Hi dear menosisters. I'm been having bad mornings lately, get up with so achy and stiff, pain in my muscle and joins, unsured if I would be able give my daughter a ride to work, ( don't feel comftably driving in the mornings ), just trying to handle all that ache and pain plus my mind floating some were make me hard to concentrate when I'm driving. But finally this morning I felt like a human well, I decided to turn my computer and watch the news. They showed something so dramatic that caused me a total panic attack and 2 hrs later, still in pieces!!!! I'm trying to find something that can calm me down, but still feel my mind and body going to oposite sides, head so tight , and my shoulders are so stiff. For now on, I'm going to stop reading the news paper or waching the news. Last saturday when to the beach with my husband but didn't enjoyed cause, long trips make my body aches and cause me anxiety, and the rest of the trip felt totally insane . Hate that I can't enjoy anything anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well sorry for my complaint, but you are my back bone in this ordeal. Been looking for the light at the end of the tunnel, even after 4 years without periods still can't find it.


menosick

Oh I get what you are saying about the news... Remember when we were kids, they didn't show horrible details. You know it is no wonder we get so down and anxious, it's so hard to find good news for a change, heck we just had this discussion yesterday, even the commericals are horrible...

I too been having horrible back pain. I actually pulled something. On Saturday I thought I would just work it out of me, yea right, made it worse.... I been taking hot baths w/either Epson Salt or Bath Mineral, and it helps.

Try to go for a little walk, sometimes, I know atleast w/me, if I am achy, and sit around it just makes so much worse, but do not over do it.... Perhaps try taking some Aleve, they seem to help, and if it controls the pain some, perhaps you will feel a little better.. So sorry you are going thru this, hugs ang prayers at ya...

Media overload these days!!!

Since the anxiety/panic attacks I can't even watch certain movies that have alot of action. I've had to leave theaters because I feel my body reacting to the stress. I think during this time of peri our bodies are so stressed out they don't know the difference of "real" stress or whatever.

I understand completely. I tried to watch a film a while back -- Island of Dr. Moreau, with Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer -- and the little red mutant character set off a panic attack in me that kept me from ever trying to watch the film again. Don't know what the problem was, but he completely freaked me out.

I can't watch anything about people with heart problems or are having a heart attack. For some reason heart attacks are my main health anxiety fear and any discussion or almost mention of them can many times set off an attack.

As for the news, it hasn't set off attacks in me so much as much as made me so thoroughly depressed over the state the world is in. I cannot believe how cruel, greedy, intolerant and hateful people have become. Makes me seriously want to move to a cottage in the deep woods and never come out. People ask me why I am so obsessed with movies. It's because the real world is too horrifying.

I'm very grateful for your concern menosisters.....Sorry that I didn't wrote you back earlier, but i'm been battling so many others aches and pain. At this moment i'm been feeling SUPER LETARGIC, like walking in the moon, and my mind? Well,... is on VACATION!!!!!!!!!! Has been a heavy fight and don't know when is going to be over. LOVE YOU

MENOSICK