Hi PS sisters,

Just had to vent again. So I am on day 23 of my cycle and have been starting to have tummy issues at night where I feel slight nausea which causes my heart to beat like I'm having anxiety. (Which I probably am!) Some slight cramping in the lower abdomen, fatigue and the doom and gloom feeling. I have been eating right, trying to get some exercise and/or walking in and been praying. Sometimes, I feel like I'm doing ok and hanging in there. But sometimes the ugly health anxiety monsters starts convincing me it's something more than Peri. I'm trying to remain calm but need someone who understands. I always find kindness, understanding and reassurance here. Looking forward to your replies. Happy Friday!

I am sitting on my couch (been doing that for the last week) so you will see I have been posting alot, lol. I understand, I understand and I understand. I get all that and a bag of chips. It is not fun but one can only hope it is temporary. Your doing everything that you should be doing. Sometimes you will feel good and sometimes you won't. Keep coming here and you will get reassured and comforted. I have terrible health anxiety so I can relate. Mine has become quite bad where I just don't want to deal with anything medical...Dr's, testing etc. Not very helpful when you need to be proactive in your health. So, I am personally trying an anti depressant to see if that helps me calm down enough to be able to overcome those fears of doom and gloom. I am sure this will pass for you once you get your period. Hang in there.

WOW..sounds like I am listening to myself!
Seriously...I get the same thing a day or two before my period. I always get abdominal cramps and loose stools with aunt flo..YEAH! Like we need that too! And the CRUSHING doom and gloomm...oh ya....lovely!

It's been said but it's true all you can do is keep doing all the right things that you are doing and remember it will pass....

hope this finds you better
Maura

(((((((((((jaemama))))))))))))

Hang in there, you are not alone!!!!!!!!!!
Jeaninne

Hugs to you {{{Jaemama}}}

I'll be there in a week The doom and gloom is the absolute worst part for me..... well maybe the anxiety... I get the free-floating, random panic attack stuff, and the stubborn, long-lived general uneasiness and agitation thing ( oh joy!) But I know what you mean about the "maybe it's something more than peri..." When I'm at my worst I just can't believe that I don't have some other disease.... how can someone feel so crummy and not be deathly ill?! But when it all clears up for half the month - there's my answer.

You ARE doing great taking care of yourself! I'm trying to do those things, too......... eating right, more walking, trying to minimize my stress, meditating, praying, seeing a therapist......... I'm looking at it as bolstering myself for the rough half of the month.

I'm really trying to acknowledge when I am feeling well..... so that I can remember when I'm in the pits that I will feel well soon. Like.... its been 2 days with no hot flash activity...... : )

You're almost there! Come rant here if you need to - I'll listen and I'll be doing it too soon enough, when you're on the upswing! ; )

All best,
Cynthia

Great advice!

At my hubby's prompting I started keeping a journal where I write about my day and then score my day from 1-10...10 being the best. Then I can do things like count the number of days I had above 5 etc. It also helps me recognize that ovulation and my period are my worst times of the month. When I have my worst days. So it does help calm my mind and make me realize it's all connected. It's funny I think I have been going through this for YEARS and never paid one ounce of attention to all the signs...now I realize that I was just very stressed and overweight and trying to ignore it. WOW...now I feel some days the pendulum has swung all the way to the other side. I am too obsessed with my symptoms.
I know that "it's got to be something much more serious" feeling. Know it well.....I keep telling myself this is a natural process and it will end....LOL...ya...sometimes it actually helps....

BEST
Maura