Do you ever feel that even the "normal" everyday aches and pains are somehow magnified while in peri? In the past, I would chalk these aches and pains up to isolated incidents and practically ignore them. But now, they are totally magnified and sadly, each symptom or weird ache or pain is either attributed to peri or, in my mind, I attribute it to something terminal.

I was a totally rational person pre-peri, but now ...

Dear Punkin,

Yes, yes and yes! I have often commented that every little ache, pain, sensation, new twinge, etc send me into panic and anxietyville...it's awful. Like you, I immediately think the worst. For me, there are no "normal everyday" aches and pains any longer...I find that I can no longer "write off" these symptoms...it gets the best of me. And when it's something new, pain in a new location, look out because I need the Xanax.

I just wish that I would have been prepared for all of this craziness...

Take good care,
Tracey

Hi Punkin:

Yes! I have noticed that everything is magnified by peri. I have always been slightly off-center but after starting peri, I fly all over the field!

I agree......since started this menopause my aches and pains seem so much worse......I think our pain tolerance is lower....I have become a big baby!!........Valerie

I believe it has to do with the way our brains are now handling neurotrasmitters which are greatly affected by estrogen. I have been asking if anyone has found relieve from xanex from the body aches ,, I have my theories,, anybody useing xanex at this time ? would they mind trying it on the body aches ?

It has to do with altered brain chemistry due to estrogen fluctuation. pain is more extreme because of the GABA neurotransmitter disruption, google GABA and menopause it will al make sense.

GABA deficiency
GABA deficiency signs/symptoms:
Feel stressed/pressured/overwhelmed
Sweaty, clammy hands
Butterflies in stomach
Lump in throat
Have trouble relaxing/loosening up
Low stress tolerance
Body tends to be tense/stiff/uptight
Trembling/twitching/shaking
Anxious/nervous/jumpy/‘on edge’
Feel panicky/panic attacks
Heart palpitations or fast resting heart rate (over 85)
Sleep problems or chronic pain
Use alcohol/food/cigarettes to relax
Valium/xanax/avitan/GABA reduce above symptoms
Family history of anxiety or panic attacks

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hi there,

i feel exactly the same. not sure of myself anymore or anything for that matter. and praying to God above that i won't leave my children orphans like i was. every cough i think swine flu. every ache i feel is some cancer of some kind and all this has me scared out of my mind. i just want a doctor to say to me that it is peri and not to worry i just hope that we all come thru the other side fine.

take care and God bless
shirley

But you know what girls i don,t think i had any aches and pains as such before this last year,i use to get out of bed looking forward to the day. Now i wake up and do a brief checklist of aches and pains.Got awful pain in thigh today? alongside nose bleed.
These things are so random which makes it scary.Went to Dentist yesterday having suffered with abcess like pain on/off for a few days, she examined, did x rays couldn,t find what was wrong??? Interesting theory Didgens on GABA neurotransmitter,would make sense.
But If i didn,t know better i would suspect someone of having a Voodoo doll of me and randomly sticking pins wherever they felt fit at anytime of the day or night
It scares me and also i,m bored of hearing myself say "oh that hurts this hurts"
Each day i try and be positive but it,s blooming hard work when i feel 79 years old and my brain starts veering off on its own agenda normally somewhere not nice and it,s a struggle to keep on top of awful DOOM and GLOOM thoughts.
Much love to you all K x

I feel the same way. I've been worried, every single day, for a few years now. Plus, my period is over 3 months late (I'm not pregnant, and I'm sure about that) - so, I know I'm in the peri/meno stages, somewhere there.

What a worrisome time!

OK .. you all may think Im nuts here ,, but I have always told my friends .. anger is more productive then depression .. so sometimes .. (and mind you its not all the time) I get downright mad at my fear and anxiety .. and say ,, "OK Ginnie .. go ahead and die already .. geeze !!" ,, then I kinda laugh at myself and it can shake me out of a panic,anxiety attack.. I just imagine the worst that can happen and say .. ok .. go ahead body ,, do your worst.. then Im ok (at least for a while)

Crikey Didgens, your brave i wouldn,t dare, dare my body to do that lol

Hey ,, I figure if thats what its going to do ,, just get it over with already cuz I've got things to do !!

I do the same thing then wait for the lightning bolt, heart attack, whatever to happen. When it doesn't the feeling of relief makes me feel better. Doesn't always work but I'll take what I can get.

I can relate. I have complained and complained to my family about how I was feeling and about my fears. Finally, a couple weeks ago, my brother just said ... 'fine, then lets go to the funeral home and pick out your coffin.' Boy that sure straightened me up! It sounds like a mean thing to say, but really he has been the most supportive and I think he was just trying to shock me out of my feelings of doom ... it worked!! I think about what he said every time I start having those fears of disability or death and realize that I'm not really anywhere near that.