I'm really confused as I progress through my change. I can't honestly say I've had an official hot flash as others describe them. It would be SO nice for someone to describe what it feels like inside your body. Not the outwardly symptoms, like I get really hot and sweat and how long they last. A more detailed inward experience. I'm having night sweats at various stages of my cycle (I'm still menstruating but very scanty and only lasts a couple days) and having pretty intense anxiety at times and mood swings....crying spells....achy muscles......cyclical changes. This month I started my period a whole week earlier than my normal 28 day cycle. This has occurred two months in a row now.

I've had an off day today and have felt pretty out of it. Got home after getting groceries with hubby (Had to have him with me because I felt pretty unstable, health wise, today) and decided to rest in bed and read. Also saw the Michael Jackson report and was flipping channels watching all the reports. I tend to have this tingling deal in the back of my skull, sort of like a pressure feeling, and it's been since I started having cyclical issues and sorta like a red flag related to the big change. Two other times this has happened, and it scares me when it does. I'm sitting there and suddenly this tingling feeling gets to really tingle and shoots this energy over the top of my head......sort of retracts and does it again!! All the scary things enter your mind, like a brain aneurism (sp?) or something drastically wrong. It goes away and stops.

Could ANY of you PLEASE describe what you feel in your head as you progress. I'm talking physical symptoms, not emotional stuff. Whether it's a hot flash, a power surge, whatever......I'd like to know it's normal hormonal shifts rather than something really serious. Hubby had come up and sat on the bed and we were watching a bit of the news and suddenly this surge happened and scared the crap out of me. He asked me what was wrong and I tried to describe it.....weird.

Thank you SO much for helping me understand. ~Sheila~ 48

hi sheila, i get this kind of electrical shock feeling in my head,like a adren.rush.Sometimes i get the tingeling like my scalp is lifting,wierd ha this whole peri stuff is wierd .I this the feeling you have?There are days i have this strange presure in my head also.I have many times thought that my vessels would burst and i would have a stroke,you start to become paranoid

yeah - that's what it's like. An electrical shock or like you said, an adrenaline rush. It's so scary when it happens and makes you wonder if you're going to be around - like something major is wrong. The anxiety this produces is horrible, because you can't help but get scared!! This site gives me so much peace of mind now that I've found it. Finding other women going through this and talking has helped so much!! Everyone has various symptoms, some more than others, but it's a God Send for me, this site, to know this is 'normal' for this big change that's happening within us. All the information I've read indicates we all will be considered 'the wise ones." Will all us babyboomers going through this change together, well I guess there will be alot more wise women after we conquer this beast!! HA!!

deDitto sheila, before i found this site i thought i had this horrible nero desease.I have become so sensitive about what is going on with my body im so paronoid about my health now This site has become my home away from home.You said it when you said it makes you wonder if your going to be around,im so affraid that i wont be around to be a grandma to my sons kids when and if he has them.I hate feeling this way this peri stuff has stepped inbetween me and my life.It has become the guest that never leaves. I do ,however,feel that when this is all over and we regain our new health and life ,we will be the "wise ones" and hopefully we can pass the wisdom on and help others get through IT!!!!! Hey, have you ever found out what causes the electrical shock thing,is it a spike in blood presure? or adrenalin(sp) Anyway It was nice to speak with you and i hope that you find some comfort in knowing that we are all in this together,Hang in there