anxious muscles tense and # 6 feeling hot)
I must warn you that bioidenticals do not work 100% of the time for me. I can go months without a relapse of symptoms then something happens (extra stress, hormone shift) and I can feel this crap come back like a nightmare. I can actually feel a black cloud decending on my head and the anxiety returns. I then work with my Dr to try and readjust the dosage and then wait until it kicks in again. I hate when it comes back but I am sure this will continue until my periods stop. Unfortunately I haven't missed one yet. You may want to give them a try. When they do work it is just like being your old self again. For me that makes the relapses all the more difficult.
I am in a relapse right now and I know exactly how you feel. It is just awful. This is the worst thing I have ever experienced in my whole life. I never would have thought this "Change" would be so difficult.
I hope things improve for you and all of us here. Let me know if you try bioidenticals. They work for some and it is worth a try.
40
I feel for you. I am 49 too and I have been experiencing this crap for 4 years now. The only thing that has given me relief is bioidentical hormones. I take 100 mg of compounded progesterone now and have been on progesterone supplementation for 4 years. With this I have managed from 3 to 7 months of total releif from my worst perimeno symptoms i.e. Anxiety (my # 1 symptom I have this all day every day worst in the AM and PM hours subsiding around 1:00 PM and grearing up again at bedtimee. It feels like I am plugged into an electric light socket, # 2 mood swings sometimes hour to hour very low lows feel the need to cry and then sometimes normal, # 3 stomach troubles for the past year intestinal cramping, gas, bloating, pain, extremely #4 painful menstrual cramps although my period is next to nothing now, #5 waking at 2:00 AM feeling extremely anxious muscles tense and # 6 feeling hot)
I must warn you that bioidenticals do not work 100% of the time for me. I can go months without a relapse of symptoms then something happens (extra stress, hormone shift) and I can feel this crap come back like a nightmare. I can actually feel a black cloud decending on my head and the anxiety returns. I then work with my Dr to try and readjust the dosage and then wait until it kicks in again. I hate when it comes back but I am sure this will continue until my periods stop. Unfortunately I haven't missed one yet. You may want to give them a try. When they do work it is just like being your old self again. For me that makes the relapses all the more difficult.
I am in a relapse right now and I know exactly how you feel. It is just awful. This is the worst thing I have ever experienced in my whole life. I never would have thought this "Change" would be so difficult.
I hope things improve for you and all of us here. Let me know if you try bioidenticals. They work for some and it is worth a try.
40
QUOTE (40something @ Aug 7 2007, 12:02 PM)
Hi Mookie-
I feel for you. I am 49 too and I have been experiencing this crap for 4 years now. The only thing that has given me relief is bioidentical hormones. I take 100 mg of compounded progesterone now and have been on progesterone supplementation for 4 years. With this I have managed from 3 to 7 months of total releif from my worst perimeno symptoms i.e. Anxiety (my # 1 symptom I have this all day every day worst in the AM and PM hours subsiding around 1:00 PM and grearing up again at bedtimee. It feels like I am plugged into an electric light socket, # 2 mood swings sometimes hour to hour very low lows feel the need to cry and then sometimes normal, # 3 stomach troubles for the past year intestinal cramping, gas, bloating, pain, extremely #4 painful menstrual cramps although my period is next to nothing now, #5 waking at 2:00 AM feeling extremely anxious muscles tense and # 6 feeling hot)
I must warn you that bioidenticals do not work 100% of the time for me. I can go months without a relapse of symptoms then something happens (extra stress, hormone shift) and I can feel this crap come back like a nightmare. I can actually feel a black cloud decending on my head and the anxiety returns. I then work with my Dr to try and readjust the dosage and then wait until it kicks in again. I hate when it comes back but I am sure this will continue until my periods stop. Unfortunately I haven't missed one yet. You may want to give them a try. When they do work it is just like being your old self again. For me that makes the relapses all the more difficult.
