Once again I repeat...I'm ONLY 30. Is all this suppose to start so early? I'm going to see my doctor on Monday (GP) and I have no doubt he'll just think I'm prone to panic (yes, I am! these symptoms have driven me to that!). I've been telling my husband it felt like hormones.
I still have regular periods.

i started at 33 with normal cycles til around 41....

my problems started at 29,my hormone levels were normal,but my dr believed me and I started low dose bcp.I feel much better.I also watch my salt,sugar,and caffeine.Just yesterday I stopped drinking anything with artificial sweetener as well.I hope you find relief.GOD-bless

I will be 32 in June and have been having symptoms for 2 years.I hope you find a good Doctor that believes your symptoms and takes you seriously.I am in the process of looking for a NEW ONE. It get's discouraging but keep your head up.You know your body and they don't, so don't let them wright you off as its " ALL IN YOUR HEAD "Keep coming here and educating yourself.We are our own best advocates !!

I wouldn't be surprised. A good friend of mine was completely menopausal by 39 years old. If you add a few years to the front end for peri, 30 is early, but not completely outside the realm of possibility.

Andrea I hear what you are saying,my dear but Menopause is no respector of age.I was fully Post Menopausal at 39 and the first one to recognise this and really help me was a young Egyptian Doctor and this is going back almost twenty years.I just Thank God he was around at the time or I would have been a complete 'basket case'.

Panic goes hand in hand with Peri for some women and having regular periods is not an indicator of the real state of your Hormones
You know your body so insist on being heard and accepting any help you are given
If you feel the doctor just tries to brush you off find another
Please have a full Thyroid check-up to as this little gland can really mimic symptoms of anxiety and panic,if not functioning well

Good Luck
Please keep Posting and let us know how you go on.

Warm Wishes
Elizabeth

Thankyou ladies for your replies. I've never posted on a forum and am amazed by the support. I had a dr. appointment tomorrow (just a GP checkup) and I have been thinking all weekend how I am going to bring all this up. I've read a lot on this site about vitamins so I am very hopeful I can find some relief that way. I'm sure he'll check my thyroid too. I'd love for this storm in my body to quiet down.

I am going to be 32 in July. I have been dealing with this for a few years as mine I believe is due to my hysterectomy. I have one ovary, but I don't think it's doing the job. I am right there with you, altho surgically induced!!Before my hysterectomy I had severe mood swings. A week or so before my period, I wanted to have NOTHING to do with my family, I wanted to quit school, I wanted to give up on EVERYTHING?So, who knows, I might have even had problems before this?I was 28 when I had the surgery.

I was in full post meno at 40. Doctors ran some test and it was my thyroid that put me in early meno. My thyroid is stable without meds now. Just in the last year I started with problems. Mostly anxiety after a nervous breakdown. I'm stable due to AD's and benzo's. Don't know when I'll be off of them as I want to live for the day. Sure I have my bad days that could last a week but I do know it's not permanent. So ladies when you have a good day go with it!!!
char

Andrea, could be more hormonal than menopause. Your doctor should be able to help you I think sometimes going on the pill helps.

Cheers choco

Well unfortunately my doctor's visit was not very helpful. They did do bloodwork so I am interested in the results but haven't received them yet. My doctor just didn't listen to me so I am on the hunt for a new family doctor. It was very frustrating. He wanted to send me to a heart doctor even though I told him my heart rate was fast and BP high only because I was nervous yesterday. He didn't seem to remember that the last time he sent me to the heart doctor they did a full workup on me and said I was fine but just got nervous at DR. appointments =white coat syndrome. Seriously. He did prescribe a beta blocker (that I don't think I need at all so I don't plan to take) and xanax which I MIGHT need but am afraid to try. Other than that he said not too much about the hormonal symptoms I mentioned but told me just to call my GYN.
Today I am really dizzy with my allergies and I know that contributes to my anxiety big time. I also kinda have rushing feelings throughout my body...like dread of nervousness...but here I am home with my kids on a quiet day--I have no reason to be feeling dread. So frustrating. I hate being this way. I have been so blessed by God in my life and I want to live strong and full of joy and in service to others...hard to do when I feel this way.

Hey Girl I'm sorry he didnt listen to your symptoms but that has happened to all of us here more times than should be allowed, so we are all here for you.Keep trying and maybe your Gyno will have a better attitude.I hope you feel better soon.

Might be best to see your gyno Andrea. My DD has the dizzies from her sinuses she's 33 and the rest of it as well. The rush feelings could be anxiety or to do with your allergies, DD has this as well, allergies can affect us in horrible ways. Me personally didn't take meds (I lie took anti depressant when it was really bad for panic ) but when going through peri I became quite scared of taking anything because of the side effects of the anti D I took and so ended up doing therapy which was much better! Meds have they're place when things get really bad and they can help to unscramble your thoughts or help deal with problems but they are only short a short term solution.

Look for a new GP find someone who will listen maybe a older female. It's hard trying to find one that will listen, I'm lucky I've found a male GP who understands women's stuff As i said your Gyno sounds to be the best one to see and explain everything how you feel to them. Lets us know how you go!

Cheers choco

Dear 'Andrea30'
Am so sorry the visit did not go well.Am afraid some of these Doctors can be very off-hand.The Xanax will calm you down so do not be afraid to take a small dose.Then get yourself off to a Gyno.
I am having a small operation tomorrow to remove a benign growth from the cervix and yes the the thought of the full Anasthesia has me very anxious so have got a small dose of Xanax to fight off'The White Coat'syndrome

Anyway dear,keep on searching till you get some answers.

