Hi everyone,
I haven't been here in awhile and I don't think I can suffer on my own anymore .
I have been suffering a lot of morning anxiety the last couple of weeks. Sometimes it will hit at the end of the work day and stay until I go to bed. But the mornings are just awful!
I do suffer from (dizzy) migraines. I don't usually get any pain just dizziness and they last sometimes for days. I have missed 20 days of work in the last year and a half because of them. I had only been getting the migraines every 2 - 2 1/2 years and then Dec of 07 I had one for several days 6 months later in June of 08 had another one for several days, and then 7 months later this past Jan of 09 had another, 1 month later Feb 09 yet another, March and April again but not as severe. The one in January really hit me hard I had been sick with I think was a sinus infection and my daughter was going to leave for Spain to study for 4 months so I think the combination of not feeling well and the anxiety of her going away is the reason for that migraine. After that I just couldn't shake the fear, panic and anxiety of yet another one. You see when I get one I cannot function. I can't see, walk or think straight, literally! I am lucky if I can get to sleep and forget about rolling over in bed :blink. Anyway, I have been very anxious and worried about my daughter. I has been a LONG 4 months! She will be home 2 weeks from today and I cannot wait!! But back to the morning anxiety. I didn't know why it hit just the last couple of weeks and was thinking that it might be meno related. I did have a partial hysterctomy 11 years ago but still have my ovaries. I guess it could be a combo of my daughter, work and menopause.
I think the anxiety really bothers me because I am SO AFRAID of getting dizzy. And i realized that the migraines have been coming at the same time every month which started me thinking menopause.
I do take very small doses if inderol for the migraines and klonopin for the anxiety and was wondering that could actually be making me anxious. I started taking a b complex and just added extra b12 and ginger and started walking more. Just hoping and praying that this goes away soon. I have suffered on and off for years with this but it seems worse this time and taking forever to let up.
I was going to call the Doctor but my other daughter suggested I wait until my younger daughter comes home thinking I will feel better once she is home but I don't know if I can wait another 2 weeks plus he will probably just want to give me more meds and I hate taking them especially if they don't work
Oh thanks for listening or (reading) ladies.
Hope you all have a good weekend.

Thanks,
Deb

Sorry you are suffering so much. Maybe you should consider an anxiety med to take once in awhile just to get a break and calm down? I take Lorazapam when I just can't take the anxiety for another minute.
Hope you feel better,
Robin

So sorry you are having troubles Deb,magnesium helps reduce migraines,as well as drinking a lot of water.Do you take any hormones?Maybe a low dose bcp would help.GOD-bless

Sorry to hear of your troubles. If the Klonopin isn't helping with the anxiety, maybe you could try something else? You might feel a bit better when your daughter returns but that could be a very long two weeks of waiting (given your level of discomfort right now). I tried for a long time to come down off of my own anxiety but found that it escalated. Not saying that this will or would happen to you. But the right medications might help. (I take Seroquel for anxiety as needed. And I am someone who never, ever, ever, ever thought I would take pills for this sort of thing. Now? I won't leave the house without it. And I'm to the point now where I only take it about twice a month. And when I do, I'm nibbling a couple of mgs. off of a 25 mg. tablet. Just knowing that I have the option actually keeps me more calm.) Hope you feel better soon. This anxiety stuff is no fun. There are a lot of us out here who understand.

xo

Sukie

Have you considered BHRT? It's helped many of us eliminate or drastically reduce the anxiety. Low estrogen is a big cause of migraines and anxiety.

Dear'Sariah'
Am in complete agreement with you,I have been on HRT for many years and it is a life saver.We do not have access to BHRT in The Middle East but I get regular Gyno.checkups and so far so good.Once the Gyno. urged me to slowly wean off them.Big mistake.I went back and demanded my script.I told him to imagine being without Testosterone for twenty years!That seemed to shut him up.

Thank God we do not a history of Cancer in my family except my Mum who had Colon Cancer at eighty.She took no hormones at any time and did not reach her Menopause till well into her late fifties.

I would never dream of pushing HRT or BHRT on anyone. This is a personal decision as I want a quality life not necessarily a long one and feeling bad..

Stay Well
Warm Wishes
Elizabeth

Dear DebK,

Sorry to hear that you are having such a difficult time. Although I am not a doctor, it sounds to me like your estrogen levels are dipping causing the migraines and the progesterone levels are increasing causing the dizziness.... You stated that your migraines are coming at the same time every month, I can tell you what I've found to work for the migraines. Tofu shakes during the time that you are having the headaches. Using a blender add soft tofu, fruit, ice, milk or water if you prefer and drink. Tofu is a natural estrogen that may eliminate the migraines for you as well as the dizziness, soybeans will do the same. My daughter prefers the roasted ones but you get he idea.


Best Wishes,

TJ

Thank you ladies for your replys. I did go to my doctor but he gave lexapro and told me to come back in two weeks. Well I didn't take it. I have a few ok days and just a 2 or 3 goods days. Not a good day today especially the mornings today it lasted all day and into this evening. Hopefully it will get better soon because this is really runing my life. I am afraid to go anywhere or do anything. No interest in doing what I usually like doing but am trying to make myself do things.

Thanks again,
Deb