wow, i was actually able to not post yesterday!..lol ...gosh, this is nuts! Yes, yesterday, i was SOMEWHAT better, SOMEWHAT. I was just reading the post on dizziness. what's happening NOW, is that, it seems that almost every morning when i wake up, I'M SHAKING! yes, SHAKING! (both inside and out) , it's worse INSIDE, .... it feels like that buzzing sensation, but doubled! It actaully feels as though I'm SHAKING on the inside, .... if i hold my hand up, I can see it shaking somewhat, not that much, but you CAN SEE IT. This started a few days ago, when that other insanity started, (on Tues. of this last week), where I woke up that morn. and felt probably the WORST I've ever felt yet, in this peri road. I felt spaced out, off balance big time, HOT, buzzing, shaking (in my entire body, esp. my limbs), ears muffled, sore throat and ear eustatian tube, queasy, and that threw me into some kind of panic attack!!! I had to TRY to walk around as much as I could, which was so hard, I felt SO BAD, it was scary! I felt terribly DETACHED. All i know, is the next day, was a tiny bit better, and by Thurs., it was getting better, little by little...then, yesterday, Friday, was pretty good, I actually drove! I thought for sure, ok, this is over! Well, don't get your hopes up! This morning, I woke up really whacked out! SHAKING, inside and out (once again), queasy, not really off balance though which was good, my ears are more open now, but I still felt totally totally weird, and spaced out , and HOT! I took my temp. a few times already, it's alwasy in the normal range, anywhere from 97.7 - 98.5, thank God. See, what I wonder is, if that had been a virus i had, on Tues. and Wed. wouldn't i have had a temp.? I DID have chills, oh yes, that was fun, that went like that on and off those two days...i even had some last night...not bad.

I am taking PLENTY of vit. and mineral liquid supplements to combat whatever this might have been, unless, it was all hormonal. I drink PLENTY of water as well.


OK, does anyone here get the SHAKES? i've had the buzzing, vibrating feeling many times during peri, in fact, i posted about that a few days ago ...... yeah, ok, it DOES feel like you're vibrating, but it is also, outright, SHAKING! mainly inside, but also a little outside. i also tend to feel weak. I notice though, that once im up, and going, which at this point now, takes a few hours, I start to sort of "rally", and feel better.....I have to take a xanax, to stop the shaking.


talk about shake, rattle , and roll!

Yup thats me too at the moment. It's that dreaded morning feeling that Dr Claire Weekes talks about in her books from the anxiety. I wake up with trembling, buzzing in my lower body with feelings of hot electrical currents running through my legs, muscles are wound up tight and sometimes I just have to shake my legs vigorously to try to release the tension, I must look like I have totally lost the plot doing that. Maybe I experience hot flashes in my lower body just to be different to everyone else . I had been having a geat year without these early morning things plaguing me and very low levels of anxiety and it was bliss but not sure what has set it off this time. Well I'm leaning towards the recent reflexology and massage treatments I decided to have just cos I wanted to treat myself with something nice and now I'm paying the price of a major setback.

I should have listened to my inner voice telling me don't fix something that ain't broke cos now I am broke and I don't know how to fix it .........

Rox

P.S. What stage of your cycle are you at mydarling??? I'm at day 8 now .

Rox......i am at day 9. I wish i could describe this feeling, I actually CAN'T! it's so hard to put into words...the shaking and vibrating are one thing, you CAN describe that ..... but this other feeling? it's so darn weird.! also, do you have any ear problems? for the last few weeks, on and off, i've had things like, a sore eustatian tube, and a scratchy throat,,,on and off .. it's gone now, but only as of yesterday. However, up to that point, UGH! i mean, this muffled ear/head feeling, DEATCHED, floating, queasy, and this HORRIBLE SHAKING! i thought i had something wrong with my central nervous system, until i read some other posts in the INTERNAL SHAKING forum, thank God!!!! Hope you're feeling somewhat better by now! Do you find, this MAY get better during the day? It takes me a few hours to feel even a little better, i have to distract myself, and keep moving, to not feel that weird strange inner feeling,......i really wish i could describe it, like i said, it IS shaking and vibrating,...but there's some other feeling too, very strange, not good....UGH!

Mydarling I have just been reading some posts from another poster about terrible muscle tension which is my number 1 most annoying symptom that won't let up. She says that elevated cortisol levels in the early morning can contribute to this feeling and increaed anxiety upon waking and I'm sure this is the cause for me as for the last few months I'm sure my cortisol levels were way down in the morning as I could hardly drag myself out of bed but I felt way more relaxed . She suggested taking 1000mgs of vit C (this counteracts high cortisol) before bedtime and upon waking at that dreaded early morning hour, around 5am, just to settle the excess of cortisol. I have had some more recent major stress in my life so I'm betting this has alot to do with my internal buzzing shaking vibrating burning creepy crawling tingling sensations. I also carry most of my muscle tension in my lower body so it makes sense that this area will suffer the most and I can tolerate vitC quite well so I will up my usual dose and see what happens. I have also recently changed my B complex vitamin to a slightly higher one as I was getting terrible eye twitching and this is a sign of vit B2 deficiency which can arise from the AD 'Doxepin' I am currently taking. It got rid of the eye twitch as long as I remember to take it fairly regularly like every second day but I'm hoping it hasn't increased my adrenal function too much as making me produce too much cortisol. I'm sure it's the added stress which is the culprit but it's hard not to stress when all this is going on inside us as well as around us. I do feel somewhat better as the day goes on only to feel a little worse at bedtime knowing what's in store for me by morning time. The one positive upside of all this is that the anxiety takes care of the constipation issues I have and I can lose some of the weight I have gained

Do you take any supplements?? If so what ones??

