Geez ladies I dont know what in the heck is going on here Since this journey started, Usually the 1-2 weeks before my period I am a mess with terrible PMS and dont really feel well till my period stops. However, this cycle I had no PMS and fealt okay the first 3-4 days of my cycle, it was light compared to last months.Then around the 4th and 5th day of my period the searing hot flashes and night sweats kicked in along with the anxiety and crying spells.I am on the 7th day of my cycle and stopped spotting 2 days ago and I just feel like a depressed mess

What is going on here ???
Have any of you ladies experienced this ?
It scares the dickens out of me !!
for months and months It was PMS before and during my period so I could justify my symptoms.
Now that it's happening after my period ends I'm freaked out it's a mental illness...
I need your advice girls..please

I know exactly what u r saying! When I ovulate I feel terrible, then when I get my period I'm OK but towards the end or when it ends is when my symptoms come back along with the anxiety. My periods have been changing more and more. I am always heavy the first day, then normal 2nd, then it stops for the 3rd day to start again on the 4th. Then it will be very light for about total of 7-8 days. Then, some months its only 3-4 days. I am actually on my 7th day now and feel like crap. I am anxious, feel bloated and in two more days I'll be ovulating because I have started ovulating 9 days after i get my period where it use to be 14. It is like I never get a break.

Basically everything can get unpredictable during peri due to fluctuating hormone levels. The ovaries don't continue to produce a steady (although) varying amount of hormones throughout the month. It ***** huh? Regards, JZZ

Hi,TNikki,

Yep,same here for me also.I,m on day1 and just dreading it getting to the end as everything starts rearing it,s ugly head.
As you use to be before,not now.

I seem to be at my best now,and just know whats coming.

It seems there are no rules to this,lets just hang on in there

Take care

Kath

I can't tell! Some months it seem worse after my period, and other months I feel better. Oh the joys of fluctuating hormones!

Nikki, I left a post on this same subject recent. Just at the end of another period and today I have a slight headache> hate it because it can turn into a migraine which can late for 2 weeks.
I skip July period and had no peri symptoms what so ever just started one day out of the blue last week.
It feels like I'm getting the flu.
Will look up my post for you and we can see what everyone said.

http://www.power-surge.com/php/forums/inde...c=21708&hl=

hugs Nikki

This has been quite a topic lately and I am so glad!

about 4 years ago I noticed the shift to feeling horrible the day after my period ends until the end of of ovulation.
Having a real hard go of it this month. The fatigue and sudden dizziness is really getting to me this time.
Just a few more days and I'll be clear for another couple of weeks!!!

BINGO!!!! The flu symptom!!!!!!!

absolutely, here is what happens, estrogen drops post period, i get major anxiety and vibration starting day 5, when period is over.
Night sweats also kick in around the same time, and it continues until day 14, then more anxiety and fatigue and depressed mood settles, which continues until day 20, when I have few more or less good days, until PMS kicks in.
I seriously feel better during my period, then before and after.
All strange but hormone related, IMHO it is all about estrogen.
Hang in there, u are not alone.

Bless all of you ladies !!! I am so glad to hear I am not the only one experiencing this.I hate when my mind goes crazy with "what if's"
Thank you for all your replies, I always feel better after coming here and hearing others experiences.
Hope you all have a great evening.

Thankyou so much snowmoon !!
I read all the post and they made me feel so much better !!

Hey girlie:

It is NOT mental illness! Although it may feel like it.

Forever, I had PMS before my period about week. When I was younger, I did not really notice much but was on BCPs at the time. for the last year I have noticed it switching. Sometimes I will have some PMS prior to starting but alot of the time I feel crappy afterward. So who knows? I figure it is another unpleasant change in this horrible ride.

Hope that you are feeling better.
Hugs to you,
Jeaninne

I experienced this a couple times this spring and summer..... it was distressing to say the least. There I was hanging on for dear life, knowing that I'd get relief during or at least after my period........... but NOOOOOOO! It was worse! I really thought that this was going to be it for me......... pretty much no symptom free time. But it has only happened a couple of times. This months is totally different from last month, too. You just never know ; O

Hugs,

Cynthia

i know where your coming from, for a long time i thought i had schtzophenia ( spelled wrong im sure) so much that i drove my self crazy.... im sick of it....

I was doing the same thing before my hyster. Try having those symptoms and no menstruation to guide off of, it is a real blast ! Thankful the BHRT is working for me and I am not dealing with that stuff right now. So scared there will come a day when I have to face feeling like crud again. I do feel so much sympathy for all you gals not finding a good bit of relief some how.

O h yeah babe......I hear you.......It takes me about a week to get over my period and I spend at least two weeks in PMS......my one precious week or 2 in the month(depending when it decides to come or doesn't) is spent feeling horrible as well.......peri is just like one big PMS with subtle shades of grey......

depressed much? .......sorry babe.......i am down in the dumps.....

Take carexxxx

Michah

Ira me tooooooo>>>>As a person who always complain about pms and the first few days of my period> I Now can't beleive I would feel worse after my periods?

Few days after my period has ended I feel totally exhausted- depressed and HOT! Can't sleep and I'm very restless! I just walk around like a cage animal! >>>> grrrrrrrrrrrr!

Hi snowmoon,

Just wanted to tell you I am right there with you.Last night slepat about 3 hours and can't seem to cool of at night.I also feel jittery and I hate that feeling it , it is very uncomfortable.Hang in there shugg, we will make to the other side

sending hugs

Hey there missy ,
How are you ? What all have I missed while I was away. I hope you are feeling well and things are peacefull at home.It's good to hear from you.Thanks for your kind words of wisdom.

Hi girlfriends,

I just sat down to the computer thinking, "God, please let someone out there be talking about this terrible post-period depression/anxiety." And here you all are!

I'm sorry to have so many in my company but confess to being relieved not to be alone out there.

I told my doctor about this (she doesn't believe I'm peri because I've not missed a period) and she suggested I jot down my moods every day for a couple of months to see a pattern. I actually know that this is a pattern now. I've been experiencing it for at least 6 months.

It's just so hard! Because there are certain times in the month when I think, "Hey! This weird depression/anxiety that flattened me out of nowhere at 43 is gone! I'm all better!"

And then ...

Oh, you know.

Anyway, I guess we just have to take comfort in the fact that we're not alone and that it does usually pass eventually.

Thank you for starting this thread! I needed to not feel crazy tonight!

Hugs to you all,

suki

Suki, I don't know if you meant this to be funny but I laugh so hard!

Like 4 days after my period and I feel horrible! I wake up early and TG it was Sunday I had to get out of the house so my husband took me on a long country drive!

It's helps> now I'm dizzy-confused- horrid internal tremors!

Hang in there!

Snowmoon56,

I didn't intend it to be funny but I'm glad you laughed so hard! I would be delighted to know that any post brought a smile or laugh to someone's face.

Thanks for sharing your story.

xo

sukie

If I could even TELL when my period started or ended - I could answer that question, however they're just all over the place! Sometimes what I think is the last day of the current one is actually the run-up to the next one.

Why don't we just assume most of us feel like crap most of the time!