Just this past month I have noticed a drastic increase in how uncomfortable I am while sleeping.....I will toss and turn incessantly because I am so aware of a deep pain in both hips/top of legs/buttocks. It almost literally feels like bone pain.....like a sciatica that has spread across to both sides of the pelvic girdle........it really hurts girls. Has me concerned.....but again...the doctors just tell me its anxiety...which ticks me off....so on I go trying to muddle through this. This will continue for about 10 days and then ease. Anyone had similar issues? Should I be concerned?

hi in my shoulders and neck, had surgery, but should be getting over that by now, I have the tingling in my muscle and can get painful
I don't have it in my hips, but have it in my shoulders, could it be hormonal?
I wish I knew too
Jpie

oh yes- its deep to the hip bone pain- which goes away once im up and moving- havnt had it recently but there was a time where it was every nite- so i know its not a thing that last forever- also some times it was in the shoulder-

Hi girls and thanks for the responses.
I have degenerative disc in my neck already so I have been living with that pain for years.......this hip pain is new. Had bad sciatica for about 18 months in my twenties.....and I am really worried that this might be flaring it up again also. I hope not. I had to sleep on the floor the entire time....it was awful. It has to be hormonal. Nothing else makes sense.

I have osteoarthritus in my hip joints and have already had one replacement so you might want some xrays ?

I had a rotated pelvis in my younger years that caused all sorts of problems.....most especially during pregnancy...the uterus tipped backwards.....the back labor was awful. They did the hysterectomy and the pain settled down. I have noticed that when my neck starts to act up that these hips seem to follow.....it has to be some sort of cyclic thing. I do fully anticipate that I will end up with hip replacement in my later years....that is a given based on family history. But I am only 44.......I feel like I am 90. lol.

i also have degeneritive disc and 2 bulging disc at the L5L4 area very painful

have you tried sleeping with a pillow under your knees(if you're a back sleeper) or between your knees(if you're a side sleeper)?

U name it I have tried it.....tonite going to fold a comforter and put it under me and see if that helps at all. The only other option is a memory foam mattress and who has $1000.00 for that? lol.

I do not believe for a minute that your discomfort is just 'anxiety.' I just hate it when doctors brush away symptoms like this by using the old chestnut 'psycho-somatic pain.'
The truth is more likely to be that he/she hasn't the slightest clue as the the cause of the discomfort but knows that blaming your mental state is likely to shut you up more effectively than anything else. Well girls, if the doctors insist on trying to psycho analyse us, I say we return the favour!

On a more serious note. I think that what you are feeling is very real but from my experience of the peri from hell, I think that is likely to be hormonally induced and that given time it will pass. My advice would be to stick with it, be very gentle with yourself and try to be confident in the fact that it will resolve itself when your hormonal profile settles. I had awful back problems just prior to menopause and once even considered borrowing the family wheelchair just to get round the supermarket. I used to get odd days where it felt as though my knee had crumbled and I was heading for a replacement or something. Then it would disappear in a puff of smoke and I would be left thinking, 'What on earth was that all about?' My knee once went daft on the morning that my daughters fiance's parents were due to visit me for the first time. I couldn't rush round and pretend that my house was extremely tidy. I just had to sit there and accept my fate. That was very stressful, I can tell you! LOL I read some excellent research the other day on oestrogen levels and perception of pain. Oestrogen dips will send pain receptors into overdrive. this is probably the root cause of your present difficulties.
During certain stages of peri, I used to feel 90 years old and now in full menopause my skeletal body is extremely comfortable again.

Take care,

XIII

Oh thank you so much......I feel so much better hearing you girls. I tried the comforter on top of the mattress trick and slept like a baby!!!!! I might be on to something!!!

I'm so glad you posted that. I have been having terrible hip pain. I get up out of a chair and walk like a 80 year old woman until it eases a bit. I'm glad to know it may be hormones. I had x-rays and they found nothing. I have a very bad neck too, spinal stenosis and buldging discs. I told my husband the other day between me trying to find a comfortable spot for my hips and one for my neck I feel like a rotisserie in bed all night.

Thats what we need gals!!!! A spit......lol.

Ive been getting the hip/ top of the butt pain for a month now...didnt know what to think...i just hope its hormonal and will go away.

Got a memory foam mattress topper at Costco -- warehouse store (don't know if I can say the name of the store if not it will be blanked out) for 175.00 I think. It is wonderful like sleeping on a cloud and a lot cheaper than buying the whole mattress. One day I'm gonna get that sleep number bed.

Me too!! Between the right arm, the neck and the lower back..I'm like a jumping bean. My lower back used to bug me terribly. I went to a Chiropractor who uses the ProAdjuster, it is a machine that does the adjusting. I only went twice and let me tell you it is 95% better, no sciatica pain and I can sit whereas before I couldn't sit on my tush because my cocyx was a little to the right and he adjusted it enough to ease the pain considerably.

I wonder if all these pains are another symptom of menopause i have aches in arms, wrist, knees and hip area sometimes can't sleep cause of it. I wish you all the best. Terry