I am a almost 43 year old and have struggled on and off with severe weepiness/depression/anxiety which I think is due to peri but I'm not completely sure. I had been feeling pretty good for about 3 months and then Boom, back to the anxiety. I struggle with it especially after my period ends (is this common?) and then I came down with a cold/fever which also triggered some anxiety (is this also common?) My mornings are the worst, I have the dry heaves sometimes, NO appetite except maybe at the end of the day I can eat something, severe fatigue where I can barely keep my eyes open, unable to concentrate and feel the depersonalization a lot! Is this all peri stuff? Please help! I am on Pristique (an AD), have tried BCPs, bioidentical hormones, every kind of vitamin, mineral, you name it. I'm convinced I'm going to just have to ride this out, but will there be 10 more years of this?? Please, any advice would be greatly appreciated!

so sorry you are going thru this all, i'm questioning the Pristique, how long have you been on it??? (3 months?)
wish you the best, i cannot take AD'S, they make me terribly worse....
(((((HUGS))))

do not look to the future as if this is going to be a life sentence, i think most of us are on this page, due to the fact that we are struggling greatly, yet there are many not on this page because they don't experience all of these symtoms. you're seeing the "unfortunate" side of peri or post meno. and you'll find many friends here!

I feel what you feel and have felt this way for 4 1/2 years. I am 51 an still have my period. I know what you mean about the on and off anxiety. I have taken Cymbolta and other ad's. I also take activilla a low dose hormone for the night sweats and hot flashes. The activilla takes care of the hot flashes and night sweats but not the ANXIETY!!!!! That is the worse for me.

I just started Prestique 5 days ago and it make me so nausus and makes me light headed and dizzy. Today when I got home I cold not see clearly out of my left eye. It looked like water glissning. I AM SO TIRED OF THIS AND WANT IT ALL TO STOP!!!

How did you feel on the Prestique? I am so nervous and anxious about all this.

Angel 1

I have had some of my worst days right after my period. I have anxiety, heart palps, brain fog. I have a Dr. that is the process of adjusting my thyroid so I am hoping this will solve some of the problem. Have you ever had your thyroid tested? Also, when you say that mornings are the worse it made wonder if you might have some adrenal fatigue. There is a long thread about adrenal fatigue here on the boards. I also found some info about it on a website called stopthethyroidmadness.com

Hope you feel better soon.