Hi All,

My name is DanaRae friends and family call me Dana, Nice to meet all of you. Need to say this board is a blessing to those of us that had family that went through surgical proceedures or went on HRT or went through pri menopuase like it was a blessing instead of the hellish time ever.

I started eight years ago with what docotrs called anxiety panic. I wound up in the doctors office with my heart going 150 beats a minute. I did nothing to cause such a heart race just took some vicks formula 44 for what was like something caught in my throut. this was on my oldest daughter 16th b-day. ended up in the hospital and have not been the same since. I have had every test there is to man. and am fully healthy althou I am a smoker and quitting seems impossiable.

I have gone through heart racing, periods that come when they want. having them the 20th every month to having them the 8th of every month, feeling anxious just before they start and usually the day after I start I feel better. Not this month. I have been tired so tired, I have to wear the night time pads because I bleed soooo much. I have bleed through my clothes number of times, Once just sitting watching tv and didn't even know tell I got up. The cramps are unbeleiveable. There are months I could just reach out and stangel someone and other months I just want to cry. I get these surges like that come from the bottom of my feet to the top of my head. And I want to say dizzy but its not really dizzy, its sorta like your gonna just fall or lose your balance but nothing spinning . hard to explain. The anxiety can get to me. I have to sit and understand what is happening at the time to make me so anxious. My periods gonna start in a day or to. oh okay thats why I feel this way,

I know that this is pri and my mom has been wonderful to talk to. But she never went through it she went through surgical procedures and then right on HRT. so she never experienced anything, I have talked to aunts on my dads side, his only sister said she was done at 45 and never had a problem.

I am 42 and my last visit at the doctors he finally said it could be hormonal. LOL. 8 years for him to tell me what I new after finding this board a few years back and my mom telling me it probley was my problem. It took me awhile to post here, But I want you all to know this place has helped me so much. When I found it hard or felt a new pri gift i would come on here and find it listed in someones message,

So I wanted to tell you my story and to say HI and thanks for all the wonderful help.

DanaRae

Hi Dana,

Welcome although you have been here longer than me.

I think I started having mild things happen about 38 or 39 (am 40), but right after my 40th birthday I was taken to the er because I could have sworn I was having a heart attack, they kept me over night and did all kinds of tests. Bottom line, better to be safe than sorry.

Anyway I also get the dizzy thing, like you are just going to fall over. I get really bad chills also, but do get the hot flash. I also go from not sleeping to not wanting to get out of bed.

I have been so anxious, it is crazy. Feeling like I could run for ever, never having to stop for anything!!

All I can say is oh so much fun I am ready to feel like me old self again. The doctors as far as I am concerned can take a long walk off a short dock


Anyway, great talking to you and hope you are having an okay day

Hi Dana!

Welcome to Power-Surge. You've come to the best place for dealing with all this!

Keep reading...you'll find so many of us here who are going through the same things. This place really keeps me sane on a daily basis. Some days I'm here quite a few times a day, if only just to read.

I hear the same things from my family members, no problems. Yeah,right! I know my sister has had some issues but we don't talk too much. She's in another state and doesn't get into her email much. I'm waiting to see if I hear anything from my younger sisters. Nothing so far but we'll see.

I think the worst symptom of all of this is the dang anxiety! I absolutely hate it!! I can so relate to what isthisforreal said about feeling like you could just keep running. If I didn't have a bad knee, I might take it up! I'm looking forward to warmer weather and walking more. That usually helps.

Hi Dana,

I just posted that very same thing on the get aqainted board!

I kinow what you mean. Everyone I talk to say's they don't feel those things, or
really? thats strange your still too young! Too young? I'm 46 I figure I'm only 5
more years from the end. I think that some people just don't want to remember
bad times so they don't really talk about it.


Hang in there


superflower

Superflower,

Welcome to powersurge. I talk to my younger sister a lot and sometimes to my Mom (peri and meno was hard for her too) but I try not to scare my younger sister or Mom with all my symptoms.

My two best friends are a year younger then me and are having subtle symptoms that they think is just part of stress and have not made the hormone connection though I keep telling them it is hormonal... go figure.

It is hard to talk to some women about this because some of them think that it is only hot flashes and night sweats and then there are some of the lucky ones who truly have no symptoms other than stopped periods.

Well, you are in the right place and you can vent and ask all the questions you want here.

Plumeria

I've had mild anxiety off and on for 10 years but lately it has been pretty bad. I am 43 now and before I was 33 I could pretty much handle anything. Now I worry about everything. I really get on my own nerves, I don't know how my family puts up with me. I started having other signs of peri about 3 years ago but they have been pretty mild, it's the anxiety that is driving me crazy. Doctors terrify me and I know as we get older there are more and more medical testing and stuff that they want to do I'm going to have to learn to deal with it. Everytime I think about going to the doctor I about have a panic attack. It doesn't help that I haven't met a doctor that I really trust, in fact my family and I have had some pretty negative experiences with the medical profession. I know that breathing excercises have helped in the past this time it just seems tougher to calm down than before. I feel really bad for my children who are 18, 17, and 7 that they have to put up with (what I feel like) a psycho mom.