I am wondering if all this sudden joint pain (a month now) will EVER stop?

Thank you!!

Ok...forget stop-------will it at least slow down? even a little?

I hope your pain subsides soon EVE....what a nightmare.

Hugs,
Karen

It will Eve, not go away completely, but should subside. If there is no other conditions Dx, than it is called menopausal arthritis, I think it gets better, or I just got used to it, but it surely lessened.
I hope you feel better soon.

All I can say is I hope so. It is not pleasant and I, too, am hoping for relief. I keep exercising hoping it helps. I figure if I dont' then everything will stiffen up and then feel worse. Whether it helops or not, I have no idea, but mentally it helps.

my joint & muscle pains initially started several years ago. sometimes it would be so severe that i could not lift my arms & the pain would leave me crying & in bed. those flairs are less common these days, though i still get achiness that comes & goes (probably just jinxed myself). been through alot of testing & nothing definitive was ever found. on a curious note, the other day i was eating spicy food & it not only induced a hot flash, but it also induced fleeting rib/arm/breast pain.

wish i had suggestions as to how to deal with the pain. pain relievers never help me with this. i try to not get anxious & just wait it out as best as i can. sometimes i can exercise & have it help & sometimes it makes no difference.

good luck,
ellen

Hello again EVERYONE!

Since my first joint / leg pain post here I have ran out and tried all suggestions offered to me.....from Chiropractic care (which took a lot of balls (nerve) for me and 3 Xanax at first appt , Cranio Sacral..massage therapy, EON Detox which all helped to some degree....but still,here I sit with leg pain enough to kill a horse...

Someone, anyone, please just tell me this is normal........................and better still, tell me that eventually the pain will lessen?

Thank you to all~~~
Helen!

I remember a few years ago how EVERY single joint in my body ached! Not so bad now. Is it low estrogen that causes it??

menopausal arthritis?
I remember reading something wrote years ago (old book or article) that used that term.
But you never hear the term now> ask my doctor if my pain was meno related and he said no I had fibromyalgia.

I dont' know where you live, but mine gets worse when it rains. The last few days have been awful, today a little better, it is drying out. My hands and wrists just ache, along with knees and feet,but mostly my jaw and face. I feel like a complete whiner. I dont' care if it is menopausal arthritis or not, I only know, like you, it hurts.

Epsom salt in the bath does feel good. I have tried lots of supplements, but none did anything, when it's really bad I do resort to ibuprofen.

I hope you feel better soon.

Epsom salt in a bath is also a good way to get extra magnesium!
My pain can go up when it damp or when it's real hot or cold grrrrrrrrrrrr!

YAY... what a great thing to hear.

I have loads of muscle and joint aches but as long as I can still play my guitar I'll be ok. I find it comes and goes with cycle, too.

Hello Everyone,

Eve, I'm sorry your having these miserable pain and aches. Sorry that each of you go thu it.

Anyone use Glucosamine Chondroitin with MSM? I started it a few days ago. I used to take MSM for my TMJ, then only used Magnesium for many years. Lately the pain is worse..feet, thumbs, elbows, neck, hips and jaws acting up...I move like I'm 80 when I get up in the mornings, shuffling thru the house. Kinda feel like the rusted up Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz, give me that oil can but make it full of estrogen

I'm sure its due to the fact that I'm almost 3 years post with very little estrogen left. Its frustrating, not moving like we used to. I'm 55 and it seems to me we shouldnt be so pain ridden at this age.

I hate it when I'm down on the floor playing with my grandgirls and have to groan to get up.

Like Enough said... "I feel like a complete whiner" Never thought at this age I'd be saying "oh my hips, oh my feet" etc! I suppose I can read more on the net, but I've read so much, tried many supplements...my cupboard is full and if I had the money I'd spent on them I could add a new room to my house Maybe time is what we need for our bodies to get used to lack of estrogen??

5 years ago I was walking 3 miles a day, having no pain issues. I really hate what menopause does to us.


