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Hi everyone,Been reading powersurge for months Now its time for me to get advise. My gran and mum both started when they were 37 Im now 41 My symptoms are periods that used to be 3 dAys and no hassle to now being up to 8 days with huge clots and flooding starting from day 20-35.I have horrendous anxiety/adenaline surges,weepiness when theres nothing to cry about and generally dont want to go out alone sometimes which scares me as I have always been so confident.My grn had two nervous breakdowns or so they called it then when she was going through the change and I wondered if Im having the same.Its so hard trying to work and feeling like im just going to burts into tears any minute.The doctors say its just Anxiety but i say it has to come from somewhere.I work out regularly and eat ok.I have head buzzes and tingling in my right foot at times/I seem to have almost all the 34 symptoms so am I going crazy i just want proper diagnosis then i think i could handle it but its the not knowing and being fobbed off by the doctor and made to think its all in my head.....I,ve had thyroid and FSH tested in the UK and the doc says they are ok???Where do i go next.Please help

just keep coming here.We have all been blew off by doctors at one time or another and lot's of the women here have had "
"NORMAL " lab values but still know that their symptoms are very real.I am a nursing student and I know all too well the Doctor Dance and it makes me sad and angry.The best thing you can do is educate yourself their is a ton of info on this sight, you are not alone.Hope you soon find answers.

You poor thing. But it all sounds very VERY familiar. Trust me, you're DEFINITELY in peri, regardless what the witless drs. say. A friend of mine pegged my symptoms as peri years ago and my doctor STILL hasn't owned up to it. This is really tough to go through, but just keep hanging out on Power Surge, asking questions whenever you need too, and you'll feel much better. Just knowing that you're not crazy and that others are going through the same thing will do you as much good as a whole cupboard full of drugs. Good luck!

What is your TSH? Did they do a test for free T3/T4 and thyroid antibodies? -- Get your test results -



Have you also been tested for Anaemia?

Yes they tested for all the things they do in the UK but he says all ok its in my h ead. Im in the middle of a panic attack right now and its horrendous...Tried all the methods but anxiety still comes.Its anxiety about my health!!!!Oh well I do not want to go on to ADs or anti anxiety meds but what options do I have.Is the Birth cONTROL pILL ANY GOOD FOR MOODS????One that has both estrogen and progesterone in?Will it help What do you think.I am depressed but only cos of all this junk.I have a great family and job..


Yes they tested for all the things they do in the UK but he says all ok its in my h ead. Im in the middle of a panic attack right now and its horrendous...Tried all the methods but anxiety still comes.Its anxiety about my health!!!!Oh well I do not want to go on to ADs or anti anxiety meds but what options do I have.Is the Birth cONTROL pILL ANY GOOD FOR MOODS????One that has both estrogen and progesterone in?Will it help What do you think.I am depressed but only cos of all this junk.I have a great family and job..

Do you actually live in the UK? Can you post your thyroid results here?

There is a chat room here - if you;re having a panic atack I can go to the chatroom to give you some support? Try not to worry, perimenopause is a horrible and very confusing time for most of us here......

Dear'Laxgirl'
Welcome to the forum
I really know where you are coming from.Anxiety and head buzzes are all part of the course so you are not going insane but the road can pretty rocky for some.

Get your Hormone levels tested plus your Thyroid as the ladies advised and based on the results you can come up with a plan to help alleviate your symptoms.It is great that you exercise and eat healthily.Try to keep coffee and sugary products down to a minimum as they are notorious at upping the anxiety level.

Nothing is in your head.This is just the Doctor's way of brushing off us like buzzing flies.So it is important to search around for a Gyno.who is open minded and knows that the Menopause brings a whole pile of symptoms
Remember you are not alone!
We are all here to support.and listen.
Also there is great information to be got on these Boards
So please keep posting

Warm Wishes
Elizabeth

welcome to PS and glad you posted it is nice to get support when you think you are alone.....

For me my anxiety attacks need no provocation, I don't have to be thinking anything, I could be resting it doesn't matter....I told my Dr. this, a Dr. I eventually found after others not listening, the anxiety seems out of my control, like a surge of adrenaline pouring through my viens without any outward reason and she agreed that this is what happens, especially during a hotflash hence the term "power surge" and when that happens while you are sleeping, as it did for me 2 nights ago it leaves you baffled. I found if I have one and I am able to go and jump on my illiptical(sp) it helps to do something with all the energy that anxiety produces along with regulating my breathing, sometimes I have had to just lay down and wait like 2 nights ago....I layed in bed, it was 12am so jumping on my bike didn't sound appealing to me...I just layed back down and waited, it felt like my heart was the size of a basketball throbbing only after several jumps and bumps....it was very hard to just let it be. I know what it is like to not want to go anywhere alone as I became agoraphobic a couple years ago.

I truly don't think you are having a nervous breakdown, I think all of us here have thought this from time to time, especially when we have Dr's telling us it is in our heads, we know what we are feeling, but yet when we hear this and the "you're to young" we question maybe we ARE losing it, but trust you are not. For me even when I did finally get a Dr. to tell me I was peri and my numbers were showing post 2x it didn't seem to help my anxiety much, again because I don't think it is all mind related anxietyand because some of the symptoms are so odd and intense that it is hard to fathom they come from hormonal fluctuations so I still get scared when my heart palpitates and my head is buzzing and I am so dizzy I can hardly stand. I used to go into full blown panic alot when I first started this ride, but now it is more of a general unease that sweeps over me for a time or being more jittery.

Hugs to you and hope things get better for you...Mikki

Yes I do live in the UK. Doctors here donot seem to listen unless your FSH level is whacked but as ive read here tht is not always the case until you are in actual menopause.Thankou all so much for your comforting replies.It is as Super surgette said its an adrenaline rush which leaves me so shaky and upset but them cos im upset it causes more anxiety cos i can not seem to stop it anf do not know when they are coming.It is even harder at work cos i am dreading them coming which puts me in anxiety state about them.....Thanks all of you you are so helpful I may look into the birth control pill but not sure as i had erosion on my cervix in my 20,s cos of the pill...so maybe i will ask for HRT BUT THEM MY GRAN HAD BREAST CANCER AND THEY WOULD NOT GIVE IT TO MY MUM.oH DEAR ITS SO CONFUSING.I would love to find someone who could test my estogen,testosterone and prog levels in the UK....My panic attack lasted about 30 minutes and I was sweating actually dripping on my face which i dont even do at the gym after a workout so I am convinced it is all hormonal but i just want to feel normal again and relaxed and laugh again without fear.....I cant thank you all enough for our king words.I will ask my doc for a referral to a gyny person and see if he will agree......I used to be so confident as so much fun i fee like i have dissappeared.....Loved the idea of getting on a bike in the early hours.....Thanks all of you