I am in a relapse right now and I know exactly how you feel. It is just awful. This is the worst thing I have ever experienced in my whole life. I never would have thought this "Change" would be so difficult.
I hope things improve for you and all of us here. Let me know if you try bioidenticals. They work for some and it is worth a try.
40
I feel for you. I am 49 too and I have been experiencing this crap for 4 years now. The only thing that has given me relief is bioidentical hormones. I take 100 mg of compounded progesterone now and have been on progesterone supplementation for 4 years. With this I have managed from 3 to 7 months of total releif from my worst perimeno symptoms i.e. Anxiety (my # 1 symptom I have this all day every day worst in the AM and PM hours subsiding around 1:00 PM and grearing up again at bedtimee. It feels like I am plugged into an electric light socket, # 2 mood swings sometimes hour to hour very low lows feel the need to cry and then sometimes normal, # 3 stomach troubles for the past year intestinal cramping, gas, bloating, pain, extremely #4 painful menstrual cramps although my period is next to nothing now, #5 waking at 2:00 AM feeling extremely anxious muscles tense and # 6 feeling hot)
I must warn you that bioidenticals do not work 100% of the time for me. I can go months without a relapse of symptoms then something happens (extra stress, hormone shift) and I can feel this crap come back like a nightmare. I can actually feel a black cloud decending on my head and the anxiety returns. I then work with my Dr to try and readjust the dosage and then wait until it kicks in again. I hate when it comes back but I am sure this will continue until my periods stop. Unfortunately I haven't missed one yet. You may want to give them a try. When they do work it is just like being your old self again. For me that makes the relapses all the more difficult.
I am in a relapse right now and I know exactly how you feel. It is just awful. This is the worst thing I have ever experienced in my whole life. I never would have thought this "Change" would be so difficult.
I hope things improve for you and all of us here. Let me know if you try bioidenticals. They work for some and it is worth a try.
40
dear 40 something:
thank u 4 responding . it just gives me such comfort 2 know . iam not the only one feeling this way . yes , the anxiety is aweful , but my worse part 2 deal with is the palpations , the the almost none existant pulse . in this past year i have become addicted 2 checking my pulse , why i don 't know , but i get totally freaked . if possible can u direct email me : mookiehantamom@yahoo.com
thanks
mookiehantamom, I'm 50, Looking back I can see now I had a pre-menopause condition, starting in 1999, right after my Mom died. Warning signs on what was to come. Things got much worse 4 years ago I wake up one night sweating and my heart pounding, had no clue where I was, it was so strange so scary! I also went to the ER, in fact 3 nights that same week. My thyroid also went out of wrack, so I got a double dose!
seen many specialist, TONS of labs and scans, mri's! Also been diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Also cfs....
Guess the point I am trying to make is hang in there your not alone! hugs!
PS: did your daughter talk to us at first awhile back?
seen many specialist, TONS of labs and scans, mri's! Also been diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Also cfs....
Guess the point I am trying to make is hang in there your not alone! hugs!
PS: did your daughter talk to us at first awhile back?
QUOTE
my cycles a started 2 go screwy about 6 months ago , so my og/gyn has me on yasmin as he does not believein straight hrt . i do feel a little calmer but i have a long way 2 go .
My ob/gyn put me on Yasmin in April and I just stopped taking it about two weeks ago. It was good at first but after a few months I think it intensified my anxiety to the point where I was waking up every morning fearful and didn't want to get out of bed. I found out many women have had problems with increased anxiety and depression after doing an Internet search on Yasmin Anxiety Depression. Maybe your daughter can help you do an Internet search on the side effects of Yasmin. I feel better being off it--at least back to my "normal" level of anxiety.
Also, people on this site recommended the book "Hope and Help for You and Your Nerves" by Claire Weekes. I'm still in the process of reading it, but I'm finding it to be one of the most helpful resources anyone has directed me to.
Take care.
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