I'll hold on to what Iradan, Snowy and Tidawaves said..that it gets somewhat better.

Eve and all, blessings and be well

Fin

Hi Fin
well seems like were all celebrating this wonderful time in our lives...boy i woke up today with my hip aching...my head full of sinus muck....everything aches till i get moving...just another joy lol

Hi Angeleyes, Sorry friend that your going thru this too (((Hugs)))) We all seem to need that oil can in the mornings. Same here, after I get moving everything gets a tiny bit better. The joy of menopause........arrrggg!


Blessings,

Fin

you just have to laugh as we fall apart...im trying to find something positive in all of this but im still looking...ok joints ache...hairs thinning...waist is thickening..( think we need to reverse that) mind is going...temper is short....tears are too frequent...its too hot even when the snows falling...sleep doesnt seem to be the same...hmmm ill keep looking i think

ps my mother in law says any day you wake up breathing is a good day.....there you go, postive thought for the day

Thanks to all who replied to my Question!!

I don't know if this is coincidental or not..but in May 2009 I had a bone scan and I swear, since the day after that test every freaking joint in my body has been aching!!, but esp my knees and sides of my lower legs. My lower legs are in continous pain 24/7. I take Aleve now and than when it's to the point of tears, really it doesn't help. My Husband is trying to convince me it's circulatory related bec of my Dad having clots (Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr)
Since starting menopause almost 2 yrs now, I was like a snail regarding energy, since last Monday, I think the 24 of Aug, after a chiropractic and cranio sacral appt (which I have every day for about 4 mths now bec of an accident) I noticed that night how I felt VERY energtic and informed these 2 peeps about it and said "whatever it was you did yesterday to give me energy would you do it again today" Wellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll, I guess I should be careful of what I wish for bec since than, I still have AN ABUNDANCE OF ENERGY, but man do I feel emotional, my ovaries and lower back ache like if I was to have a period (or labor)....add the leg pain to this and I only want to say out loud, "if I had to know when I turned 49 y/o my body would change/hurt so much I would have shot myself THAN!!!!

Don't get me wrong, I don't feel depressed anymore , I do take a 1mg of Clonazapam a night bec of anxiety (it doesn't really help me sleep better) I take about 8 different supplements, I try to eat as well as possible (organic this and that) drinks lots of water and skim milk....I use to go to the gym now I can hardly walk the length of myself bec of the leg pain.

I just walked across the street to the mailbox and met my 84 y/o neighbor who is in better shape than me (in every aspect) She's amazing looking!! She asked how I was doing and I burst out crying!! (That's 2 X today I've cried already and it's only 12 noon)

I feel so full of energy but can't seem to do anything about it bec of so much damn pain!! (I feel like a kid who needs retalin) (
I'm gonna shut up now......but I'd love to hear from "y'all"......Esp my P-S / FB friends


Am I normal?--I have no idea anymore!!

Love ya
~Helen~

Hey Helen, Angeleyes and all you other lovelies...

Greetings from a fellow multiple joint/muscle pain sufferer... with me it's the hands, especially the knuckles, the wrists, ankles and elbows, and the skin on my hands and arms, and sometimes feet burns, crawls or tingles... my feet have sharp pins & needles & sometimes there's this stiff crampy feeling on hands or feet or both - and also knees and side of legs, first time I've ever seen someone else mention that! And shoulders... jeez what a mess! But I still go to the swimming pool every week and swim 60 lengths. (That is actually probably what's keeping me from falling apart altogether!)

I take glucosamine/chondroitin but only notice its benefit if I stop, also anti-inflammatories.

I do have some circulatory issues - serious varicose veins - which is hereditary on both sides - but I don't think it's ALL about that. Been tested - twice - for RA and both times came up negative. So I go through the usual cycle of worrying do I have fibromyalgia, do I have MS, do I perhaps have RA after all, should I go to the doctor, look on the internet for more symptoms, get more worried, ask my daughter who's a trainee physio (and she mostly says "don't be silly Mum") and finally check on PowerSurge to see if anyone else is going through it all... and hey lo and behold here you all are.