Warm Wishes
Elizabeth

hi andrea,
i just read your post and wanted to let you know that i feel exactly the same way you do. i am 48 yrs old and i think i am in peri, although no doctor has really said this is so. they sure are no help to us and i feel that all they want to do is just pump us full of prescriptions that will give us nothing but creepy side effects and probably not really help at all! your post really touched me and i feel like i should be grateful to God for each morning i rise and not feel like i'm dying from some dreaded disease. i honeslty feel this is peri and hope it is. i have a family i have to take of so i just keep going. really pushing myself, but all i really want to do is take a long trip by myself somewhere sunny and quiet. anyway, i'm here if you need a shoulder. all the women i've met on this board are so nice and very helpful. take care,
shirley

I did take a 1/4 of a xanax last night...but didn't notice any difference (course it WAS only a 1/4th!). I think tonight I may try a half but I don't think I want to try a whole pill. I am still hoping the blood tests will shed some light on my situation. Plus thank you for reminding me that allergies can do weird things to a body. I do have very bad allergies especially right now.

andrea, so sorry that you are dealing with these symptoms & not getting much help from your doctor. i think i mentioned to nikki on another post that elizabeth vliet has a book that addresses hormonal problems in young women. it's called 'it's our ovaries, stupid' & may be a useful resource as you look to gather info & find answers & treatment strategies.

good luck,
ellen

Thankyou Ellen I'm going to look that book up.

Well...my blood work came back with everything normal (that's good). So now I am encourage and discouraged at the same time.

I just bought the book on ebay and can't WAIT to read it!

Got the book and it is interesting. Lots of information to try to digest.

Discouraged today but I felt better for a few days but now I am back to the surging legs. Had a great deal of trouble sleeping last night and feel antsy today.
On the 4th day of my period as well.

Just to followup. I think I was dealing with more anxiety than I even knew. It still could be some hormones involved AND I know allergies are involved (it's been a terrible summer for allergies for me) too. I finally took the xanex but I knew that wasn't a solution. Thankfully my OBGYN nurse suggested some pristiq which is for depression but she thought it would help a variety of other things. After about a week I no longer needed any xanex and feel like I am able to get a grip....even though I still feel shaky inside and dizzy. I am headed to my ENT and neurologist (MRI was normal though) to track down the root behind my dizzies.

By the way...to let you know how much stress I was under I had my gallbladder out about a month ago...kinda emergency surgery since it was badly diseased and fulled with stones. I really was out of whack

Thankyou all for you help. I've learned a lot over the past few months.

Another follow up. I stayed on the pristiq for about a month. It did help me get a grip. I really think my anxiety/panic/depression was very situational and I just got overwhelmed by all my medical issues this summer. I am happy to report that I am feeling better. I have come OFF the pristiq b/c I really don't think I needed it AND I was afraid to get dependent on in. Also I wasn't sleeping so well on it and waking up jittery.

Diagnosed with a bad urinary tract infection. I didn't know I had it until it was BAD but I think it's been in me for weeks (I thought it was anxiety or a side effect of the pristiq...I just felt pressure and a crazy feeling in my bladder...no pain). I've had to take 2 rounds of antibiotic so far to get rid of the infection. Yikes.

ALSO I've been diagnosed with an inner ear inbalance. I've been dizzy for going on six years without any doctor being able to give me a reason why. Finally a VNG at the ear nose and throat doctor clearly showed a considerable weakness in my right ear. The doc thinks that a virus attacked my ear sometime in the past 6 years and left it damaged. I do remember being really sick about 6 years ago but it's hard to believe it all started way back then. The doc has referred me to a physical therapist for vestibular exercises.

Just thought someone out there might be interested

I still get hotflashes, but oh well.

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Another follow up. I stayed on the pristiq for about a month. It did help me get a grip. I really think my anxiety/panic/depression was very situational and I just got overwhelmed by all my medical issues this summer. I am happy to report that I am feeling better. I have come OFF the pristiq b/c I really don't think I needed it AND I was afraid to get dependent on in. Also I wasn't sleeping so well on it and waking up jittery.

Diagnosed with a bad urinary tract infection. I didn't know I had it until it was BAD but I think it's been in me for weeks (I thought it was anxiety or a side effect of the pristiq...I just felt pressure and a crazy feeling in my bladder...no pain). I've had to take 2 rounds of antibiotic so far to get rid of the infection. Yikes.

ALSO I've been diagnosed with an inner ear inbalance. I've been dizzy for going on six years without any doctor being able to give me a reason why. Finally a VNG at the ear nose and throat doctor clearly showed a considerable weakness in my right ear. The doc thinks that a virus attacked my ear sometime in the past 6 years and left it damaged. I do remember being really sick about 6 years ago but it's hard to believe it all started way back then. The doc has referred me to a physical therapist for vestibular exercises.

Just thought someone out there might be interested

I still get hotflashes, but oh well.
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Dear Andrea
Sounds like you are making good progress.I admire your spirit and whats a little hot flush when you are getting a grip on your life!
Actually,it is really true that anxiety and shakes can often be related to un-diagnosed physical ailments and that is the reason Xanax was probably not right for you at this time.
Antibiotics can make you feel pretty rotten too.Have had some mega doses myself recently for infection picked up in ]Hospital.I am eating a lot of plain yoghurt and that really helps.
It also sounds as if that Virus you picked up contributed to you feeling off balance and jittery.Am just so happy that you are finding answers and gradually feeling better!
But please don't be a stranger
We always like to be here for each other.

God Bless and continued Good Health
Elizabethl

my sis gets dizzy often, and definitly goes with her sinuses.....she gets bad sinuse infections along with dizziness often