Rox

Oh I forgot to add when this all started for me over 2 yrs ago I did have the weird ear things and extremely tight head feelings (like the tight band around the head), couldn't bend down for fear of keeling over, but that eventually subsided as the tension moved further down my body but I have noticed my intolerance to noice has increased again as my ears feel sensitive, talking on the phone drives me nuts. I'm sure it's related to the muscle tension in our shoulders and necks causing this ear discomfort. I used to have times when I would wake in the morning and if I turned my head a certain way I would hear a roaring in one ear like the ocean. This only happened during my period time but was very scary and once I got the head tension under control it went as well. There was a time during this stage that I couldn't even lay my head on the pillow as it hurt too much as everything was soooo tight. It took me forever to find just the right pillow to use at that time.

Have you ever read Dr Claire Weekes books on anxiety, if not I suggest you should as they give great insight on some of these symptoms.

Also a persistant annoying recurring sore throat can be a sign of adrenal fatigue which I'm sure we all have while suffering unending anxiety and it seems to come on around period time when our bodies are at their most vulnerable to these things.

Rox

Just another nasty menopause symptom.

MyDarling,
I have been shaking since I woke up this morning. Feeling weak and trembling. If it has to do with hormones then I would guess maybe low estrogen. I just finished my period.
felt outragously great for weeks and now am back to all of this. Feeling very low in spirits, and barely having the strength to move around the house.
I can more than sympathize with you. I feel like something is trying to get out of my body. It is horrible.
After lunch I am going to do whatever it takes to get my Dog out for a walk in the forest and breath that fresh out down real deep. For now, I just made myself a calcium/magnesium drink and hope that will take the edge off.
Hugs...Girlsmom

BTW Rox and MDl'ing, I am at day 8!!!!! Connection or what!??!?!!!!

Oh I hate that, waking up that way. It happens to me every now and then and it is sooo annoying. I make sure I eat and take magnesium and usually it passes within a half hour or so. I was getting to the point I was checking my blood sugar obsessively knowing for sure I had diabetes, (I don't). It was always fine. If is really got bad, I would resort to xanax, but that was when anxiety joined the shaking. I wish you luck and wish I had better advice.

There has to be a connection to it all. I have just spent the last 2 hours writing up a peri journal of the past 2 yrs or so and it has a reoccuring pattern emerging to the days I feel at my absolute worst and you guessed it, it's at the beginning of the cycle, especially days 3-5 then days 8-11. It just has to be low estrogen, surely . And stress only amplifies everything as each major meltdown I have had has been after a major stressful situation. I'm sure my cortisol is high in the AM now as this is when I practicularly want to jump out of my skin. Apparently it's at it's lowest around midnight hence the reason I like staying up late. I'm gonna beg my doc to have an estrogen and progesterone test, he must realise I need it for peace of mind, what mind I have left

Rox

Roxy - jumping out of skin at 7:29 AM our time on day 7 as I read this - all the best to you my dear for some relief. Sending healing powers your way - love pooks

Thanks Pooks..... YOU ROCK!!!

Rox

I told my Gyno about 3 years ago that everything seemed to have shifted. That my worst time is from menstruation till ovulation. Not like the Teenie years when it was just the pms. Well, after walking the Dog this a.m. (couldn't wait till afternoon) I came home and yep, landed right back in bed. Went out after lunch for a back massage and a walk through town. I almost don't trust myself driving because I know my senses are not very sharp. The brain fog monster is very present.
I know tomorrow will be better.
Tomorrow MUST be better!!!
H.

hi girls ........


yeah, now, today is day 11 for me, and today, the shaking is somewhat better! THIS REALLY STINKS, i mean, it's running my life! I also take magnesium everyday and yes, it does help, but to be honest, when i get the shakes really badly, i have to take xanax. I just can't live like that! I try to wait for the mag. to kick in, or just walk around my house, or do something to distract me, but there have been times with this lousy shaking (this past week) that I just couldn't "ignore" it, i HAD to take a xanax!

I know what you mean, about something having "shifted", that's exactly right, that's how it feels! Something "changed", I guess they don't call this "the change" for no reason. ..lol.. DUH!!! Well, to be perfectly honest, i feel like my BRAIN has shifted along with all of this! Yeah, what brain i had left anyway...lol...oh gosh, this really is to much,

well, for now, at least i'm not vibrating...YIPPIE! and being that i'm only 29 , I'm going to be my perky, chipper self, and just run on out there, and do some jogging, walking, playing with the dog, riding.....yeah, RIGHT! I WISH!!!!
No, what'll happ. is, I'll putter around the house a little, doing "nothing" things, then feel exhausted, and WEAK (yes, weakness is also my newest "friend"), and then, i'll plop down on the couch AGAIN! (making me feel like an invalid!)
I still feel "strange" in my head though. I feel slightly off balance still, and not "here", DETACHED....UGH!!!!


But, you're right, tomorrow is going to be better...like you said .... it MUST be better! HUGS TO EVERYONE!!!