I'd give you all a big HUG if I didn't think it would probably make my arms ache!

And I have a wonderful chiropractor to whom I'm overdue a visit.. so next week I think.

it will subside, mine did except for morning stiffness ( not the good kind either ) lol

Thanks for all your info

I,too, have pain in every joint...but the side of my lower right leg is nothing less than a full blown nag ---from about 4 inches below the knee down to my ankle bone...I continously jiggle my foot or twist it and if I can get the ankle to "crack" it does relieve the pain about 5%...and it is definately bone pain, not muscle pain.
I was checked for MS............Thank God it was negative!!

Seems when I see my chiropractor (4 X a wk) my pain is even worse !!

I am very happy to have found this forum. I am 53 and went off the birth control pill in April knowing I was probably in menopause. It was like someone flipped a switch. Since then I have experienced aches/pains/stiffness in just about every joint in my body (feels like I've just run a marathon every morning when I get out of bed). Some days are worse than others and haven't figured out why that is. I try to maintain my exercise program (some strength training, low impact aerobics and running) but it's a struggle. Most times, however, I do feel better after exercising with the exception of running. The knees are becoming an issue there. I feel like I suddenly woke up with someone elses body. It's nice to know I am not the only one. I am tempted to try HRT to see if I experience relief from all this.

I've had miserable joint pain and stiffness for over two years now. Menopause hit me like someone just flipped the switch over night and ever since I've had the pain.
It actually caused me to lose a job where physical agility and strength were a must. I could no longer do the job due to the pain and stiffness.
My doctor told me it was hormonal and that the bioidenticals she gave me would take care of it but it didn't.
Trying to exercise is awful and only aggravates it. Its really strange because I'll have a period of a few days from time to time where I'll be pain free and no stiffness. I can run up and down stairs with no problems whereas most of the time I struggle just to walk up or down stairs. Then boom, right back to pain and stiffness again.
When I'm sitting at work for lengthy periods of time it can be quite difficult to get up from my chair and I'm so stiff I can hardly walk.
I was reading recently where this can indicate a thyroid problem but Dr. says my thryroid is right on.
I have found some relief from taking a vitamin supplement drink that is loaded with the B vitamins. It seems to be helping some.
There is no doubt that my life has been dramatically affected by the joint pain and stiffness and its very frustrating.
I wish it would go away.

I hear you, loud & clear.

I've been offline for a couple of weeks with puter problems, now I have a new one and hope to be on more regularly.

The joint and muscle pains in my hands, wrists etc. continues - the feet problems have worn off a bit, they seem to come & go - but the hands are the worst. I wonder if it is aggravated by RSI from using PC all day at work.

My doctor is feckin useless... he's referred me to a rheumatologist, god knows how long that will take.

My mother (who is 81) had a very very slight TIA earlier this year and has experienced a tiny bit of tingling in her hands (it's arthritis). The doctors are all over her... scans, x rays, MRIs, appointments for this that and the other but nobody seems to give a damn about mine.

Worst of all I have had to put away my guitar for a while. I cried.

I always said I would rather have the physical symptoms of meno than the severe emotional, mental ones and I still believe this.... but, today I have hurt so badly. Every joint in my body is aching and I am so stiff I can hardly walk! My hands are aching so badly I can barely type this. I take fish oil and glucosamine chondrotin plus so many other supplements but they do not seem to be helping. I guess my thyroid is just not being properly treated right now, but I am hoping to start some T3 very soon. Low thyroid can cause so many things, joint pain and muscle aches just some of them.

If getting old means so much pain, emotional and physical, I wish I could stay young!!!! I hope we all get to feeling better very very soon.

mood_swinger

mine was constant for months on end
then it would just disappear and make a guest appearance
every once in awhile.... cant figure this one out !!!!